November 09, 2020
The Academic Resource Center (ARC) understands how stressful preparing for finals can be—for faculty members as well as students. The ARC recommends the following tips as students prepare for final exams and encourage faculty members to share this information with their students.
tags: academics, faculty, webster today, students, arc, academic resource center
October 27, 2020
The Fall 2, 2020, Early Term Progress Survey launches Friday, Oct. 30, and is open for 10 days, closing Monday, Nov. 9, at 11 p.m. CDT. This survey is distributed to all graduate and undergraduate Fall 2 term courses throughout the United States and at the Leiden and Uzbekistan campuses.
tags: academics, announcement, faculty, online learning, webster today, student success portal, starfish, academic resource center, advising
October 13, 2020
Effective on June 1, 2020, the allowable timeframe for grades of Incompletes has changed to two terms following the course end date. Grades of Incomplete are an option that faculty may select to allow students to complete their work if the situation is appropriate. Per catalog policy, appropriate situations are those “where the student has satisfactorily completed major components of the course and has the ability to finish the remaining work without re-enrolling.”
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October 02, 2020
Webster University received recognition as a finalist for the 2020 Hobsons Education Advances Award. This designation recognizes the progress Webster University has made in support of students through the Student Success Portal, powered by Starfish, and other initiatives. This progress includes cultural change to put students first and use data to drive decision-making.
tags: academics, webster life, webster today, arc, academic resource center
October 02, 2020
National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) is a national campaign held in October that raises awareness about employment issues for disabled people, and celebrates the many and varied contributions of America’s workers with disabilities. With this in mind, the University's Accessibility Committee will be sharing a tip each Monday.
tags: employee news, webster life, webster today, accessibility, academic resource center, accessibility committee, students, community engagement
September 28, 2020
Webster University’s Testing Center (recently remodeled and part of the Academic Resource Center in Loretto Hall Room 40 on the Webster Groves campus) provides a distraction-reduced environment for students to test outside the classroom. We offer this service free to students taking Webster course exams or Webster-based placement tests; we charge a $25 proctor fee to students taking non-Webster exams (such as CLEP, DSST, or correspondence courses for another institution).
tags: academics, students, testing center, academic resource center, webster today
September 24, 2020
Jonah Mixon-Webster has three poems published in the September issue of Harper's Magazine. ... Jong Bum Kwon co-edited and contributed to an issue of the journal, American Ethnologist, centered on Ferguson. ... Gwyneth Williams participated in Public Service Announcement for the City of St. Louis encouraging people to vote. ... Erica Ellard contributed to a special issue of the journal, The Learning Assistance Review, about higher education’s response to the novel coronavirus.
tags: academics, college of arts and sciences, english, anthropology, academic resource center, political science, news around webster, employee news, faculty, webster today
September 22, 2020
The Writing Center, Online Writing Center (OWC), and NetTutor provide students, faculty, and alumni with many types of writing support. Due to COVID-19, our services, providing students support and feedback on every step of the writing process from brainstorming to citation, are currently remote. All Webster students, worldwide, are welcome to use any of our services. Our friendly coaches give constructive, holistic feedback on all assignments.
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September 04, 2020
This week is an ideal time to revisit academic counseling and how it can help students. Academic Counseling is a service provided by the Academic Resource Center to all Webster University students across the worldwide Webster University community. Additionally, you and your students may be interested in academic success workshops, which are short, informative sessions on a variety of topics.
tags: academics, faculty, counseling, academic resource center, students, webster life, webster today
September 01, 2020
Academic work is challenging. As students, you are expected to manage classes, demonstrate critical thinking, and be responsible for your own learning. In addition, you are expected to maintain academic integrity as a college student. Part of maintaining academic integrity is utilizing the resources available to you as a student at Webster University. The Academic Resource Center (ARC) will host an online Academic Integrity Week Sept. 8-11.
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September 01, 2020
The Fall and Fall 1, 2020, Early Term Progress Survey launches Friday, Sept. 4, and is open for 10 days, closing Monday, Sept. 14, at 11 p.m. CDT. This survey is distributed to all graduate and undergraduate Fall semester and Fall 1 term courses throughout the United States and at the Leiden and Uzbekistan campuses.
tags: academics, faculty, online learning, student success portal, starfish, academic resource center, advising, webster today
August 27, 2020
The Academic Resource Center’s Testing Center (located on the Webster Groves, Missouri, campus at Loretto Hall room 40) reopens Monday, Aug. 31. In order to maintain appropriate social distancing and density guidelines, other Academic Resource Center services will largely remain remote. Tutoring and writing appointments will continue to be available remotely through peer tutors and writing coaches, NetTutor, and the Online Writing Center.
tags: academics, faculty, academic resource center, testing center, students, webster today
August 21, 2020
This year's Transition and Academic Prep (TAP) program was the second largest to date with 36 participants, running July 15-24. It included 10 days of virtual delivery amid COVID-19 restrictions. students who are conditionally-admitted first-time freshmen or transferring with fewer than 30 credit hours). This year, the TAP program included fully-admitted students as well, and included two credits of WRIT 1000 - Basic Writing Workshop and one credit of EDEX 1500 - Webster 101, marking three credits for successful completion of the program.
tags: academics, tap, academic resource center, students, webster today
August 19, 2020
The Academic Advising Center will host a walk-up “quick questions” advising tent outside its 568 Garden Avenue office on Wednesday, Aug. 19 through Friday, Aug. 28, from 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. Masks and social distancing will be required. This is an opportunity for undergraduate students at the Webster Groves campus to have quick advising questions answered without a scheduled appointment.
tags: academics, webster today, academic advising, academic affairs, students, academic resource center
July 23, 2020
Effective June 1, 2020, the allowable timeframe for grades of Incompletes has changed to two terms following the course end date. Grades of Incomplete are an option that faculty may select to allow students to complete their work if the situation is appropriate. Per catalog policy, appropriate situations are those “where the student has satisfactorily completed major components of the course and has the ability to finish the remaining work without re-enrolling.”
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