Our History

A VOTE OF THE FACULTY in 1955 established a “Writing Clinic” to help students deficient in writing. By the 1970’s, it had evolved into the Writing Resource Center (WRC) which was dedicated to serving Ohio Wesleyan students, faculty, and administrators interested in improving their writing skills. In the 1990s, a Quantitative Skills Center was established for students who needed quantitative help in any area of their studies as well as an Academic Skills Assistance Office for student enhancement in the areas of learning strategies.

In the fall of 2000 extensive remodeling was done to the R.W. Corns building to provide a space for a newly integrated Academic Resource Center which was to house all three centers: The Writing Center, The Academic Skills Center, and The Quantitative Skills Center.

On October 5, 2001, the Center was dedicated as the Sagan Academic Resource Center endowed by Margaret Pickett Sagan ’48 and the late John Sagan ’48. Their endeavors help ensure that students have access to tutoring and other academic support services.

On August 23, 2004, the Learning Disabilities Assistance Center (LDAC) was incorporated into the Academic Resource Center. The LDAC works in cooperation with the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and with the other Centers in the Sagan ARC. Reasonable accommodations are coordinated and adaptive strategies are employed to help students achieve academic success.