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In this issue:- The Learning Center honors peer educator milestones- Highlights from this year’s JumpStart Reunion- Stress Less Fest events- Final Exam Week Walk-in Tutoring Schedule
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The Learning Center News from
Tutoring Hours
Milestones 2
Jumpstart Reunion 3
Statistics, Stress
Less Fest 4
Finals Walk-In
Tutoring Schedule 5
Finals Walk-In
Tutoring Schedule 6
Volume 15, Issue 2
December 2015
Inside this issue:
The Learning Center Newslet ter: December 2015
Special points
of Interest: Chris is a tremendous asset to The
Learning Center, serving as a walk-in
tutor five days a week for both busi-
ness and math courses. He is a one-to-
one tutor with four different students
across multiple disciplines including
math, accounting, and finance. As the
Co-Lead Business Tutor, he is always
taking on additional responsibilities
such as assisting with class visits and
holding review sessions for the other
tutors. This month, Chris surpassed 400
tutoring hours and is working towards
level three CRLA certification.
Thank you, Chris, for your continued
dedication to The Learning Center!
Shannon works with five individual students for one-to-one tutoring in the areas of Political Science, Fine Arts, and History, and mentors six stu-dents. She assists students in the Com-mit to Success Program and the Schol-arship Retention Program and con-nects with a diverse student popula-tion. Several students have raved about her tutoring and mentoring abilities stating that “Shannon is mak-ing a positive difference in achieving (their) academic success.” She contin-ually takes on additional assignments with enthusiasm, despite her full course load to graduate a semester ear-ly. When she graduates in December from the University Honors Program,
we will certainly have big shoes to fill!
Chris Hakes Shannon Lavargna
Peer Educators of the Month: October
Congratulations to
Chris Hakes and
Shannon Lavargna
for being named
Peer Educators of
the Month for the
month of October.
Congratulations to Melanie Friese, the
Candy Corn Counting Contest
Winner.
Stress Less Fest Dec. 9th-14th
100 – 199 Tutoring/Mentoring Hours 200-299 Tutoring/Mentoring Hours
Youssaira Akennad Melanie Friese
Evan Bodi Ashleigh Lambert
Jamie Emerson Adam Tremblay
Caroline Fleming Elizabeth Worth
Melissa Handy Christina Zhong
Michael Hoffman
Emily Holmes
Michael Levy
Hallie Semmel
Cameron Stoughton
Adam Tremblay
300-3099 Tutoring/Mentoring Hours 400 – 499 Tutoring/Mentoring Hours
Rajsinh Phadtare Christopher Hakes
Kaitlin Shaughnessey
500+ Tutoring/Mentoring Hours
Paul Nguyen
Raj Phadtare has been a math peer educator for the
Learning Center since the fall of 2013 and has earned all
three levels of CRLA certification. He has over 360 hours
of tutoring service and serves in multiple roles. As a class
assistant for MAT 230, Raj assists Dr. Megan Paddack dur-
ing class and works outside of class with groups of students
to review relevant course material when students are pre-
paring for exams. With four evening shifts of walk-in tu-
toring each week, Raj is a valuable resource to all students
in their current math classes. As the Lead Math Tutor, Raj
also has earned the respect of all the math tutors by being
the go–to tutor when questions arise.
After joining the Learning Center team as a second semes-
ter freshman in the spring of 2013, Kaitlin Shaughnessy
has over 300 hours of service. This is quite remarkable
since she has spent the fall semester student teaching at
Hillside Middle School. Kaitlin has been a class assistant for
numerous sections of MAT 106 & 206 and MAT 130. In
addition, she has worked with students in both walk-in tutor-
ing and as a 1-1 tutor while earning CRLA certification in
Levels I and II, and served as a JumpStart mentor in the
summer of 2014. She also has been a teacher in the
Breakthrough Manchester program for the past two sum-
mers. Kaitlin is certainly dedicated to the academic success
of SNHU students as well as to the success of students in the
surrounding community.
With over 540 hours of tutoring service, Paul Nguyen has
assisted countless SNHU students in their math courses. He
has served as the class assistant in the Three Year Program’s
statistics and calculus classes as well as currently assisting in
two MAT 130 classes. He works with nine students individu-
ally this semester and covers two shifts of walk-in tutoring.
Paul has earned all three levels of CRLA certification. He
consistently is a resource for the other math tutors and his
positive, upbeat attitude is infectious.
