Writing Center & Writing Mentor Program
The Writing Center, staffed by trained peer writing mentors,
is open for drop-in service Wednesdays from 4 to 6 p.m.
and Tuesdays, Thursdays,
and Sundays from 8 to 10 p.m. The Writing Center is located
in the Good Library, second floor south. Drop by and we
can
work on your paper together! If you would like a writing
mentor to meet with throughout the semester, please see
the next
section.
Writing mentors will work with you to improve your
paper and your writing. We can help you at any point
in the writing process — brainstorming, crafting
a thesis, organizing, revising drafts and final editing.
If
you would like to meet with a writing mentor on a regular
basis, or several times for a specific paper, please contact:
Sarah Wilson, student director of Writing Mentors and
the
Writing Center at sarahew@goshen.edu.
Sarah will provide your name and contact information
to
a writing mentor, who will arrange to meet with you one-on-one.
Or, to request a writing mentor, click here:
Try these links for some excellent writing guides:
Writing mentors: Find helpful tools for working with students at the following link:
Peer Tutoring Program
We all have challenging classes, and most of us have
a class or two with which we could use some extra help.
The Peer Tutoring Program helps organize peer-tutored study
groups of three to four students who meet every week for
one hour. Your professor can help facilitate forming these
study groups in your class. Each semester, we have groups meeting
for several subjects including Spanish, pathophysiology,
chemistry, computer programming, economics, statistics,
accounting and biology.
If
you would like a tutor, please contact: Lois Martin, ASC director, at lmartin@goshen.edu.
Or, to request a tutor, click here.
Praxis Test Study Guides
All education majors must pass the Praxis I test prior
to admission in the education program. Check out these
web sites for Praxis study guides and contact Lois Martin if you'd like a tutor to help you prepare for the Praxis
test.
Organization and time management
Download and print a handy .PDF of our academic planning calendar:
We offer limited assistance with organization and time management
skills. For an individual consultation or more information,
please contact
Lois Martin, Director of the Academic Support Center.
For helpful tips and strategies about time management and
study skills, please refer to the following Web page:
Services for students with disabilities
To be eligible to receive accommodations, a student must
provide an educational evaluation completed by a licensed
professional within the last three years. This documentation
will be kept on file in the Academic Support Center office. The ASC provides a variety of services to students with documented
learning disabilities.
More details.
Placement and competency tests
The tests are offered twice a year, during fall orientation
and before classes begin in the spring.
The Spring 2008 test
schedule is as follows:
| Date |
Time |
Test |
Location |
| |
|
|
|
| Monday, Jan. 7, 2008 |
2:00 p.m. |
Spanish |
AD 28 |
| |
2:00 p.m. |
German |
AD 35 |
| |
2:00 p.m. |
French |
AD 36 |
| |
4:00 p.m. |
*Math |
UN 004 |
*Students must have username and
password prior to taking the test
|
All entering students are required to demonstrate math competency
and take a language placement test. Students may choose to
take a biblical literature placement test in the fall. The college also
offers CLEP tests. For more information about CLEP tests,
please consult Stan Miller, registrar.
For more information about our placement and competency
tests, please contact: Lois Martin, director of the Academic Support Center, at
lmartin@goshen.edu
Testing requirements and
schedule details
The
Academic Support Center (ASC) offers several programs to promote
independent, life-long learning for all students of Goshen
College: 
