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Student �Success�Services

Presented by Shelly Vangsnes, Bear Life Coordinator

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  • Peer Success Coaching
  • Tutoring and Academic Support Center
  • Academic Success Workshops
  • Supplemental Instruction

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Academic Support Services

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Peer Success Coaching

  • Strengthen academic and personal effectiveness
  • Build strong study habits and practical time-management skills
  • Set meaningful goals and identify barriers to success
  • Reduce stress and develop a healthy life balance

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Tutoring and Academic Support Center (TASC)

  • Course-specific tutoring
  • Academic Skill Development
    • Strategies, test prep, note-taking, and academic technology
  • Focused Study Space and Resources
  • Peer tutors who help you understand concepts and assignments

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Academic Success Workshops

Chat and Chew Series�The workshops changed during the 2026 Academic Year to be more of an engaging listen while you eat workshop held during the fall in the RWSC.

�Sample Topics

  • How to Make Group Projects Less Awful
  • Your Mind Goes Blank During a Test
  • Where Did the Time Go? Time Management Tips
  • Studying: That Thing you Never Did in High School

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  • Chemistry
  • Biology
  • Accounting
  • Physics
  • Psychology
  • US Government (coming Fall 2026)

Supplemental Instruction

SI consists of regularly scheduled, out-of-class guided group study sessions that are facilitated by SI leaders who will be attending class. 

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Bear Life

What does Bear Life have to offer new first-year students?

Students will build the habits, connections, and skills that lead to a stronger first-year experience, and we will celebrate their achievements along the way.

  • Personalized Success Coaching
  • Individual Wellness Check-ins
  • Study Hour Tracking
  • Major and Career Exploration (including Financial Wellness)
  • Hand-On Academic Skills Workshops
  • Dedicated Study Spaces
  • Regular Updates and Tips
  • End of Semester Celebrations

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First-Gen @ UCA

  • Strategic emails sent to incoming first-generation college students between high school graduation and before starting college at UCA.
  • Student Success focuses on new first time college students
  • Student Success works collaboratively with Student Affairs, Office of Student Advocacy and Community, and the Living-Learning Communities
  • Sponsor the UCAF1RSTs RSO

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Study Spaces

  • Student Success and Veterans Resource Center
    • (SSVRC) Lobby
    • SSVRC Reservable small group study room

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  • Tutoring and Academic Support Center (TASC)
    • TASC Small group study tables
    • Large Group Study Room

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StudentLingo

StudentLingo can be found in your My.UCA.edu > StudentLingo

  • 85 Online Workshops ranging from 10 – 90 minutes
  • $500 Scholarship drawings from Innovative Educators (September, October, November, February, March, April)

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Campaigns

  • Successful Student Campaign
  • Fail Forward Week

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Academic Recovery

Student Success staff help students improve their skills and outcomes through the university’s Academic Recovery Process.

  • Academic Alert
  • First Probation
  • Continuing Probation
  • First Suspension

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Summer Start is a summer bridge program for incoming first-year students

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  • Improving organizational skills
  • Time-management skills
  • Managing stress
  • Challenges of college

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Cub Supply Cave

Bears Helping Bears be Pawsitively Prepared for Success. The Cub Cave is available for UCA students who need a few items to be successful at UCA. We know a few items can make a difference in someone’s college success. Donations can be dropped off in Student Success & Veterans Resource Center and are accepted all year.

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  • 3-Ring binders
  • New Blue Books
  • Spiral Notebooks
  • Scantrons
  • Notebooks paper
  • Highlighters
  • Pens
  • Academic Planners (designed & printed in the Student Success Center)
  • Textbooks

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Q & A

Uca.edu/studentsuccess