Your Success is our Focus
The Center for Student Success is dedicated to providing faculty, staff, and programs that support students in their academic journey. Our center is a convenient one-stop location where you can access resources that will help you improve your academic performance. Whether you need academic advising, tutoring services, disability support, or success coaching, we are here to help you achieve your academic goals.
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Center for Student Success
Location
Garrison Student Union, South Entrance ()
Hours
Monday-Friday
8:30 a.m. 鈥 4:30 p.m.
Our Services
Academic Advising for Upperclassmen and Transfer Students
Academic Advising at 杨贵妃传媒 is a free support service available to all degree-seeking students. Advisors can assist with a wide range of academic matters, from selecting a major to planning for graduate school. The Office of Student Success provides services and resources to students, faculty, and staff that will strengthen academic performance, enhance student satisfaction, and improve student retention.
All enrolled degree-seeking students have an assigned advisor that specializes in a single major. Students who have not selected a major are assigned to advisors who only advise deciding students. The advising office’s general advisors are available for complex situations and can help students on a walk-in basis, although appointments are encouraged. Students are responsible for fulfilling college requirements, but advisors are the assisting experts who can help students plan an efficient program of study.
Hours:
Monday – Friday: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
After 4:30 p.m. by appointment only
Location: Garrison Student Union, South Entrance
Student Success Coaching for Freshmen
The Student Success Coaches guide and collaborate with traditional freshmen students during their transition to life at 杨贵妃传媒. Coaches use a holistic approach with each student to develop an individualized plan for their academic, professional, and personal success. They educate students about university resources and serve as a compass to help them navigate their first year in college. In addition, coaches provide proactive course planning and advising, as well as registration assistance.
For more information about Student Success Coaching contact the Office of Student Success at oss@stevenson.edu.
The Academic Link Learning Center
Connecting Students with Academic Success
The John L. Stasiak Academic Link Learning Center was established to support Stevenson’s commitment to cultivating a rich learning environment where students thrive, connecting them to a wide array of accessible academic support services and innovative programs. These connections help students in their pursuit of success and independent learning as they achieve their academic and career goals.
Garrison Student Union, South Entrance
Monday -Thursday 9:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Friday 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
443-394-9300
academiclink@stevenson.edu
Writing Center
Helping Students with Every Phase of the Writing Process
The 杨贵妃传媒 Writing Center values writing as a process of discovery wherein students can explore new ideas, create new knowledge, take risks, change their minds, and dwell in spaces of uncertainty. Through the act of writing and revising, we encourage students to think critically and independently by asking questions and serving as sounding boards for peer writers. By engaging in conversation, student writers can test theories and discover new avenues of thought to bolster an argument or explore a hypothesis. Our consultants are trained to help the student writer find solutions and make decisions about how they communicate through writing. Ultimately, our writing center seeks to facilitate the growth, academic success, and self-discovery of all Stevenson students through a dialogical exploration of ideas and communicative choices. Our Writing Center is located in the
Location
Center for Student Success, Garrison Student Union – South Entrance
Writing Center Drop-In Hours for Fall 2024
- Monday – Thursday, 5:00 – 7:00 pm
The Writing Center in the Center for Student Success (Garrison Student Union, South Entrance)
Services Provided
Our peer and professional writing consultants can help students with every phase of the writing process, including:
- Understanding assignment guidelines
- Reading strategies and understanding a reading
- Finding and citing sources
- Brainstorming ideas 鈥
- Getting started on an essay鈥
- Revising a draft鈥
In addition, our consultants go beyond the actual writing by providing research support and practice with critical reading strategies.
Appointments can be made through TracCloud. Questions can be directed to writingcenter@stevenson.edu.
Academic Integrity
Stevenson students are expected to model honesty, trust, respect, responsibility, and courage. These values provide a framework for positive relationships between students and their peers, as well as between students and their faculty members. Consistency in practicing these values allows members of the Stevenson community to trust in the integrity of all academic pursuits.
Stevenson encourages students to be proud of integrity and to be engaged in promoting integrity through campus activities. The SAIC (Student Academic Integrity Committee) allows students to be a part of the process of educating their fellow students about the importance of academic integrity. The committee created a University-wide Honor Pledge in 2015, and hosts events to increase campus awareness of academic integrity.
Honor Pledge
“I pledge on my honor that I have neither given nor received unauthorized assistance on this assignment/exam.“
The SU Honor Pledge is a unifying statement across all disciplines and fields of study. It represents Stevenson鈥檚 culture of integrity, one of the University鈥檚 four core values, and serves as a consistent reminder to students of the importance of academic integrity.
