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Newsletter - Fall 2008LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR You might think it is a bit late to welcome you to campus; after all, most of you have been here three weeks already. We wanted to give all of you a chance to get settled in before throwing new information at you. Okay, so we were running a little behind schedule, too. We invite you to take advantage of the services offered by the Academic Resource Center. We do accommodate walk-ins when we can, but an appointment is preferable. Tutoring is not an individual sport; you and your tutor will work as a team to make you the best student you can be. You must do your part—go to class, do the readings or exercises—and then come with any additional questions you might have. Writing sessions are collaborative, also. You must not expect to hand your paper to a tutor and have the tutor “edit” it. If you come with a completed paper, you are expected to have proofread it. There is no need to waste valuable time on proofreading when your time could be better spent looking at logic and organization. When you can’t get to the ARC, make sure you use online tutoring. There is more on that on the back page.
ADVICE TO FRESHMEN AND OTHERS ¨ Get to know your advisor, and better yet, let your advisor get to know you. ¨ Open a UB email account and check it. There is a way to forward the mail to your home account; I just don’t know how to do it. ¨ Make an effort to learn your professors’ names. ¨ Buy your textbooks. ¨ Get involved in campus activities; step outside your comfort zone. ¨ Learn to manage your time. ¨ Enjoy this opportunity.
OUR RETURNING STAFF Professor Charles Campbell is back with his passion for helping students submit grammatically correct papers. Professor Amy Nawrocki continues to teach English 100A and English 101 and Professor Thomas Minotti . Their teaching and advising duties prevent them from having tutoring hours. Of course we still have Professor Jill Krebs who teaches FYS 101 and English 101. Our returning peer tutors are: Anna Zahova who tutors accounting, finance, management and marketing courses as well as business law and math up to Calculus I. Romain Simpson, the future doctor and biology tutor extraordinaire, is back. Yasser Elleithy has returned, although technically he never went away. He provided our contribution to online tutoring during the summer. Luca Locati has returned and is eager to help you with chemistry and biology. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Greetings to all, My name is Asya Ivanova. I am in my senior year pursuing a major in Accounting and a minor in Finance. I will be tutoring business related courses– accounting, economics, statistics. I am looking forward to meeting you. I will do my best to help you achieve academic excellence. Hey friend! My name is Rosemary Landano and I am a senior literature major and student athlete here at UB. I was an orientation leader this fall and had a great time meeting the new first year students. I tutor almost anything in English but I am best at editing essays and study skill strategies. Having a full class, softball, and work schedule forces me to prioritize and organize so it’s one of my strengths. In college most students don’t play by Mom or Dad’s rules anymore, but sometimes you need to set your own to succeed. I would love to help some of you get on the track you need to not just do okay at UB but thrive. I have had a few recent accomplishments of my own. I was honored as an NCAA and NFCA All-American Scholar Athlete and am currently published in two literary journals for flash fiction, short fiction, and photography. Keep in mind your potential for greatness is within reach. I would love to help you find it in your writing or in your everyday life. I look forward to meeting and greeting you, see you soon! Hi, I am Ryan Gelgud, a junior studying biology. Although this is my first time being a tutor in the Academic Resource Center, I want to help you with your Biology 100 and 101 classes. With that said, let's get learning! Job Opening The ARC is looking for a few good peer tutors in writing. Requirements: sophomore or above, excellent communication skills, patience, and a professor’s recommendation. You must, of course, be familiar with the rules of writing. A writing sample must be submitted. If interested, please forward your resume and writing sample to the director of the Academic Resource Center in Charles Dana Hall, Room 248 or email to roxieray@bridgeport.edu. Hello! My name is Adam Pérez, my country of origin is the Dominican Republic, and I am a Biology major here at U.B. My passion with the sciences is not limited to Biology, I love chemistry and I hope I can show you how fun it can be! My primary objective is to obtain a doctorate degree in biochemistry and to ensure that I can aid you in as much as I can so you can be a step closer to your career goal as well! I wish all students of every major the best today and tomorrow! A WORD FROM A STUDENT Hi, I am Dhaval Savani and I am doing my Major in Technology Management. I completed my bachelor in chemical engineering. I am here to tutor you in all levels of chemistry. Please contact me if you have any single question in chemistry. I am available in ARC at these times: Tuesday: 9.00 A.M to 12.00 P.M; Tuesday: 4.00 P.M to 6.00 P.M.; Thursday: 3.00 P.M to 6.00 P.M --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I realize there are many times students want to hear from other students instead of from those of us who are a (little) bit older. Below is an open letter from one of my tutors who volunteered to write the letter to encourage all students to make the most of their time in school. A warm welcome to the new and returning students at UB! I would like to introduce myself to you as a junior at the University of Bridgeport. This is