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The Academic Skills Center (ASC) exists to provide assistance in the areas of time management, study skills, note taking, test preparation, and test performance. This Center takes appointments Monday through Friday from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to noon, or at other times more convenient to the students by special appointment. The interns in the ASC closely work with Dr. Leavy. The ASC also offers group presentations for classes, athletic teams, fraternities or sororities, and other campus groups.

The Quantitative Skills Center (Q-Center) is in place to provide assistance to all students who have questions in the quantitative arena. Students having math questions in their science, psychology, mathematics, and economics courses are welcome. The mathematics courses tutored by the Q-Center are: Math 105, Math 108, Math 110, Math 111, and Math 230. Students receive individual guidance through the problem solving process at a rate comfortable to them. Calculus I labs are provide four times a week where students receive help in a group setting.

The Writing Center helps students of all writing levels learn-or brush up on-the hows and whys of effective writing and polish their writing styles. Students can receive guidance on resumes, preparing for the MCAT, and graduate school applications. Also students along with all members of the Ohio Wesleyan University community may call the Writing Hotline with specific questions about written and spoken English (x3925).

The Learning Disability Assistance Center provides services for meeting the needs of students with learning disabilities and/or attention deficit disorders. Reasonable academic accommodations are coordinated and adaptive strategies are employed to help students achieve academic success. This office works in cooperation with others in the more comprehensive Sagan ARC, our Associate Dean of First Year Students, and with the Associate Dean of Academic Advising. The center is staffed by Dr. Lydia Block.