WORKSHOPS, PROGRAMS, AND STUDY TOOLS, OH MY!

Resources for Academic Success

Resources for student academic success abound at Trinity University. Be sure to check out Academic Support’s tips and tricks for success, special study spaces, programs, and workshops to really benefit from all that Trinity has to offer to help you succeed.

 

Tips and Tricks for Success

Learn to thrive at Trinity by building skills and habits in these three broad categories.

  • Examine how the college daily and weekly routines are different from high school and adjust your planning and organization to meet those new demands.
     
  • Track time and tasks, and find a system to help you do so. Maybe a great planning calendar? Google Calendar? A combination of both?
     
  • Use daytime hours for study as much as possible. Your brain is more available for learning then.
     
  • Commit to getting good sleep. It really matters!
  • Manage procrastination by breaking tasks into chunks, finding an accountability buddy, or other methods that an Academic Coach can help you identify.
     
  • Download any of these tools to help you stay organized.
     
  • Try the Pomodoro Technique and other timer-based apps to boost your focus and productivity.
  • Apply findings from the Science of Learning and an understanding of how memory works to your study habits to enhance deep learning and critical thinking.
     
  • Reflect frequently on what’s working and what isn’t, then make adjustments.
     
  • Embrace feedback in the form of discussing something with a professor during office hours, consulting a peer tutor, and carefully reviewing graded work for ways to improve.
  • Asking questions is a sign of strength, not weakness.
     
  • The Trinity community is built on inquiry and mutual support.
     
  • Go to faculty office hours—they have set these times aside to focus on students and their questions.
     
  • Take advantage of Peer Tutoring, including the Writing Center and the QRS Center.
  • Spend some time familiarizing yourself with the many amazing resources available to you at Trinity, from Counseling Services to Career Services.
     
  • Connect with classmates—group study can be very beneficial.
     
  • Make an appointment to meet one-on-one with an Academic Coach. We can help you build and stick to your own plan.

Study in the TLC

The Tiger Learning Commons (TLC) is the perfect place to study. In addition to housing academic coaching, tutoring, and student accessibility services, it features several study spaces tailored to facilitate both group and individual learning.


Tiger Learning Commons

STARTING OFF STRONG

Summer Transition Programs

Taking place over the summer before the start of participants' first semester, the summer transition programs prepare select incoming first-year students to flourish at Trinity.

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Skyline Scholars Program

The Skyline Scholars Program is an invitation-based opportunity for selected students to move to campus two weeks early, begin their First-Year Experience (FYE) course, make friends, participate in workshops, and get to know Trinity.

Skyline Scholars Program

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Quantitative Buildup for Incoming Tigers (QBIT)

QBIT is an online summer program that provides a small cohort of incoming Trinity students with the special opportunity to prepare for mathematical work at Trinity before arriving on campus in the fall.

QBIT

 

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Academic Success Program (ASP)

The Academic Success Program is required for all first-year Football students and includes sessions and workshops designed to introduce students to Trinity’s support resources and to help ease the transition to college life before Football Camp begins. The program includes a mini-course: Introduction to College Writing. More information about the program will be provided to participants by the coaching staff and Academic Support.

 

Workshops

Academic Support offers workshops at the beginning of each semester and throughout the year upon request. Faculty members, student organizations, and other campus groups can request either one of the standard workshops or a customized one to help facilitate the academic success of their students and/or members.

In lieu of providing a schedule of open workshops throughout the semester, we encourage students seeking individual support to sign up for individualized Academic Coaching so that our support can be tailored to you right when you need it.

Jump Start Your Semester

Scheduling: Offered to all at the beginning of each semester

If you're looking for some new ways to implement positive study habits to kick off the semester, this is the workshop for you. We'll cover time management, study skills, and more! Come with your schedules and calendars, and we can get you on the right track for the semester.

Time Management Strategies

To Schedule: Contact Betty Curry, Director for Academic Support, at bcurry@trinity.edu

Learn time-tested strategies to gain control of your time. Bottom line: attitude is key. This workshop will help you understand the myths and realities of procrastination, setting goals, getting organized, using a planner, and segmenting your time. There is freedom in structure!

Make It Stick! Smart Study Strategies

To Schedule: Contact Betty Curry, Director for Academic Support, at bcurry@trinity.edu

Did you know that we tend to be poor judges of when we are learning well and when we are not? Some study methods give the illusion of mastery but don’t lead to real learning of critical ideas that can be applied in other contexts. This workshop will cover the highlights of effective reading, retrieval practice (self-quizzing), and deep learning through the connection of new material to prior knowledge. Based on Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning by Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III, and Mark A McDaniel.

Writing Strategies

To Schedule: Contact Jenny Rowe, Director for Tutoring Programs, at jrowe@trinity.edu

A workshop on the writing process, strategies for producing your best work, and avoiding common pitfalls in writing assignments.

Tackling the Search

To Schedule: Contact LadyStacie Rimes-Boyd, Assistant Director for Programming & Marketing, Career Services, at lrimesbo@trinity.edu

This workshop will cover the basic search process for internships, undergraduate research, and jobs. It will also show students the ins and outs of Handshake, the position posting site and CELCS resource center.

Request a Workshop
 

 
Faculty

Do you have a conference or personal conflict coming up and need someone to teach your class? Don’t cancel that class!

Please consider letting a professional Trinity staff member (from Academic Support and beyond) use that time to share useful strategies for improving study and self-care skills. We will be happy to come to your classroom and give a presentation of your choice from a variety of academic success and wellness topics.

Please email bcurry@trinity.edu to schedule. At least two weeks' notice is preferred.

 
Student Organizations and Groups

We would love to plan a workshop for your group at your convenience. You can choose from the list of standard workshops and/or request a customized option that suits the needs of your group.

Please email bcurry@trinity.edu to schedule. At least two weeks' notice is preferred.