Accomplishments: Academic Success Center
On Sept. 5 the Academic Success Center (ASC) celebrated its 10-year anniversary and as part of its celebration recognized former students, faculty, departments, and community leaders that have made the ASC such an exemplary center. They are:
Dean’s Award - Carl Reiber (formerly of the provost's office)
Dean’s Award - Regent…
Three UNLV graduate students recently received a national Love of Learning Award from The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. They are among 100 award recipients nationwide.
Erick López, a doctoral student in sociology, will use funds from the award to travel to Ann Arbor, Michigan, to attend a research methods training titled "Health…
Megan Bavaro, Katie Woods, and Anne White (all Academic Success Center) presented "Innovation of Bridge: Creating Specialty Programs to Enhance Math Outcomes" at the 48th annual College Reading & Learning Association Conference in Portland, Oregon.
Aaron Brown (Public Affairs and Academic Success Center) recently was recognized as an "emerging scholar" by the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA). In November, he will be co-presenting a paper with Jessica Word, (Environmental and Public Affairs) at the ARNOVA conference in Chicago. The paper…
Chyna Miller and Eric Mason (both Academic Success Center) presented at the College Reading and Learning Association (CRLA) National Annual Conference in early November. Their presentation, "Knowing Your Own Backyard": Applying Pareto's Principle to Learning Support Services," featured a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the campuswide…
Tracy Johnson (Liberal Arts), Valarie Burke (Vice Provost Academic Affairs), Stacy Shapin (Fine Arts), Kristie Berthelotte (Fine Arts), Heather Hatch (Academic Success Center), Chris Parker (Engineering), Sal Mora (Academic Success Center), David Belt (Sciences), and Michael Biesiada (Business) made presentations at the annual NACADA (National…
Adam Koebke (Math) and Chyna Miller (Academic Success Center) presented "Show Me the Data: Advancing Standards to Measure Success" at the 2013 Nevada ACT State Organization Educational Symposium, which took place at UNR in February. Their session, "Improving Remedial Math Outcomes with Adaptive Technology," explored the results of last year's…
Rimi Marwah (Academic Success Center) and Megan Bavaro (Academic Success Center) presented a proposal, "Tutor Training: 101," which explored how professional staff can train tutors to facilitate effective study groups, use good time management skills, and integrate Bloom's Taxonomy into the tutoring process. The presentation was made at this year'…
Chyna Miller (Academic Success Center) and William Wolfs (Academic Success Center) presented a proposal, "How to Teach Physics to Non-Physicists," which explored a method developed by the Academic Success Center's physics tutors to streamline and enhance the tutoring process for UNLV students taking physics courses. The presentation was made at…