where I started my undergraduate education, and this is the very same place from which I would like to get my degree. I do have several reasons for saying so. We all know about the cultural diversity you will find here; it is extremely important to socialize with other cultures and get to know more about the way of life all over the planet. However, that is not my main reason for coming to UB. I came here with the idea to get my degree in Finance and be on the swim team. That’s all. But now I am a junior, and my point of view as of today is a little different. I still pursue my Finance degree, but I added to it an additional major of Accounting as well. I am completely satisfied by being part of one of the most successful programs in our school, UB Women’s Swimming and Diving. However, today I am also proud to wear the Women’s cross country gear and represent UB at the meets we go to. I started working for the Academic Resource Center in the first week of my arriving on campus, tutoring Mathematics. I joined UBET when I was a freshman. In my sophomore year I joined the University of Bridgeport Student Government Association as executive secretary. And recently I became a part of the National Society of Leadership and Success program. Can you imagine how much YOU can do? And all this and more I am doing for one reason: because I like being part of all this and because it is worth more than you think. Now is the beginning of the academic year, do something about it. I had an amazing summer this year. Many things happened to me – some of them were great, and some of them frustrated me so much that I was ready to cease all I was doing. And I learned a lesson, which is why I write this letter to you. Anything you do, even the smallest and what you might think of as the most meaningless thing of your everyday life, enjoy it. Do it because YOU want to do it. Start from the beginning; be honest with yourself and decide what makes you happy. In short: Work hard and enjoy it all! Please, make sure you visit the ARC, because we are all here for you. I wish you a very successful semester. Anna Zahova I realize there are many times students want to hear from other students instead of from those of us who are a (little) bit older. Below is an open letter from one of my tutors who volunteered to write the letter to encourage all students to make the most of their time in school. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Do you play well with others? Sometimes it is helpful to study with your friends; sometimes it is not. If you find you spend more time getting back on track than staying on track, you might consider holding your study group at the Academic Resource Center and using one of our tutors as a facilitator. Check with us to see what subjects we can help you with and we can schedule a block of time for you. Create your own group or join one of ours. I guarantee our tutors will help you stay focused without use of a whip! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ONLINE TUTORING www.etutoring.org University of Bridgeport continues to provide free access to online tutoring for its undergraduate students. Assistance is available in a variety of subjects from math to research methods. Refer to the website to get a complete list of the available subjects. For those of you unfamiliar with online tutoring, it consists of a cooperative of professional and peer tutors from almost forty colleges, both two- and four-year. You may interact via a live eChat, or by uploading a paper to the writing lab, or even by leaving a question to be answered. Again this semester, we have batch registered all undergraduate students for online tutoring. The instructions for signing on are on the greetings page of the site, that is, after you select University of Bridgeport from the drop-down menu, the next page, about 3/4 down the page, explains the sign-on procedure. For those of you who don’t read instructions, the username is your UBnet username and the password is your six digit student ID number. Once you sign in, you may change your password. You must use your UB email address to remain registered. For those of you who have problems logging on or whose accounts have been deactivated, please contact the director of the Academic Resource Center at roxieray@bridgeport.edu so you can get registered. Our participation in eTutoring allows us to increase the number of hours you have access to academic assistance; however, remember to make use of our onsite tutoring services also. Professor Amy Nawrocki We are proud and thrilled to announce that Potato Eaters, the poetry collection by Professor Nawrocki, will be released in early November. Some of you may have heard this award-winning poet read her work at one of several poetry readings here on campus. On finding inspiration for her poetry, Professor Nawrocki credits teaching. It is through teaching that she is inspired by her students, their stories and their backgrounds. For those who are interested in writing poetry themselves, Professor Nawrocki encourages them to become better writers through reading a variety of works. She mentioned in particular Langston Hughes whose short story, “Salvation,” she is currently discussing with her English class. The collected poems of Hughes can be found at most libraries. Early reviews have been highly favorable. One such review reads: “Potato Eaters is a wonderful debut volume by a poet with a huge heart, a generous imagination, and with the skills to render these poems in such a way that they are hard NOT to read, and with great pleasure!” — Thomas Lux This newsletter does not take advertising, but since Professor Nawrocki is one of our own, and I don’t want to deprive you of the pleasure of reading these poems, I will inform you that you may order the book from www.finishinglinepress.com. Orders placed by October 3rd receive free shipping. |