Health Center: Learning Assistance

Learning Assistance teaches students learning strategies and skills enabling them to become successful students and future professionals.  Many students find the demands of college level academic work to be greater than anticipated and it is important for students to prepare themselves for the level of work required.  Students work with the learning assistance counselor to develop and refine the skills and tools necessary to best meet the student’s needs.

Common reasons for making an appointment with Learning Assistance include:

• Interest in improving learning skills to be more successful
• Improving time management and prioritizing assignments
• Poor grades on exams
• Overdue assignments
• Test anxiety
• Overwhelmed by study workload
• Difficulty with textbook readings and note-taking

Assistance is available for:

• Reading and comprehension strategies
• Note-taking 
• Study strategies 
• Time management
• Test-taking
• Learning and Remembering strategies

Individual appointments are available free of charge.

Tuesdays 8:30 - 4:30
University Health Center, Orrico Hall
Call (503) 943-7134 for an appointment

Wednesdays and Thursdays 8:30 - 4:30
Learning Resource Center, Franz Hall room 120
Sign-up binder in room 119