Christopher Hakes has been a tutor for The Learning Cen-
ter since the fall of 2013. Since then, he has taken on vari-
ous roles as a walk-in tutor, one-to-one tutor, and class as-
sistant across multiple disciplines including accounting, fi-
nance, and math. Currently, Chris works walk-in tutoring five
days a week and has four students he works with individu-
ally, some of whom are in the Retake with Success Program.
In the spring of 2015, Chris was named the Lead Business
Tutor. As the Co-Lead Business Tutor, Chris takes on even
more responsibilities such as assisting with class visits and
holding review sessions for the other tutors. Semester after
semester, Chris has proven to be an outstanding tutor, as
evidenced by the many students he works with on a daily
basis. Accumulating over 400 tutoring hours is an incredible
achievement, and The Learning Center is lucky to have him!
Recognition of Tutoring Hours Milestones
Page 2 The Learn ing Center Newslet ter: December 2015
Candy Corn
Counting Contest Winner!
Congratulations to Melanie
Friese, the winner of the 2015
Candy Corn Counting Contest.
Melanie had the closest guess
out of over 50 other partici-
pants.
Melanie sealed her victory with
a guess of 402 candy corns.
The jar contained 406!
Melanie was rewarded with
the jar and bragging rights
with her second win in this
contest.
The Learn ing Center Newslet ter: December 2015 Volume 15, Issue 2
2015 Jumpstart Reunion
This year’s annual Jumpstart Reun-
ion was held on November 17th in
the Tuckerman Hall Common area.
The event consisted of students
who participated in Jumpstart
earlier in the year as well as their
mentors and The Learning Center staff.The reunion was kicked off with
some pizza, salad, and refresh-
ments as the students got a
chance to see everyone in one
place for the first time since
Jumpstart. Once the food was
finished, a video was shown dis-
playing over 80 pictures of
Jumpstart week. The video
brought laughs and memories to
everyone in attendance.
After the video, the students en-
joyed a short activity with Kathy
Willis. This activity involved stu-
dents rolling dice until they rolled
a certain number. Once successful
they got to open a box wrapped
in gift wrapping paper. This box
opened to smaller and smaller
boxes until the last box was
reached. The last student to open
the box received prize of a Study
Pack inside.
After the activity Selina Marcille
ran a game of “Mafia”. This
game took the remainder of the
period and included students,
mentors, and The Learning Center staff. Students were assigned
roles including mafia members, a
doctor, and a detective, and the
group had to collaborate to de-
termine which JumpStart students
among the group were the mafia
members before too many inno-
cent JumpStart students were
eliminated.
Overall it was another successful
year for the Jumpstart Reunion
with just over 20 students out of
42 in attendance. Everyone en-
joyed this reunion and it was nice
to see the jumpers before they go
off into their first winter break.
This year consisted of an amazing
group of jumpers and we can’t
wait to see what their future at
SNHU holds.
Below are photos of the
Jumpstart Reunion
Page 3
Stress Less with The Learning Center: Stress Less Fest 2015 Events
Wednesday 12/9
SNHU Women’s + Men’s Basketball Games—Ugly Sweater Night
5:30 pm , 7:30 pm
Fieldhouse
Thursday 12/10
Gingerbread House Decorating
1:00 pm -3:00 pm
LC 206
Monday 12/14
Career Development at Walk-in Tutoring
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Outside LC 205-206
Sunday 12/13
Yoga with Celeste
2:00 pm
Penmen Room
Sponsored by Campus Recreation
Page 4 The Learn ing Center Newslet ter: December 2015
The number of students seeking assistance
from The Learning Center peer educators
has steadily increased over the past sev-
eral semesters. As we come to the end of
the fall 2015 semester 974 students have
utilized walk-in tutoring services, 199 stu-
dents are scheduled with one-to-one peer
tutoring or peer mentoring, and classroom
assistants have met with over 400 stu-
dents outside of the classroom as addi-
tional resources for projects and exam
reviews. If you need help on an assign-
ment, would like to bring your grades up,
or are struggling with time management
and organizational skills, visit The Learn-
ing Center. We are here to help you!
