Our Mission:

The Student Success Center at University of the West is dedicated to working with students, faculty, staff, and the community to enhance the academic and professional success of our students. The Center’s primary purpose is to provide individuals with a variety of educational services in a comfortable, confidential, and collaborative learning environment. These services can be divided into four sectors:

• A language center designed to assist Non-Native English Speakers (NNES)/English as a Second Language (ESL) students develop their understanding and application of the English language and to help graduate students with reading, speaking, and/or translating classical Chinese;

• A multiliteracy center to support members of the university working on academic and/or professional writing, speaking, or multimedia projects or presentations throughout the composing process;

• An academic tutoring center to clarify student understanding of course-specific concepts and materials or to provide study skills, learning tools, or research  strategies designed to foster academic success at the university level; and

• A career services center to enhance student understanding of the employment market, to prepare students to make the transition from the classroom into the professional workplace, and to provide students with practical, professional skills through interuniversity workshops, internship opportunities, or community service.

Tutors help individuals or small groups identify and work towards desired outcomes by providing access to tools that decrease academic anxiety and foster growth in student confidence and skill. The Center also conducts workshops in areas such as academic writing, oral presentation skills, academic integrity & plagiarism, business writing, study strategies, and employment preparation. The Student Success Center is committed to cultivating relationships with other departments within the university to enhance its writing across the curriculum efforts.

Our Goals:

1. To equip our users with the necessary tools and strategies they will need to succeed academically and professionally.

2. To address the academic concerns of our users by interacting with them professionally and fostering open communication in a safe, confidential environment.

3. To successfully prepare users to become self-directed learners.