Student Disability Services: Tutoring Services

Ask-a-Tutor (Peer Tutoring)

Friendly, free tutoring is available for many Liberal Arts Core courses and some major areas. If you are concerned about reading, studying, or learning - in all courses or in a particular course - you are encouraged to meet with a tutor.  Ask-a-Tutors are trained to help you learn what you need to learn efficiently and effectively.  Bring your text(s), notes, and syllabus to the appointment.

Visit the Ask-a-Tutor website at http://www.uni.edu/academicservices/askatutor.html

To make an Ask-a-Tutor appointment, contact:

Academic Services at 273-6023

Located at the Innovative Teaching and Technology Center (ITTC) 007

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Reading and Learning Center

Meet with Dr. Karen Agee if you suspect that you have a reading disability or serious learning concern, or if you want to prepare for high-stakes, pre-professional tests, such as the verbal and reading sections of the PPST, GRE, LSAT, MCAT, DAT, OAT, or GMAT, or the math tests of the PPST or GRE.

To schedule an appointment with Dr. Agee, contact:

Academic Services at 273-6023

Located at the ITTC 007

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4-Week Courses

Academic Services offers FREE, non-credit, 4-week courses designed to help you read faster and study more effectively. Choose one or more of the courses to attend:

• SPEED READING COURSE
  • Designed to help you develop powerful textbook reading skills.
  • On average, students double or triple reading efficiency in only four weeks.

• EFFECTIVE STUDY STRATEGIES COURSE
  • Try a great lecture-notes technique and several textbook strategies.
  • Learn how to prepare for exams.

• PPST-READING

• For students preparing to take or retake the READING Pre-Professional Skills Test for admission to UNI's Teacher Education Program.
• Required text: PRAXIS I: PPST published by Cliff's TestPrep.

 

• GRE-VERBAL
  • For students preparing to take or retake the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) for admission to graduate school.
  • Required text: GRE Exam published by Kaplan.

ALL CLASSES MEET IN ROOM 035 OF THE ITTC

To enroll in any of these four courses, contact:

Academic Services at 273-6023

Or enroll online at: http://www.uni.edu/academicservices/sites/home.html

Located at the ITTC 007

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Writing Center

Services are friendly, free, and open to all UNI undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff. Whatever your major, you will find eight areas of assistance at the Writing Center:

• Strategies for getting started and managing writing time
• Second opinions and content suggestions
• Assistance interpreting assignments and evaluation criteria
• Assistance identifying problems with focus, organization, and clarity

• Guidance through documentation procedures and formats
• Strategies for identifying errors in grammar, punctuation, and usage
• Proofreading techniques to help you repair your own mistakes
• Preparation for PPST, GRE, MCAT, and GMAT essay exams

Please plan ahead and schedule to allow yourself time to revise before your deadline. Dropping your paper off in advance will help your writing assistant help you.

Visit the online writing guide at http://fp.uni.edu/writingcenter/

To make an appointment in the Writing Center, contact :

The Writing Center at 273-2361   

Located at the ITTC 008      

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Math Tutoring

Math Lab, 338 Wright Hall

Open Monday - Thursday, 9:00am - 4:00pm and Friday, 9:00am - 2:00pm

No appointment needed.

Tutoring is available for:

Ask-a-Tutor, ITTC 007

Call 273-6023 to make an appointment.

Tutoring is available for:

Math Education Lab, 209 Wright Hall

Open Monday - Thursday, 9:00am - 5:00pm and Friday, 9:00am - 1:00pm

Provides assistance with the following elementary education math courses:

Curris Business Building, 1st Floor Lounge

Tutors are available Monday, 9:00am - noon, Wednesday, noon - 4:00pm, Friday, 9:00am - noon.

Tutor provide assistance with the following courses:

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Student Support Services Tutoring (TRIO Program)

Free tutoring and structured study groups are available for students who qualify to participate in the Student Services program. To be considered for the program, a student must be eligible based on federal income guidelines, be a first-generation college student, or be an individual with a disability.

For additional information or an application, contact:

Student Support Services at 273-2179

Located at the ITTC 007

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Departmental Tutoring

Contact the department of your instructor. In some cases, you may hire a tutor. However, the following assistance is available at no charge:

• Biology major courses

  Contact Sherry Nuss

  Biology Academic Advisor

  sherry.nuss@uni.edu

  273-2456

• Chemistry Tutoring

  277A MSH

  Assistance is available Monday - Thursday, 3:00pm - 5:00pm

• Physics Help Sessions

  115 CEEE

  Session meet:

  • Monday, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
  • Tuesday, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
  • Wednesday, 3:30pm - 5:30pm & 6:00pm - 8:00pm
  • Thursday, 2:00pm - 4:00pm & 5:00pm - 6:00pm

   

• College of Business Administration courses

  A list of CBA courses with free tutoring is available at:

  www.cba.uni.edu/dbweb/pages/students/education-tutoring.cfm

Student may check with the Departmental Offices or the College of Business Administration Student Advising and Career Services Office (CBB 321B) at 273-2144 for additional tutoring information.

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