Food for thought: Study Jam offers free pizza
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Since Fall of 2008, Study Jams have happened every term. This year’s Associated Student Government is expanding the event.
The Study Jam will take place Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. in the learning center at the Albany campus and will be extended to the Learning Center at the Benton Center on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The Study Jam is a cooperative event between the Learning Center and ASG. The Learning Center extends their hours of operation during that weekend and also expands the amount of help on hand.
“The weekend before finals is a really good time to put some extra resources into student success,” said Caleb Doner, ASG Science and Industry representative and a tutor in the Learning Center.
The ASG provides snacks all day, and pizza will be served at noon and at 6 p.m. At the Benton Center, due to the shorter hours, there will only be one delivery of pizza.
The ASG will be handing out food and making sure everything runs smoothly.
This is the fourth Study Jam and the Learning Center is working to improve the help they can provide to students.
“We are really focusing our resources on the most used services,” said Vikki Maurer, faculty and Learning Center co-coordinator.
They are trying to have helpful study tools available for check out, such as calculators and the most popular textbooks. Also, they try to have math help throughout the day, because Maurer says that in the past they have seen students start to clear out once the math help is gone.
The ASG has gone to some department meetings to ask teachers if they are interested in showing up to the event and volunteering help.
“The students absolutely love it when their instructors shows up,” Maurer said.
Even if the event does not have help listed for your particular classes, Maurer feels it’s still a good idea to show up with a study group.
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