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Archive for February 3rd, 2023

Curing the Most Common Disease of Writing: Commaitis 

If you do not see the podcast player, click here to listen. Romano Wilmani simply detested any writing.  Coming up with a topic was never a problem, and overall she enjoyed doing […]

What a Friendship: The Writer and the Tutor!

If you do not see the podcast player, click here to listen. This was not the best day for Serfeti Alcobar. She was looking at her midterm essay the Economics professor […]

Strategies for Success in Online Learning

In this video log (VLog), Purdue University Global Academic Success Center lead tutor Michele Paulsen and tutor Melinda Hall discuss the roles that metacognition and self-regulation play in learning. Michele […]

Digging for Gold: How the Perfect Research Can Make for a Valued Essay

Oceana Tomlinson was in her first year of college and was excited to begin pursuing her major of Urban Management. She had been involved in several of her community volunteer […]

A Writer’s Treasure Chest: The Purdue Global Academic Success Center

It was to be the final term paper for Stosh Ivanov.  He had been anticipating this all session when he first read over the syllabus: “This is an English course, […]

Assignment Mistakes: Beauties to Be Embraced

If you do not see the podcast player, click here to listen. Chin O’Malley was halfway through his Advanced Biology course, and on his computer he had several files open to help […]

Building Rapport with Professors: Tips for Online Students

If you do not see the podcast player, click here to listen. The 2020 global pandemic brought several changes to the world; one notable change was the need to shift classrooms […]

The Curse: Not Following Directions Is a Big Boo-Boo

If you do not see the podcast player, click here to listen. Lurethia McKenzie looked at the syllabus for information on the next course assignment.  It was to be a 1000-1200 word […]

Student Wellness Resources

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and since May is right around the corner, it’s a good time to feature a new resource in the Academic Success Center: Student Wellness […]

Resource Spotlight: Knowing with Mnemonics

The Academic Success Center presents a new video resource: “Knowing with Mnemonics: Clues to Help Remember What You’ve Learned.” This short video (under seven minutes) is part of a series […]