TLC Usage Stats
ACCOUNTING 201 & 202
Sunday 12/13 4:00-6:00 pm
6:00-8:00 pm
LC 206
LC 206
Elle Tibbitts
Elle Tibbits Sam Bailey Emily Holmes David Ballantyne
Monday 12/14 6:00-7:00 pm
7:00-8:00 pm
LC 206
LC 206
Emily Holmes Ron Haverty Jamie Emerson
Chris Hakes Ron Haverty Jamie Emerson
Tuesday 12/15 4:00-5:00 pm
5:00-6:00 pm
LC 206
LC 206
Emily Holmes Jordan Gray Cole Peffer
Emily Holmes Jordan Gray Chris Hakes
Wednesday 12/16 6:00-8:00 pm LC 206 Ron Haverty David Ballantyne
ECONOMICS 201 & 202
Sunday 12/13 4:00-6:00 pm
6:00-8:00 pm
LC 206
LC 206
Jordan Gray
Jordan Gray Cole Peffer
Monday 12/14 6:00-8:00 pm LC 206 David Ballantyne
FINANCE 320 & 330
Sunday 12/13 4:00-7:00 pm
7:00-8:00 pm
LC 206
LC 206
Ron Haverty Youssaira Akennad
Ron Haverty Youssaira Akennad Chris Hakes
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 100 & 210
Sunday 12/13 4:00-6:00 pm
6:00-8:00 pm
LC 206
LC 206
Adam Tremblay
Connor Saccoccio
Monday 12/14 6:00-8:00 pm LC 206 Adam Tremblay Cameron Stoughton Matt Sandstrom
MARKETING 113
Sunday 12/13 4:00-6:00 pm
6:00-8:00 pm
LC 206
LC 206
Cole Peffer
Ann Pastorello
Monday 12/14 6:00-8:00 pm LC 206 Cole Peffer
Tuesday 12/15 4:00-5:00 pm
5:00-6:00 pm
LC 206
LC 206
Evan Bodi
Cole Peffer
Wednesday 12/16 6:00-8:00 pm LC 206 Cole Peffer
The Learn ing Center Newslet ter: December 2015 Page 5
OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT (QSO) 300
Sunday 12/13 6:00-8:00 pm LC 206 Caroline Fleming
Wednesday 12/16 6:00-8:00 pm LC 206 Caroline Fleming
The Learning Center
Finals Week Walk-in Tutoring Schedule
Fall 2015
MATH
Sunday 12/13 6:00-8:00 pm LC 205 Chris Hakes (6-7) Caitlyn Gancorz Ashleigh Lambert
Alycia Miner Kaitlin Tetreault Adam Tremblay Mike Levy
Monday 12/14
1:00-3:00 pm
3:00-4:00 pm
5:00-7:00 pm
7:00-8:00 pm
LC 205
LC 205
LC 205
LC 205
Caitlyn Gancorz Emily Murphy Raj Phadtare Kaitlin Tetreault Melissa Handy
Youssaira Akennad Caitlyn Gancorz Mike Hoffman Ashleigh Lambert Alycia Miner Raj Phadtare Mary Shakshober Kaitlin Tetreault Elle Tibbitts Melissa
Handy
Youssaira Akennad Caitlyn Gancorz Mike Hoffman Chris Hakes Ashleigh Lam-bert Alycia Miner (6:00-7:00) Raj Phadtare Mary Shakshober (6:00-7:00) Kaitlin
Tetreault Elle Tibbitts Mike Levy
Youssaira Akennad Evan Bodi Mike Hoffman Ashleigh Lambert Alycia Miner Raj Phadtare Mary Shakshober Kaitlin Tetreault Elle Tibbitts Mike Levy
UNDERGRADUATE WRITING
Sunday 12/13 4:00-6:00 pm
6:00-8:00 pm
LC 205
LC 205
Evan Bodi Elizabeth Worth Jess Bylund
Hallie Semmel Casey Wiggin Annie Boghigian
Monday 12/14
12:00-2:00 pm
2:00-4:00 pm
4:00-6:00 pm
6:00-8:00 pm
LC 205
LC 205
LC 205
LC 205
Mackenzie Porter Jordyn Hoar (12:00-1:45) Casey Wiggin
Mike Hoffman (2:00-3:00) Alexa Roth Jacqui Capobianco
Hallie Semmel Melanie Friese Megan Leger
Ashley Walbridge Megan Palmer Matt Gagnon
Questions regarding Learning Center services can be addressed to a Learning Center Coordinator:
Director:
Ms. Lori DeConinck
LC 207A
Ext. 4619
Mentoring:
Mr. Chad Detjen
LC 207B
Ext. 2091
Business:
Ms. Kristina Rieger
LC 207H
Ext. 2098
Writing:
Ms. Selina Marcille
LC 207G
Ext. 2086
Math:
Ms. Kathy Willis
LC 207F
Ext. 2148
Other:
Ms. Ashley Liadis
LC 207E
Ext. 2489
Visit our mySNHU page: http://my.snhu.edu/offices/learningcenter
Find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/SNHU.LearningCenter
Follow us on Twitter: @TLC_at_SNHU
Instagram: SNHU_Learning_Center
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Finals Week Walk-in Schedule Continued
