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Academic Support Programs

Study Skills

Our Study Skills program is six one-hour sessions, four one-hour sessions during Summer, designed to address core skills essential for academic success. Our trained facilitators are advanced students who understand the demands of college and how to balance recreation with academics. The sessions address procrastination, time management, taking class notes, test-taking strategies etc. We offer over 15-20 classes a week so that we can promise students a class that will fit into their schedules.

To make certain that our program is effective we have collected data on the performance of those students who have participated. We can say without any hesitation that students who attended our Study Skills program dramatically improved their study habits as well as improving their GPA.

 

HOW IT WORKS: Choose to attend either Series I, Series II or Late Start, choose one day, then one time. You will come to the SAM Center on this day and time for each of the 6, 4 durings the Summer, dates listed.

 

 

Fall 2013 - Series I

Monday	8am, 10am, 11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm	Sept. 9, 16, 23, 30, Oct. 7, 14
Tuesday	11am, 12:30pm, 2pm, 3:30pm	Sept. 10, 17, 24, Oct. 1, 8, 15
Wednesday	10am, 11am, 12pm, 2pm, 4pm	Sept. 11, 18, 25, Oct. 2, 9, 16
Thursday	8am, 12:30pm, 2pm	Sept. 12, 19, 26, Oct. 3, 10, 17
Friday	10am, 12pm	Sept. 13, 20, 27, Oct. 4, 11, 18

 

Fall 2013 - Late Start

Monday	5pm	Sept. 30, Oct. 7, 14, 21, 28, Nov. 4
Wednesday	5pm	Oct. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, Nov. 6

 

Fall 2013 - Series II

Monday	8am, 10am, 11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm	Oct. 21, 28, Nov. 4, 11, 18, Dec. 2
Tuesday	11am, 12:30pm, 2pm, 3:30pm	Oct. 22, 29, Nov. 5, 12, 19, Dec. 3
Wednesday	10am, 11am, 12pm, 2pm, 4pm	Oct. 23, 30, Nov. 6, 13, 20, Dec. 4
Thursday	8am, 12:30pm, 2pm	Oct. 24, 31, Nov. 7, 14, 21, Dec. 5
Friday	10am, 12pm	Oct. 25, Nov. 1, 8, 15, 22, Dec. 6

 

To sign up for a class, come by the SAM Center in CHSS room 170 or 190.

 

By phone:

Sam Center	936-294-4444
Mentoring Office	936-294-4361
Janet Fair	936-294-4456
John Jordan	936-294-4403
Marsha Phillips	936-294-4950
Amber Sechelski	936-294-4471

 

By email:

kkg002@shsu.edu

sam_asp@shsu.edu

 

Session 1 - Preparation

Session 1 - powerpoint

Session 2 - Procrastination

Session 2 - powerpoint

Session 3 - Managing Time

Session 3 - powerpoint

Session 4 - Reading Textbooks

Session 4 - powerpoint

Session 5 - Test Taking

 

Session 5 - powerpoint

Session 6 - Managing Stress

Session 6 - powerpoint