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Managing Student Stressors

If you do not see the podcast, click here to listen. I’m stressed. You’re stressed. I hope none of us have overwhelming stress, but April is Stress Awareness Month, so […]

Making a Difference with Writing Across the Curriculum

Have you visited our university’s newest blog space, The WACademic Blog, yet? Presented by the English and Rhetoric Department and the Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) initiative at Purdue University […]

Building Academic Vocabulary: FUMP It Up!

Academic lingo often differs from everyday language. Sometimes scholarly terminology even stumps experienced researchers. Fortunately, anyone can learn unfamiliar words or phrases. Language teachers use an easy acronym: FUMP (School […]

Fall in Love With Learning

If you do not see the podcast, click here to listen. Does your education feel like a chore? Is your degree path arduous and uninspiring?  The road we take to […]

Academic Boundaries and Online Learning

If you do not see the podcast, click here to listen. While the start of a new year is a common time to consider our academic goals, it is equally […]

 Academic Goals for Online Students

If you do not see the podcast, click here to listen. At the start of a new year, many of us are thinking about our priorities and our goals for […]

Happy Holidays!

Season’s greetings from the Purdue University Global Academic Success Center tutors and staff! May you experience all the wonder and joy of the season. We will resume our academic success […]

Practicing the Pomodoro Technique

If you do not see the podcast, click here to listen. Like a yoga practice or a meditation practice, we can grow our study habits, develop the ability for deep […]

Improving Comprehension with the PQ4R Method

If you do not see the podcast, click here to listen. Complex reading, like academic reading, requires greater effort than the reading we do for pleasure. In order to comprehend […]

Success with the Feynman Technique

If you do not see the podcast player, click here to listen. Learning requires effort. As I talked about in a previous episode on Using the SQ3R Reading Method, academic […]