ASK THE AARC OWL!

Posted by Jackson Brown, Writing and English Program Director

Mr. Turtle, how many steps does it take to draft the perfect essay?

I don't know; I never followed all the steps. Ask the AARC OWL.

Mr. OWL, how many steps does it take to draft the perfect essay?




Let's find out:


1) Chat with a tutor online to brainstorm for ideas.

2) Discuss your questions about revision and editing on the online message board.


3) Submit your draft online for next-day review and comment.

... Three.



It's as simple as that?



It is!
All Freshman Composition students can visit me for writing help at http://mycourses.sfasu.edu/

DR. COOPER IS AMAZING!

Testmony Collected by Annette James, SI Program Director

In preparing for the SI sessions, I realize how much effort my own teachers put into their classes! Sometimes as students we don't appreciate their lessons and the amount of preparation needed for each one. An SI Leader learns just how much work a professor puts into his classes.

Throughout all the challenges of being an SI Leader (getting students to talk,creating fun activities), it is a relief to know there is always someone I can come to for guidance and help. My SI teacher Dr. Dana Cooper of the Department of History is really clear about what she wants students to learn, and her door is always open. Dr. Cooper is amazing!

Jazzi Hiriart-Lozoya
SI Leader for Dr. Dana Cooper, Department of History

SHOUT OUT TO DR. STEWART!

Testimony Collected by Annette James, SI Program Director

All of the professors with whom I have worked, including my current SI Prof, Dr. Robert Stewart, are incredibly supportive of the SI program and are always willing to help me. Because of them, I have learned to:

· deal with different groups of people

· increase my emotional maturity when confronted with problems

· be patient when others don’t understand something that is easy for me

· control a group to make sure they stay on task

Seeing that light bulb of understanding shine in students’ eyes as they understand a concept is such a rewarding experience. When they explain the concept back to me, I’m not sure who is more excited-- the student or me. I love my job, and I thank the professors who gave it to me. Woohoo!

Erin Stempenski

SI Leader For Dr. Stewart, Department of Biology

DR. JUDSON IS IN THE AARC HOUSE!

By Andrew Davis, Math and Physics Program Director

Wednesday nights at the Math Walk-In Table at the AARC are like most other nights except that one of the tutors diligently working with the students is not a student himself. That tutor’s name is Dr. Tom Judson, a new math professor at SFA, who is spending two of his office hours tutoring students at the Math Walk-InTable:

Since I have to have office hours why not have them where I am guaranteed to get students? At Harvard I spent some of my office hours at their tutoring centers, and I believe in the work of tutoring centers, so I better put money and time where my mouth is. Being at the AARC gives me contact with students, and they are more likely to ask me questions that I would not get from the classroom or in my office which then helps me to be a better teacher.

Before coming to SFA, Dr. Judson taught at Harvard for six years, and before that, he taugth skiing for five years So why would anyone quit a great job where one is actually paid to ski? Dr. Judson says that teaching math is a lot more fun than teaching skiing because blizzards do not exactly make for a great day at the office!