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The Learning Center Newsletter: March 2016

Volume 15, Issue

March 2016

Peer Educator of the Month: December2015/January 2016

Inside this issue:

Emily Holmes
The Learning Center is proud to recognize Emily Holmes as
Outstanding Peer Educator for December 15/January 16!
Emily first joined our team in the fall of 2014 and since then has
accumulated 128+ tutoring hours. She assists students with accounting
and information technology as a walk-in tutor, one-to-one tutor, and
lab assistant. As Kristina Rieger wrote in her letter of nomination, In
her roles as a one-to-one tutor and lab assistant specifically, Emily
received outstanding evaluations from the students she worked with.
Students overwhelmingly mentioned how friendly, approachable,
knowledgeable, and willing to help she was both in and out of class:
Emily was very knowledgeable about the course material and was
able to provide easy to understand direction when I was confused
about certain topics. She consistently goes above and beyond. The
Learning Center is thankful to have her!
To echo Kristinas words, we are very appreciative of Emilys service to
The Learning Center and her peers. Please join us in congratulating
her for this honor!

AYSTAT Event
Re-cap

Jelly Bean
Counting Contest

NSEA Nominee

BINGO

Candy Heart
Counting Contest

Upcoming Peerto Peer

Workshops

SNHU Writes
Blog Link

Walk-in
Schedule

5,6

Special Points
of Interest

Congratulations to Emily
Holmes our December/
January Peer Educator of the
Month

Be sure to take a look at our

upcoming Peer-to-Peer
Workshops

Thank you to our co-sponsors

for AYSTAT: Phi Delta Psi, Phi
Omega Psi, and FBLA

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The Learning Center Newsletter: March 2016

Are You Smarter Than A TutorEvent Recap

March Jelly Bean

Counting Contest
March 1st March 24th
Library Learning
Commons 205

Teams were given a variety of

multiple choice and openended questions within each
category. These questions also
grew in difficulty as teams progressed into the later rounds.

This year was another great

year of The Learning Centers
Are You Smarter Than A Tutor
Event. Co-sponsors for the event
were Future Business Leaders of
America, Phi Delta Psi, and Phi
Omega Psi.

Congratulations Team SGA!

These students were very intelligent in how to play the game as
well as having knowledge of a
lot of the topics presented during the tournament. Team SGA
also had a few supporters in the
audience, who cheered them to
victory as they took the $200
grand prize!

This event occurred February

22nd in the Pub and had a
great audience cheering on
each of the 10 teams that competed for the $200 cash prize.
Teams of tutors and students
played against each other answering trivia questions in categories such as Business, Math,
Writing, and Pop Culture.

FBLA provided great raffle

prizes such as gift cards to
Chipotle, 900 Degrees, and
Puritan Backroom. These raffles
were drawn between rounds
and everyone who attended
was entered for a chance to
win.

This year had the same set up

as last year with teams deciding
on a team member for each
question presented so that
every team could play to its
strengths.

Stop by the Learning

Center and submit
your guess this
March!

Overall, this years Are You

Smarter Than A Tutor Event was
a great success. Our co-sponsors
were such a big part of this successful event as well as everyone who attended and cheered
on the participants.
Above: Team SGA faces off with
Team Tuesday Casserole
Below: TLC Coordinators watch from
the audience
To the right:
TEAM SGA
after their
win in Are
You Smarter
Than A Tutor!

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The Learning Center Nominates Evan Bodi for National Student

Employment Association: Student Employee of the Year
The Learning Center is proud to put
forth Evan Bodi as our nominee for the NSEA award.
As a Peer Educator in The
Learning Center, Even covers a
broad spectrum of tutoring
services. In our walk-in sessions, you will find Evan tutoring in business, math, and
writing! Evan is also a classroom assistant in many busiEvan
ness and English classes, and
has positive relationships with
the international students in his Conversational English sessions.
Working in The Learning Center can be
challenging at times especially during
mid-terms and finals, but Evan is always friendly, positive, and upbeat
when helping his fellow students.
Evan's positive attitude helps students
feel at ease which lends to more

productive tutoring sessions. He is

proactive when working with
students and genuinely cares
about their success.
Not only does Evan earn the
respect from his peers, he has
a great rapport with the staff
at The Learning Center as
well! He is constantly going
above and beyond for The
Learning Center and the students of SNHU! Evan makes a
Bodi
point to get to know newly hired
Peer Educators and is always willing to
help them with any questions they
have and/or directing them to the appropriate resources. His knowledge
and experiences with The Learning
Center also lends to his assistance with
classroom visits promoting the services
offered by The Learning Center to the
students at SNHU.

The Learning Center & CAPE Co-Sponsor BINGO Night

This school year The
Learning Center will cosponsor with CAPE for a
BINGO night in the Pub
The event will be held on
March 9th from 7 to 8
pm in the Last Chapter
Pub!
Join the games for a
chance to win some great
prizes and to have a
good time!
Free snacks will also be
provided at the event
courtesy of The Learning
Center.

