By Jordan Groff
Academic workshops offered by Utah State University teach
skills to help students push through to the end of the semester.
On Wednesday, the Academic Resource Center at Utah State
helped students to plan out their workload until the end of finals week. The
event was held in the Tagart Student Center. The Resource Center is providing
workshops until the end of the semester for those who are seeking help.
"A lot of people reach their fatigue point around this
time of the year," said Dennis Kohler, a tutor at the Academic Resource
Center. “And with only three weeks before finals, people really need to start
planning for them at this point."
The workshops focus on things such as stress management,
planning and also specific work shopping on what the students need. Tiffany
Tolman is a student tutor who not only teaches these practices, but said that
she benefits from them herself.
"This job has helped me learn skills to become a better
advisor and also a better student," Tolman said."I've seen people
come in here bawling, but leave with a grasp on everything."
Kohler explained some ideas that make a difference in the
stress level of students throughout the session.
"Simply planning the minimum time for each assignment
is essential," Kohler said. "Like everything else, homework has a
natural progression. The trick is finding out what that natural order is."
Kohler gave challenges for the students that came to the
workshop and made promises for those that follow them.
“You can have free time during finals week,” Kohler said. “Plan
out what success you want and then actually do it. The less you plan, the more
you stress. It’s a scale of happiness.”
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