The Academic Success Center
The mission of the Academic Success Center (ASC) is to help students achieve their educational goals while supporting their development toward being efficient, independent learners with a commitment to academic excellence. Located in the lower level of Old Main Hall in rooms M110 and M111, the ASC offers a range of support for students seeking academic assistance of any nature. In the ASC, students can access a wide array of services, including personalized study skills mentoring, one-on-one peer tutoring, and a quiet and comfortable study space. Students may contact ASC staff by calling (618) 239-6077, emailing BellevilleAcademicSuccess@lindenwood.edu, or stopping by the center.
The writing lab within the ASC has computers where students are encouraged to meet with a writing consultant while they work on an essay or paper. Writing tutors are prepared to help students with all stages of the writing process. The goal at the ASC is to help students become confident and effective writers. Common areas the tutors can address include starting the assignment, essay organization, sentence clarity, paragraph transitions, grammar, and word usage. There are a number of resources for students to use in the center or to take with them.
Peer tutoring is available in other subjects, including biology and math, depending on current needs. Each semester the tutoring schedule is posted and updates are sent to students through their lionmail accounts. In-person tutoring is available on a walk-in or appointment basis. Online tutoring is also offered 24 hours a day, seven days a week to all Lindenwood students through their student portals from the educational resource Smarthinking.
The ASC Mentoring Program provides a holistic approach to academic student development through a network of comprehensive resources and services. Student participants of the mentoring program receive supportive services that help them transition into academically successful students; these sessions include academic workshops, skill-building sessions, and semester-long tracking of student progress. The highest priority of the ASC is meeting the educational needs of the Lindenwood University-Belleville students. The team includes three full-time staff members, graduate assistants, and students within the Work and Learn program. The Director of Academic Student Success and Retention oversees the ASC and its related programs and can be reached at (618) 239-6223.