Academic Services

Targeting:
Targeting is a program designed for freshmen and transfer student-athletes to help them achieve academic excellence. The program assists student-athletes with their time management, study skills, test taking skills and note taking techniques.

Academic progress is recorded in order to communicate progress with coaches and administration. Only coaches and administration have access to student-athlete targeting reports. Any student-athlete suspected to have a learning disability might be tested by a clinical psychologist to determine if any special academic assistance is needed. The study center works closely with professors and the Office of Disability Concerns to help meet the academic needs of these student athletes.

Approximately 100 student-athletes are involved with the targeting program every semester.

Tutoring:
The Karin L. Bone Athletics Study Center offers a suite of services for our student-athletes and tutoring is a key component. Tutors typically meet with student-athletes on an individual basis as needed. However, study groups are often formed when student-athletes request tutors for the same class. Tutoring is available for a large array of classes some of which provide supplemental instruction, a program instituted to provide extra help outside of class hours. The University Center for Learning Assistance is responsible for the training and provision of tutors provided for assistance.

Student-Athlete Affairs
The NCAA Student-Athlete Affairs department provides life skills support in the areas of academics, athletics, personal development, career development and service through the distribution of accessible resources, strategic partnerships and customized programming at little or no expense to member institutions. Student-athlete affairs programs, resources and events are designed to promote the well-being and development of student-athletes with the hope to provide an on-going education and training to athletics professionals who identify and serve student- athlete needs.

Technology:
The Karin L. Bone Athletics Study Center recently upgraded all computers to Pentium 4/1.7 GHz Dell desktops during the 2008-09 school year. All lab computes are equipped with 20 GIG hard drives, 384 Megabytes of RAM and connected to the University network, which provides the student-athletes with all the same resources available on campus computers.

In addition to the desktop computers, the athletics study center has 10 laptops available to checkout for teams while traveling for competition. In order to maintain usage records, an attendance system is used to keep track of the number of hours student-athletes spend in the athletics study center.

The athletics study center has programs and resources unique for various fields of study that makes it easier for student-athletes to accomplish their academic goals including free printing, wireless internet access, an informational video board and copying and scanning capabilities.