Overview

Student Success Center

At Southern Union, success is about having support. The Success Center located on the Opelika Campus, offers Southern Union students free services designed to maximize student involvement in their personal learning and development.

Our staff works collaboratively with students as they explore options for creating academic and personal success. We want to see our students succeed!

Business and Technology Center Building, Room 110

Campus Tutoring Schedules:

Opelika  Valley  Wadley

OUR MISSION

The mission of the Student Success Center is to assist students with overcoming challenges in course work, as well as to provide opportunities for skill development to help students succeed academically and professionally.    


ACADEMIC SUPPORT SERVICES

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Courses available for tutoring.  

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Students are able to meet in-person with tutors on the Opelika Campus or virtually via Zoom.

Tutor Matching Service

Socratic--Get unstuck!

Khan Academy

Tutor.com is online tutoring platform provided for all Southern Union students and can be accessed via Canvas. Students have free access to additional support 24/7 with the online their courses in math, business, science, social sciences, and computer information systems.

KUTA Software Create your own free worksheets and answer sheets to practice PreAlgebra, Algebra, and Calculus

MTH 112 Fall 2021 Study Guide  One of our amazing math tutors prepared this study guide using practice questions from previous test reviews. The guide has questions from the chapters that will be assessed and the solutions for those problems.

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Click here for an appointment. 

Students are able to meet in-person with tutors on the Opelika Campus or virtually via Zoom. Students who need assistance with a writing project are able to submit their writing project and receive feedback on their work from a writing coach. 

Having trouble taking notes for lectures? Check this out: Effective Note Taking (by: Jeffery Jackson)

Effective Note Taking Not sure what to write or how to take notes in class? Watch this short video for tips of improving your note taking.

Brainstorming: Ready, Set, Write! Starting your writing project is can be challenging. Here's a video on jumpstart your next writing project

Coming Soon.

science tutors imageSCIENCE TUTORS

Click here for an appointment. 

Students are able to meet in-person with tutors on the Opelika Campus or virtually via Zoom.

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Tutor.com

 

Tutor.com advertisement of 3 smiling students reading, graduating, and doing homework on a laptop.

 

Tutor.com is a free online tutoring platform available to all Southern Union students via the class portal in Canvas. Get assistance 24/7 from professional tutors in math, science, foreign languages, essay writing, computers, social sciences, and health sciences.

Click here to see a partial list of tutoring subjects.

Click here for a video on how to use Tutor.com.

Click here for instructions on how to use Tutor.com

 

Fall 2021 Workshops

Student Success Series (Opelika and Wadley Campuses)

Webinar: "Surviving Your Freshman Year" (09/29/2021 29 minutes)

"Metacognition: Transform your Learning Experience"  Metacognition is "thinking about how you think." If you are struggling with low test scores and understanding instructional material, the information you'll learn in this workshop could change your life! Registration

"Staying Focused and Motivated"  According to ACT, 25% of all college students end up leaving before completing their sophomore year--that's 1 out of 4 students! Don't be on the wrong side of this statistic! Get eight tips and tricks on how to make it through your first year and beyond. Whether you are fresh out of high school or you're returning to school after a long absence, there is something you can get out of this webinar! Registration

Lunch and Learn Series (Opelika Campus- Learning Resource Center)

"Mindfulness" (September 23, 2021 - 12:30 pm) An interactive workshop to help you to discover the benefits of mindfulness and how it can contribute to your overall mental wellness and balance.

"How to Get and Keep the Perfect Job" (October 25, 2021 - 12:30 pm) This workshop will offer tips on how to land the job--including completing applications, cover letters, interview preparation--and how to keep the job using by pairing your skills and talents with some necessary on-the-job soft skills! 

