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With final exams coming up in a month, academic honesty is a concern of many students and professors. Students are doubling down on their study time, project preparation, and report writing, and professors are constructing assessments to best measure their students’ learning over the semester. Some undergraduate students are setting the final pieces in place for summer learning opportunities or civic…

At Florida Tech, midterm grades are recorded shortly before the halfway point of the semester. Midterm grades can show that you’re on the right path to another great term, or they can be an early indicator that you need to step up your academic game. At the Academic Support Center, we’re in the business of helping students discover and practice…

It may seem obvious that note-taking is an important skill for any university student. Regardless of your discipline or courseload, the ability to keep a record of what you read in a text and experience in a lecture is critical to your long-term academic success. Many students don’t learn reliable note-taking strategies before they get to college, and other students…

If you’ve stopped by the Academic Support Center this Fall 2015 semester, you may have noticed some changes to our space. We haven’t moved from our ground floor location next to the P133 lecture classroom and between the doorways to the Evans Library, but we’ve done some redecorating and rebranding to make the ASC more visible and student-centric. These improvements…

For the past few years, the staff at the Academic Support Center have presented the Pomodoro Technique as a way for students to better manage their time and schedule their priorities. This method of acknowledging priorities and breaking down complex projects into smaller, more measurable tasks has helped students to improve their academic skills and increase focus in difficult subject areas. What…

The Academic Support Center at Florida Tech has offered group study sessions for a number of undergraduate courses over several semesters. These sessions are coordinated in conjunction with professors for each of the classes, with the peer tutor leading the group in reviewing problems and concepts for an upcoming exam. Some students aren’t as familiar with the format and intent…

Every semester, students enroll in Composition and Rhetoric, COM 1101, as part of their required curriculum for their major. Every semester, some students wish they could have earned a better grade. At the ASC, we work with students enrolled in “Comp & Rhet” to help them improve their writing skills, but it takes more than just a few tutoring appointments.…

General Chemistry, CHM 1101 at Florida Tech, is one of the most challenging courses that students face during their first year of study. Depending upon one’s chosen major, the introductory semester of chemistry may be necessary to provide a grounding in concepts related to materials used in engineering disciplines or the chemical processes related to biology and psychology. For those…

On Tuesday, August 11, 2015, Dr. Catanese led the campus community in a heartfelt welcome of the Class of 2019 during our Convocation at the Clemente Center. This celebration of the beginning of students’ academic careers at Florida Tech is a tradition that brings students into the Florida Tech family and highlights many of the people who work to ensure…

A 4.0 semester doesn’t happen by accident. Successful students plan to do well in classes from the first day, by using a variety of strategies and campus resources throughout the entire sixteen weeks. Earning top grades in all classes takes hard work and persistence, but having a strong academic career provides scholarship opportunities and can open the door to competitive…