2011-2012 Academic Services Annual Report
The Center for Academic Services & Advising
Faculty Recommendations
The best advice I can give to new Mines' students is:
1) Have an outlet. You need something to do besides math and science. Maybe it's video games, or varsity, club or intramural sports, or band, or choir, or some other club or . . .
2) Park your pride, and your embarassment. It's ok to be proud of the fact you've been admitted and are coming to CSM. But don't think you can get through CSM by yourself. You need study groups. Don't be too proud, or too ashamed, to visit faculty and TA office hours. We're here to help. If you already knew it all, you wouldn't be here. One-on-one interactions are much different than classroom questions and answers. If you come to office hours, or make another appointment to see us, we'll help you out. But you need to come in first.
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These one-hour workshops run concurrent to a respective first-year course. As a student attendee of the Workshop, you solve additional problems, ask further clarification, and prepare for upcoming exams and quizzes. Excellence Workshops specialize in the following first-year curriculum courses:
Calc & Chem & Physics & Statics
Fall 2012 Schedule will be posted in August
Meet the Academic Excellence Facilitators
Spring 2012 Facilitators
Our Excellence Workshops focus on first-year curriculum courses solely. Accordingly, students who attend Workshops greatly increase their exposure with Chemistry, Calculus, and Physics. While in attendance students work through all new problems and revisit material from class.
Versus
Our Tutoring services assist with a wider array of course work. Further, students are asked to bring their own problems, questions, or queries to the tutors. Students who attend Tutoring, however, may receive more one-on-one assistance from the Tutor, as compared to our Workshops.
Practice Worksheets!
Students may access archive worksheets of the Enrichment Workshops: Archive Worksheets
Be an AEW Facilitator:
Interested in working your own hours, earning extra cash, and helping fellow students? Apply to serve as an AEW Facilitator! Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Hiring is based on availability and credentials. To apply, please email Colin A. Terry.