Fall 2010 Workshop Schedule

The Academic Success Center will be offering several Success Strategy Workshops this fall.  Each workshop is one hour and covers one topic.  To better accomodate various schedules, the same workshop will be offered on a Wednesday and Thursday of the same week from 3-4 in a Library Annex classroom.  The first one is on September 15 or 16 on Time Management.  these workshops are open to the college community and are free of charge.

The complete schedule for Fall 2010 includes:

Fall 2010 Workshop Schedule

Time: 3:00-4:00pm EST
Location: Wednesdays-LIB-101, Thursdays-LIB-103

Time Management (September 15 or September 16, 2010)

The student will be introduced to techniques to become aware of how they use their time, strategies to make realistic schedules, and plans to accomplish what they need to do to meet their academic and life goals. 

Note Taking (September 29 or September 30, 2010)

The student will be introduced to several note-taking methods including running text, informal outline, formal outline, and the Cornell method.  Also discussed will be preparing to take notes, listening cues, and post class reviewing strategies.

Getting the Most Out of Your Textbooks (October 20 or October 21, 2010)

Students will be introduced to a hands-on approach of Textmapping introduced by David Middlebrook to understand how to take apart a text for better understanding of the material.

Student Professionalism (November 17 or November 18, 2010)

Students will be introduced to professional behavior guidelines both inside and out of the classroom.  Attendance, attitude, commitment, and classroom interaction will be the focus of the workshop.  Professionalism for post graduation employment will be reviewed.

Taking Charge of Your Education (December 1 or December 2, 2010)

Students will be introduced to obligations and options they have in managing their education.  An emphasis on the educational resources and policies at Centenary will be covered.

Microsoft Office 2007 Workshops:

Word Applications (September 22 or September 23, 2010)

Excel Applications (October 6 or October 7, 2010)

PowerPoint Applications (October 27 or October 28, 2010)