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Click the link below for a full infographic on Writing Center usage.

Faculty Referrals Help Students Use Writing Center Resources

June 12, 2018

The Webster University community used the Academic Resource Center’s (ARC’s) Writing Center and Online Writing Center more than 2,000 times during the 2017-2018 academic year, with graduate students and undergraduate freshmen being the largest users, in part thanks to faculty recommendations about these services. The accompanying infographic highlights key usage statistics for the year.

tags: academics, faculty, home page, webster life, students, academic resource center, writing center, strategic plan, webster today

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Student Success Portal Summer Early Term Progress Surveys launch June 15 with updates

June 11, 2018

The Summer Early Term Progress Survey will launch via the Student Success Portal on Friday, June 15, 2018. This survey will be distributed to most graduate and undergraduate Summer U.S. on-ground and online courses and will be available for faculty to complete during a 10-day window that will close on Monday, June 25, 2018. Courses not surveyed are running in non-standard terms and have already completed or will not yet have started by the time of the survey window.

tags: academics, employee news, faculty, webster today, advising, academic resource center, academic affairs

Carolyn Brown

Brown Named to New ARC Assistant Director Role

June 01, 2018

Carolyn I. Brown has accepted the position of assistant director in the Academic Resource Center (ARC). She will officially begin this role on June 16, 2018, and has been filling most of the relevant responsibilities since late December 2017. The assistant director position is designed to consolidate all ARC integrity programs in one role.

tags: academics, academic resource center, academic integrity, strategic plan, employee news, webster today

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Incomplete grades: Guidance on when to use them and why, new Starfish features

May 08, 2018

Do you have a student who has not attended class for several weeks? Do you have a student who is missing most of the required work? If so, do not submit an Incomplete as the student’s grade or leave the student’s grade as "In Progress." Instead, submit the appropriate earned grade for the student. If the student contacts you to discuss the grade and you want to offer opportunities for the student to successfully complete the course, you still have options.

tags: faculty, webster today, academic resource center, student success portal, advising

Student Success Team members will answer your questions about the portal.

Excitement Builds Around Student Success Portal

May 04, 2018

Faculty, professional staff, and even students have been expressing excitement about Starfish, the Student Success Portal. Feedback has focused on a number of areas, including the accessibility of information that is needed for day-to-day operations that was previously more cumbersome to find. But the excitement extends beyond the accessibility of information to the ease of connecting students to the supports they need to be successful, the ability to access and share notes in one globally-accessible location, and the improvement of business practices.

tags: academics, employee news, extended campus, student success portal, academic resource center, home page, strategic plan, advising, faculty, global, webster today

Student Success Team members will answer your questions about the portal.

Student Success Portal Open Office Hours

April 18, 2018

Have questions or ideas about the Student Success Portal, powered by Starfish? Want to walk through the process of adding filters to access specific information? Need help setting up your profile or clearing a flag? Want to learn how to set up online office hours to streamline appointment scheduling with students? Join members of the Student Success Team on Fridays any time between noon and 1:30 p.m. CDT for assistance.

tags: academics, employee news, extended campus, student success portal, starfish, academic resource center, advising, faculty, global, webster today

Congratulations to Freshman Writing Award Winner Cheyenne Davis and Honorable Mention Anna Rickard

Davis Wins Freshman Writing Award

April 18, 2018

Students, faculty, staff, and the administration celebrated outstanding student writers at the Freshman Writing Award ceremony and luncheon. The first-place winner was freshman Cheyenne Davis for her essay, “Webster Groves: A Community of Gardeners." Anna Rickard received honorable mention for her essay “Recovery and Resistance: An Analysis of Survivors’ Role in Remastering Trauma.” This year winners were awarded educational grants to be used for textbooks or any academic expense of their choice.

tags: academics, webster life, webster today, writing center, home page, students, academic resource center

The flag will alert students to register for Fall 2018 classes

Attention Undergraduate Advisors, Not Yet Registered System Flag to Launch April 20

April 09, 2018

On Friday, April 20, the Student Success Portal will disseminate a Not Yet Registered system flag for Webster Groves undergraduate students who have not yet registered for Fall 2018 classes by Thursday, April 19. When the flag launches, advisors for Webster Groves undergraduate students should expect to receive emails from the Student Success Portal.

tags: academics, faculty, webster life, webster today, starfish, student success portal, academic resource center, advising, students

Use these tips from the ARC when preparing for finals

Best Practices for Students Regarding Preparing for Final Exams

April 05, 2018

The Academic Resource Center (ARC) understands how stressful preparing for finals can be—for faculty members as well as students! Finals can carry great weight and make a big difference in the overall grade. The ARC recommends the following tips to students preparing for final exams and encourages faculty members to share this information with their students.

tags: academics, webster life, webster today, academic resource center, students

Grades must be posted by Dec. 31

New Processes for Incomplete Grades

March 08, 2018

As faculty members prepare to submit grades, we encourage faculty members and academic advisors to review the guidance regarding Incompletes and ensure that Incompletes are only being used in appropriate situations. Spring 1, 2018, grades are due Friday, March 16. Click through to review some new processes regarding incomplete grades.

tags: academics, employee news, faculty, webster life, webster today, academic resource center, academic affairs, advising

The workshop is rescheduled for March 7

Walk-in Faculty Workshop: Teaching via WebNet+

February 27, 2018

Did you know that WebNet+ credit hour production has more than tripled since its formalized beginning in Fall 2015? Did you know that WebNet+ has connected courses between Webster Groves, Leiden, and Geneva while also including a cohort of 19 online students for a fully immersive, 21st-century learning experience? Faculty and staff are invited to a workshop on March 7 to see what it’s like to teach a WebNet+ course.

tags: faculty, webster life, webster today, strategic plan, online learning center, faculty development center, academic resource center

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