Previous Workshops

Webinar: Prepping for Finals (November 20, 2020)  Handouts:  Prepping for Finals PowerPoint  Study Cycle  Concept Mapping Example

Webinar: Your Financial Aid Next Semester (October 20, 2020)

Study Skills Workshop Part 1: "Study Smarter-Not Harder"

Study Skills Workshop Part 2: "Tips for Studying for BIO 201 & 202" (From a Student's point of view)

Food

Southern Union Food Pantry

East Alabama Community Market Community resource for food.

2-1-1 Connects Alabama Connect with community resources for food, shelter, childcare, transportation, services for elderly or disabled individuals as well as crisis situations.

Childcare

Childcare Resources Center Provides childcare services including advocacy, referrals, and financial assistance for childcare.

Mental Health

Suicide Prevention Lifeline Hotline: 1-800-273-8255 (24/7)

Domestic Violence Intervention Center in Opelika, AL Hotline: 800-650-6522 (24/7)

JBS Mental Health Authority Alabama COVID Response Unit- Offering free telehealth/phone counseling services for those affected by COVID: Hotline: Call 205-949-2961 or email: Meaghan Bourque at mbourque@jbsmha.com

ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES

  1. Complete a Request for Accommodations Form and attach your supporting medical documentation.
  2. Once the ADA Coordinator confirms receipt of the documentation, you'll be directed to make an appointment for an initial consultation.
  3. After the consultation, the ADA Coordinator will review all pertinent information and make a decision for reasonable accommodations for the student. 
  4. If reasonable accommodations are warranted, the student will be contacted when the accommodations are ready and there will be a final meeting for an orientation for the student receiving their accommodations.
  1. Complete a Request for Accommodations Form.
  2. Submit supporting medical documentation along with their Accommodation Request Form to the ADA Coordinator where you plan to attend classes via email. If you received accommodations at another 2 or 4 year institution, you may have this information sent to Southern Union from that institution. Procedures vary so you would need to contact the department where you received your accommodations for the procedure on how this is done at that institution.
  3. Once the ADA Coordinator confirms receipt of your documentation, you'll be directed to make an appointment to discuss the accommodations.
  4. After the consultation, the ADA Coordinator will review all pertinent information and make a decision for reasonable accommodations for the student. 

    If reasonable accommodations are warranted, the student will be contacted when the accommodations are ready and there will be a final meeting for an orientation for the student receiving their accommodations.

Opelika Campus: Joseph Halsey (jhalsey@suscc.edu) , Business & Technology Center, Room 110 - Phone: 334-745-6437, Ext. 5488

Valley Campus: Robin Brown (rbrown@suscc.edu) Main Building -  Phone: 334-756-4151, Ext. 5204

Wadley Campus: Tiffanie Character (tcharacter@suscc)edu Administration Building - Phone: 256-395-2211, Ext.5154

Some accommodations provided include:
  • Testing Accommodations (additional testing and/or quiet, distraction-reduced testing, oral testing)
  • Note Takers
  • Assistive Technology for Notetaking (Sonocent Notetaking Software, Reader Pens, Livescribe Pen)
  • Ability to record lectures
  • For hearing impaired students: Remote captioning, Phonak FM-System, Interpreters
  • Dragon Naturally-Speaking 

Requests for Accommodations Form

Criteria for Disability Documentation

ADA Release Form for other schools (for Southern Union students to request to transfer their records to another institution.)

STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES STAFF

Joseph R. Halsey, Coordinator - Student Success Center
ADA Coordinator-Opelika Campus
Email: jhalsey@suscc.edu Phone: 334-745-6437, Ext. 5354

 

Destin Priester, Math Tutor
dpriester@suscc.edu

Sherri Sumners, Writing Coach
ssumners@suscc.edu

Mike Rogers, Science & Math Tutor
mrogers@suscc.edu

Dr. Pat Hanrahan, Writing Coach
phanrahan@suscc.edu

Melanie Fisk, Writing Coach
mfisk@suscc.edu

   Carlena Barker, Writing Coach
   cbarker@suscc.edu