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STUDENT ADVISING AND MENTORING CENTER (SAM CENTER) Located in Academic Building IV (south of the Lee Drain Building, corner of Avenue I and Bowers Blvd.), the Student Advising and Mentoring Center (SAM Center) at Sam Houston State University offers academic counseling and enrichment services to all undergraduate and graduate students. The Student Advising and Mentoring Center is a resource dedicated to helping students adjust to academic life at Sam Houston State University. Services available include career testing, aid with time management and/or study skills. Additionally, the Center’s staff can provide students with suggestions on writing resumes, preparing PowerPoint presentations, and taking the THEA, ExCET, ACT, SAT, TOEfl, GMAT, or GRE. The Center offers workshops on an array of technological resources. The SAM Center houses fully networked Windows-based and Macintosh computers, printers, LCD projectors, scanners, TV/VCR combos, a SMART Board, a digital camera, and a digital video camera. The SAM Center will be permanently housed on the second floor of Academic Building IV. The Center can be contacted by E-mail or by telephone (936) 294-4444. Sam Houston State University encourages all students to seek Academic Advisement and requires that students in one or more of the following categories be subject to Academic Advisement prior to registration:
Each student who is subject to Academic Advisement will report to the Student Advising and Mentoring Center (SAM Center) to consult with an academic advisor. Students who are classified as “General Studies” students, i.e., no declared major, will also be advised in the SAM Center. Students who have declared a major will be advised in either the Center or assigned an advisor within their major department/program. Each student subject to Academic Advisement must be advised prior to the beginning of advance registration. Students subject to Academic Advisement will not be permitted to register until they have been advised. Students subject to THEA regulations are subject to THEA advisement. Students may view the names of advisors by accessing the appropriate computer option through SamInfo Computer Access at SamInfo. Specific information for accessing this data is provided in the Schedule of Classes. The Schedule of Classes is available online. Students are urged to review the academic calendar which provides the dates for advance registration. Students should schedule their advisement session with an advisor at an early date to ensure that the advisement procedures occur prior to advance registration. Questions relating to Academic Advisement should be directed to the Director of the Student Advising and Mentoring Center, located in Academic Building IV. Telephone: (936) 294-4444 and E-mail READING CENTERThe Reading Center was created to assist students, faculty, and staff with professional and academic endeavors. The primary goal of the instructors is to empower all students with effective reading strategies and the confidence to excel in their expository reading. To this end, the Reading Center tutors provide students with one-on-one and small group reading instruction. To facilitate faculty members, instructors can make reading strategy presentations in the classroom. One-session workshops on various reading strategies will be offered throughout the school year. In addition to serving undergraduates to develop reading strategies and/or prepare for the THEA, the SHSU Reading Center can also be used by those whose first language is not English to prepare for the TOEfl. Also, students preparing for post baccalaureate educational endeavors can use computer-assisted tutorials for the reading/verbal sections of the: GRE, GMAT, LSAT, PCAT, or MCAT. The Reading Center is an entity of the Language, Literacy, and Special Populations Department in the College of Education. The staff includes a full-time Reading Specialist and graduate assistants who are trained as reading tutors. For assistance, visit the Wilson Building, Office 111, or contact the Reading Center by telephone at (936) 294 3114 or FAX (936) 294-3560. Website WRITING CENTERThe Writing Center at Sam Houston State University helps all University students, staff, faculty and community members. The Writing Center was created to help individuals become better writers and develop more confidence in their writing abilities. To this end, the Writing Center tutors provide one-on-one and small group writing instruction. One-session workshops on various topics relating to writing are offered throughout the school year. Students may seek assistance for any type of writing needs ranging from English composition essays to science lab reports, résumés, scholarship and job application letters, even theses and dissertations. Writing Center tutors do not merely correct a student’s writing, but rather help students learn prewriting, revising, and editing skills. The Writing Center’s staff includes a full-time member of the English faculty, and graduate and undergraduate students from a variety of majors who are trained as writing tutors. Contact the Writing Center: telephone (936) 294-3680, FAX (936) 294-3560, E-mail, online. MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS TUTORSThe university provides free personal tutoring services to all students enrolled in freshman or sophomore mathematics and statistics courses, excluding the calculus sequence, in the Mathematics Tutoring Center (Lee Drain Building, Room 201). Students enrolled in the calculus sequence or higher level courses are encouraged to seek assistance from their instructors. The Mathematics Tutoring Center is staffed by graduate students from the Department of Mathematics and Statistics and select undergraduates majoring in mathematics. Hours of operation and availability of tutors are posted on a semester to semester basis. For information regarding the center, contact the Department of Mathematics and Statistics (Lee Drain Room 420, (936) 294-1964). |