Valentines Day Candy

Heart Counting Contest
Winner:
Brian Nguyen

This year The Learning Center hosted a candy counting

contest just before Valentines Day. This consisted of
a jar of candy hearts and
students made guesses on
how many were in the jar.
The student with the closest
guess without going over
the total number in the jar
won!
Our winner for this event was
Brian Nguyen. He had a really
close guess of 539 heart candies. The total in the jar was
547!
Congratulations Brian! We
encourage you and everyone
else to participate in our upcoming Jelly Bean counting
contest!

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The Learning Center Newsletter: March 2016

Peer-to-Peer
Writing Workshops

Come join your fellow students as they run workshops about writing at SNHU. Individual
workshop details can be found on snhuwrites.tumblr.com. Workshops will cover topics such
as thesis statements, writing research papers, personal statements, transitions, strong verb
choice, and many more!

Thursday, March 3 at 3:30 pm in LC 205 - Melanie Friese (Incorporating Quotes and

Research)

Wednesday, March 9 at 3:30 pm in LC 206 - Jill Conway and Alexa Roth (Transitions
and Strong Word Choice)

Thursday, March 24 at 9:30 am in LC 205 - Hallie Semmel and Maddy Reid (Thesis
Statements)

Monday, March 28 at 4:00 pm in LC 205 - Elizabeth Worth (Writing Research Papers)

Personal Statement Writing Workshops: Are you considering graduate school?

Do you need to write a scholarship letter? Come join The Learning Center for a workshop
on personal statement and scholarship application writing. The SNHU scholarship deadline
is March 15!

Monday, March 7 at 2:00 pm in LC 206

Friday, March 11 at 12:30 pm in LC 206

Want to learn some good writing tips

or get some writing advice from
SNHU tutors and professionals? Then
visit the SNHU Writes blog!
Link listed below:

Snhuwrites.tumblr.com

The Learning Center

Walk-in Tutoring Schedule

Spring 2016

Located on the 2nd Floor of the Learning Commons!

Effective January 25, 2016 - April 29, 2016

ACCOUNTING 105/201/202/205/207/215/307/308
Mondays
Tuesdays
Wednesdays
Thursdays
Fridays
Sundays

3:30-4:45pm
7:00-8:00pm
2:15-3:15pm
3:30-4:45pm

LC
LC
LC
LC

206
206
206
206

2:00-3:15pm

LC 206

6:00-8:00pm
11:00am-12:15pm
6:00-8:00pm

LC 206
LC 206
LC 206

Ann Pastorello Nathan Izzicupo Professor Bryan Bouchard

Emily Holmes David Ballantyne
Professor Micheline West
Emily Holmes Ann Pastorello
Sam Bailey Chris Hakes
Nathan Izzicupo Ron Haverty
Jamie Emerson Emily Holmes Caroline Fleming
Jamie Emerson Chris Hakes David Ballantyne
Nathan Izzicupo
Sam Bailey Ron Haverty

ECONOMICS 201/202
Mondays
Tuesdays
Wednesdays
Thursdays
Friday
Sundays

3:30-4:45pm
7:00-8:00pm
3:30-4:45pm
6:00-8:00pm
2:00-3:15pm
6:00-8:00pm
6:00-8:00pm
11:00am-12:15pm
6:00-8:00pm

LC
LC
LC
LC
LC
LC
LC
LC
LC

206
206
206
206
206
206
206
206
206

Jordan Gray
Carolyn Scacchi
Cole Peffer
Cole Peffer
Carolyn Scacchi Cole Peffer
David Ballantyne
Caroline Fleming
Evan Bodi
Cole Peffer

FINANCE 305/320/330
Mondays

Thursdays
Fridays
Sundays

3:30-4:45pm
7:00-8:00pm
3:30-4:45pm
6:00-8:00pm
2:00-3:15pm
6:00-8:00pm
6:00-8:00pm
11:00am-12:15pm
6:00-8:00pm

Mondays
Wednesdays
Sundays

3:30-4:45pm
6:00-8:00pm
6:00-8:00pm

Tuesdays
Wednesdays

LC
LC
LC
LC
LC
LC
LC
LC
LC

206
206
206
206
206
206
206
206
206

Cole Peffer
Chris Hakes
Chris Hakes
Ron Haverty
Youssaira Akennad
Ron Haverty
Ron Haverty
Youssaira Akennad
Youssaira Akennad

MARKETING 105/113/212
LC 206
LC 206
LC 206

Caroline Fleming
Ann Pastorello
Caroline Fleming

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 100/105/210

Mondays
Tuesdays
Wednesdays
Thursdays
Sundays

3:30-4:45pm
3:30-4:45pm
2:00-3:15pm
6:00-8:00pm
6:00-8:00pm
6:00-8:00pm

Mondays
Thursdays

7:00-8:00pm
6:00-8:00pm

LC
LC
LC
LC
LC
LC

206
206
206
206
206
206

Zack Devine
Kyle Kling
Dean Karalis
Matt Sandstrom
Matt Sandstrom
Connor Saccoccio

