Where can I find Success Services?
Answer
Success Services is an "umbrella" title for various academic services, support, and programs housed in the Pilgrim Library that encompasses:
- Library & Informational Resources and Spaces
- Academic Support Center (for peer tutoring, supplemental instruction, and targeted support for STEM courses)
- Writing Studio (for undergraduate writing assistance)
- FYE 100 program (includes coordination of the the first-year course, annual Common Read program, and First-Year Peer Leader program)
- Study Skill Help (providing academic coaching and a schedule of academic success workshops during fall and spring semesters)
- Structured Study Program (the coordinated study table program in the Pilgrim Library)
- DC F1RST (first-generation mentoring program using the Habits of Mind as a framework for support)
- DC PASS (Pathways for Academic Student Success - program to support conditionally admitted students)
- Other Retention Initiatives under Academic Affairs (such as the Early Alert System - Success @DC, Four-week reports, and Midterm Intervention Team)
Lisa Crumit-Hancock, Assistant Dean of Student Success, is the supervisor of all programs, resources, and services under Success Services. To contact, Assist. Dean Crumit-Hancock, you can visit her office in room 216 of the Pilgrim Library, email her at lcrumithancock@defiance.edu or call her at 419-783-2332.