Need Help, No Problem: SU Center for Student Success a mainstay

As a freshman, coming into your first semester of college can be overwhelming.  Assistant Director for the Center for Student Success, Lindsey Butler, helps students go about their freshman year, with much needed tools and guidance to help them succeed. 
Butler hopes for this semester to be a successful for the growing program. According to Ms. Butler, “We now have three operational tutor centers on campus, with two more on the way.” One is located in Pinchback Hall in the I-Star center the other one is located in the library on the second floor Room 209 and the last one, in James Hall in Room 352.
“We want tutoring to be as easily accessible to our students as possible, and our tutors are eager to help, we have an amazing group of tutors this year.” For students it takes a lot for them to ask or admit that they need academic help. “The fact that our students, who come in for assistance realize that they need support, that’s what C.S.S. is here for to provide a safe and supportive space for students”. 
Students who come to the C.S.S. regularly and consistently have improved not only their grades, and test scores. Soft skills like communication and confidence have improved as well. “We’ve found that our students with our issues that they are having, our office is really student centered.”
All of the services at C.S.S. are voluntary. C.S.S. is no longer a mandatory program, however CSS offers seminars and programs to students because they are highly beneficial to students who participate. “Students should understand that being a successful student requires more than simply going to class, sometimes the skills that are needed in addition to going to class, like study skills, learning styles, and communication skills our students need assistance with.” 
That’s where “Keys to Success” seminars come into play for those students. It can help students become holistically successful students helping them to better understand what’s needed from you to reach your highest potential. 
If you don’t know how to speak with your instructor, needing help balancing school, employment, your social and personal life, if you need help understanding how to read your textbook, or avoid waiting until the last minute to complete assignments, there are seminars that speak to those issues that are important to students.
Center for Student Success is always striving to add to the amazing programs, and are excited about launching the Supplemental Instruction program. S.I. is a new program where an upperclassman taking a C.S.S student and they will hold group study sessions with the students after their classes. Having been in class with the students, the SI leader will be able to give specialize assistance to students who take that class.