BUS 205/206INT 105/113

LC 206
LC 206

Cole Peffer
Cole Peffer

QSO 300/305
Mondays

3:30-4:45pm

LC 206

Caroline Fleming

Sundays

6:00-8:00pm

LC 206

Caroline Fleming

MAT 225, 230, 275, 299, 300, 330, 470 ONLY

Tuesdays
Wednesdays

12:30-1:30pm
1:00-2:00pm

3rd floor RF lounge

3rd floor RF lounge

Dr. Megan Sawyer (All courses above plus MAT 260)

Dr. Susan DAgostino (All courses above plus MAT 362)

MATH
Mondays
Tuesdays
Wednesdays

Thursdays
Fridays
Sundays

1:00-2:00pm
7:00-8:00pm
12:30-2:00pm
3:30-4:45pm
6:00-8:00pm
11:00am-12:00pm
2:00-3:15pm
6:00-8:00pm
12:30-1:30pm
6:00-8:00pm
11:00am-12:00pm
6:00-8:00pm

LC
LC
LC
LC
LC
LC
LC
LC
LC
LC
LC
LC

205
205
205
205
205
205
205
205
205
205
205
205

Sean Joly Ms. Kathy Willis

Ashleigh Lambert Evan Bodi Mary Shakshober
Professor Pamela Cohen Mr. Bill Kratochvil
Carolyn Scacchi Mary Shakshober Paul Nguyen
Sean Joly Carolyn Scacchi Kaitlin Tetreaullt Mike Levy
Professor Dave Cox Ashleigh Lambert
Chris Hakes Mike Levy Paul Nguyen
Melissa Handy Mike Levy Paul Nguyen Kaitlin Shaughnessy
Bryan Daly Jennifer Shelp Kaitlin Tetreault
Sean Joly Alycia Miner Paul Nguyen
Paul Nguyen Xinran Zheng
Melissa Handy Bryan Daly Alycia Miner Kaitlin Tetreault Mike Levy

UNDERGRADUATE WRITING
Mondays

12:30-1:45pm
7:00-8:00pm

LC 205
LC 205

Melanie Friese Jess Bylund Mackenzie Porter

Steph Anderson Matt Gagnon Alexa Roth

Tuesdays

1:00-2:00pm
3:30-4:45pm
6:00-8:00pm
12:00-2:00pm
2:00-4:00pm
4:00-6:00pm
6:00-8:00pm
10:00am-12:00pm
2:00-3:15pm
6:00-8:00pm
11:00am-12:15pm
6:00-8:00pm

LC 205
LC 205
LC 205
LC 205
LC 205
LC 205
LC 205
LC Conference Room
LC 205
LC 205
LC 205
LC 205

Dr. Jeanne Hughes Melanie Friese

Jacqui Capobianco Jill Conway Megan Leger
Adam Albano Ashley Walbridge Elizabeth Worth
Maddy Reid Mackenzie Porter (12:15-2:00pm)
Cody Harlow Kyle Kling Alexa Roth
Megan Leger Hallie Semmel Maddy Reid
Evan Bodi Hallie Semmel Matt Gagnon
Dr. Crystal Bickford
Samantha Bailey Hallie Semmel Allison Vigue
Steph Anderson Emily Paquin Elizabeth Worth
Melanie Friese Jordyn Hoar Grace Shapiro
Jess Bylund Megan Leger Adam Albano Hallie Semmel

Wednesdays

Thursdays
Fridays
Sundays

UNDERGRADUATE INTERNATIONAL STUDENT WRITING

Mondays

Tuesdays
Wednesdays
Thursdays

10:00-11:30am
2:00-4:00pm
3:30-4:30pm
2:00-3:00pm
9:30-11:00am
10:00-11:30am
2:00-4:00pm

LC Conference
LC 205
LC 205
LC Conference
LC Conference
LC Conference
LC 206

Room

Room
Room
Room

Professor Paul Roy

Hallie Semmel
Evan Bodi
Jess Bylund
Cody Harlow
Professor Paul Roy
Melanie Friese

Questions regarding Learning Center services can be addressed to a Learning Center Coordinator:
Director:
Ms. Lori DeConinck
LC 207A
Ext. 4619

Mentoring:
Mr. Chad Detjen
LC 207B
Ext. 2091

Business:
Ms. Kristina Rieger
LC 207H
Ext. 2098

Writing:
Ms. Selina Marcille
LC 207G
Ext. 2086

Math:
Ms. Kathy Willis
LC 207F
Ext. 2148

Other:
Ms. Ashley Liadis
LC 207E
Ext. 2489

l.deconinck@snhu.edu

c.detjen@snhu.edu

k.rieger@snhu.edu

s.marcille@snhu.edu

k.willis@snhu.edu

a.liadis@snhu.edu