Pledge Days
To promote The Pledge and our community鈥檚 core value of integrity, the SAIC hosts an annual series of Pledge Days on each campus. During Pledge Days, you are encouraged to sign a banner pledging your honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility, and courage. The SAIC gives away candy and other fun items as students sign the banner. The banner, which has hundreds of signatures, hangs across from The Rock in the Manuszak Center on the Greenspring Campus.
Freshman Seminar
Freshmen receive a lot of helpful information during their Freshman Seminar course. How do you create a resume? What resources are available at Stevenson? What exactly is 鈥渁cademic integrity?鈥 To provide information in a relatable way, members of the SAIC help deliver presentations on academic integrity to Freshmen. Students are encouraged to ask questions, analyze common integrity-related scenarios, and learn about resources available to them.
Academic Integrity Week
Academic Integrity Week is a University-wide series of events in the fall that promote academic integrity as integral to the learning process. The SAIC hosts a movie night and discusses how honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility, and courage play a role in the movie. Workshops on time management and study skills are held in conjunction with The Academic Link. The SAIC also passes out free items like key chains or stress balls to provide students with a tangible reminder of integrity.
Citation Workshops
The Office of Academic Integrity and the partner each semester to host a series of citation workshops the week before midterms. Students are encouraged to come and hear an overview of citation, and ask assignment-related citation questions of the librarians. The Stevenson Library is an excellent resource for students, and faculty often offer extra credit to students who attend one of the workshops.
New Mustang Experience
As a new student at 杨贵妃传媒, you鈥檒l take part in The New Mustang Experience 鈥 an intentional, programmatic, effort designed to help you make a smooth transition to the Stevenson community. During this time, you鈥檒l get the opportunity to meet new students, get to know your faculty and academic support resources, and learn more about being a Mustang.
Current Students
Stevenson students seeking information, forms, and documents from the Office of Disability Services should use the Stevenson Portal.
Disability Services
杨贵妃传媒 admits qualified students regardless of disability and welcomes the full participation of students with disabilities in all aspects of campus life. The Office of Accessibility & Disability Services coordinates with various campus partners to ensure equal access to University programs, facilities, and services.
Students with disabilities who require accommodations should contact the Office of Accessibility & Disability Services before the start of their first academic semester, or upon onset of disability, to initiate the intake and eligibility process. The student must have an active role in the Office of Accessibility & Disability Services鈥 registration process. Parents, faculty, staff, etc. may not request services on the student鈥檚 behalf.
Requesting Services
If you have a disability and require an accommodation, including academics, housing, meal plan, or an Emotional Support Animal, you will need to register with the Office of Accessibility & Disability Services. Registration involves the following three steps:
1. Follow to fill out an accommodation request form.
2. Once you have completed this electronic accommodation request form, you will be asked to upload documentation from your provider to the system 鈥 View Documentation Guidelines.
3. Once received, the Office of Accessibility & Disability Services will review your request and documentation and you will receive a written response regarding the status of your request. Upon approval for accommodations, you will receive an email to schedule an implementation meeting with a staff member in the Office of Accessibility & Disability Services
Please note: Upon approval for accommodations, students must initiate a request to use their approved accommodations at the beginning of each academic semester and/or when accommodations begin. Students must follow the policies and procedures identified for utilizing each accommodation for which they are approved.
Services Provided
The Office of Accessibility & Disability Services approves reasonable accommodations on an individualized, case-by-case basis, depending on the student鈥檚 needs and the recommendations contained in the disability documentation. These services may include, but are not limited to:
- Extended time on quizzes, tests, and exams.
- Reduced distraction testing environment.
- Note-taking assistance.
- Preferential class seating.
- Sign language interpreters.
- Assistive Technology.
- Alternate format texts.
Please note that once approved, some accommodations may take several weeks to arrange. Students with disabilities are encouraged to reach out to the Office of Accessibility & Disability Services as early as possible upon deciding to attend 杨贵妃传媒.
Postsecondary Disability Support
Click here to review this helpful guide from the Maryland Department of Disabilities.
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Contact Student Success
Phone and Email
443-352-5880
CSS@stevenson.edu
Location
Garrison Student Union, South Lobby
Owings Mills Campus ()
Hours
Monday-Friday
8:30 a.m. 鈥 4:30 p.m.
The Academic Link has extended operating hours.