Welcome to the ORAS blog! You will find that your success at the University will be greatly enhanced by using ORAS services. We encourage you to take responsibility for your learning. ORAS’s mission is to partner with the University community to provide comprehensive academic support services to assist all students to achieve academic success and to help them to become independent, lifelong learners. Our office is located on the first floor of Buchanan Hall, Suite 100.
We offer no-fee tutoring for most academic subjects; SI (Supplemental Instruction) peer-led weekly review sessions for several courses; mentoring to help first-time freshmen transition to the University during their first year; Early Alert to identify students who may be struggling in their courses within the first three weeks of the semester; academic success workshops to address a variety of learning strategies; specialized academic assistance for students who are on probation to help them identify issues, concerns and challenges that impede their academic progress; intrusive advising for first-time freshmen who are conditionally admitted to move them to regular admission status within three semester; and academic counseling for students who want to file for academic bankruptcy and for those students who have been academically suspended.
Please visit our blog regularly. You will learn more about the various services offered by ORAS and its partners. We will post important information dates, deadlines and other information you should know. If you have a question, please feel free call to ORAS at 256.372.5490.
