Academic Services

In Academic Services, our mission is to provide support and resources to equip students to grow intellectually, socially, spiritually, and emotionally in order to be successful during their studies at Trevecca and beyond.

College is about discovering God’s calling for students' lives and learning how to achieve the goals that will help fulfill that calling. The Office of Academic Services is here to provide students with the tools needed to attain those goals. Services include workshop training on study skills, APA and MLA formatting, ACT preparation, plagiarism, and Praxis Core preparation.

One of our primary services is to provide academic support in the form of tutoring and academic coaching. These are provided in five different forms, each of which are described in greater detail below.

At the bottom of this page, you can also find links to a variety of writing resources.


Departmental Tutoring Labs

Tutoring help for courses in math, chemistry, and biology is available through regularly-scheduled tutoring labs (see schedule below). Because tutors in these subject areas are assigned to the tutoring labs, you do not need to request a one-on-one content area tutor for math, chemistry, and biology classes.

Math
• Monday and Wednesday 3-6 p.m., Greathouse 211
• Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday 3-5 p.m., Greathouse 211

Chemistry
• Monday: 3-6 p.m., Greathouse 215
• Wednesday: 4-6 p.m., Greathouse 215

Biology
• Monday and Tuesday: 4-8 p.m., Greathouse 108
• Wednesday: 3-8 p.m., Greathouse 108
• Thursday: 3-5 p.m., Greathouse 108


One-on-One Tutoring

We have trained undergraduate tutors available to help you understand and learn content in most subject areas. Our focus is on general education courses, but requests for upper-level courses will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

SUBMIT A TUTOR REQUEST

Faculty: If you want to recommend tutoring for one of your students, use the button below to complete and submit a Tutoring Referral Request Form.

SUBMIT A TUTORING REFERRAL


The Writing Center

Bud Robinson Building, 2nd floor

Our Writing Center is designed to help TNU students with any aspect of their writing, from specific assignments to general writing skills. The Writing Center is staffed by trained undergraduate tutors who provide individual conferences to students working on any writing assignment. 

The Writing Center is open Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.

There are multiple options available to you.

1. Come in-person to the Writing Center on the 2nd floor of the Bud Robinson Building.

  • Make an appointment by clicking on the “Make an Appointment Here” button (below) and filling out the booking application. That reserves your time with a writing tutor. In addition, you will get a confirmation email that has the contact information of the tutor that you will be working with. For best results, send your paper to that tutor as an electronic attachment in advance of your appointment.
  • Walk in anytime during our hours of operation without an appointment and meet with a writing tutor as soon as one is available.

2. Meet with a Writing Center tutor remotely.

  • Make an appointment by clicking on the “Make an Appointment Here” button (below) and filling out the booking application. Choose the “Meet Online” option. You will get a confirmation email that has the contact information of the tutor that you will be working with, and you are encouraged to send your paper to that tutor as an electronic attachment in advance of your appointment.

3. Have your paper reviewed without meeting with a tutor.

  • Email your paper to writingservices@trevecca.edu, and it will be forwarded to a tutor who will review your paper, make comments, and return it to you electronically within three days (and very frequently within 24 hours, but we don’t guarantee that!).


For more information about the Writing Center and writing workshop opportunities, follow us on Instagram (@TNUWritingCenter).


Academic Coaching: Study Skills Help

Academic coaching is not specific to any particular subject or content area. Our academic coaches work with you to examine your educational goals, learning styles, habits of working, and current difficulties or barriers to success and help you work on strategies that will make you a more effective student. Those strategies include time management, motivation, scheduling, note-taking, reading strategies, stress management, test preparation and test-taking skills. The aim is to heighten awareness of what it takes to achieve academic success and anchor this with new strategies, a supportive relationship, and personal accountability.

SUBMIT AN ACADEMIC COACHING REQUEST


Non-Traditional/Graduate Student Writing Services

The TNU Writing Center also serves our non-traditional SGCS students and graduate students. Services for non-traditional SGCS students and graduate students follow the same process as described in the “Writing Help in the Writing Center” section above under #3, “Have your paper reviewed without meeting with a tutor.” To have a paper reviewed, please send it as an email attachment to writingservices@trevecca.edu. Include the course name and number along with any other information that would be helpful (e.g., writing prompt, grading rubric). The paper will be forwarded to a Writing Center tutor (non-traditional undergraduate students and Master’s-level students) or a faculty member (doctoral-level students) to be reviewed and returned with comments as soon as possible. Plan on a turnaround time of three days for undergraduate and Master’s-level papers. While we make every effort to return dissertations within a few days as well, the actual time depends on the length and complexity of the paper as well as the number of papers being reviewed.


Writing Resources

  • TNU Writing Center
    ACT Prep (for nursing students):  Part 1, Part 2
    APA Format
    Avoiding Plagiarism
    Using the Purdue OWL
  • Purdue OWL
    The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University houses writing resources and instructional material as a free service to users worldwide. Links on the Purdue OWL include General Writing, Research and Citation, Avoiding Plagiarism, Teacher and Tutor Resources, Graduate Writing, Subject-Specific Writing, Job Search Writing, and English as a Second Language. There is also a link to a Spanish version of the OWL.
  • Effective Writing Practices Tutorial (Northern Illinois University)
    This tutorial is intended for self-paced learning by students in all disciplines and is not meant to be a comprehensive resource on writing practices. Students can view the sections (Grammar, Punctuation, Organization, and Style) in any order but it is recommended that they take the brief self-test for each section first, identify the topics they need to refresh, and review the content in that section. After reviewing each section fully, students can take the comprehensive quiz for that section. The tutorial site does not collect any data on users and their quiz scores.
  • The Writing Center (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
    This website is the “Tips & Tools” section of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Writing Center. It provides an exhaustive list of tutorial links on writing organized into four sections:  Writing the Paper; Citation, Style, and Sentence Level Concerns; Specific Writing Assignments or Contexts; and Writing for Specific Fields.
  • The Writing Center (Motlow State Community College)
    This page is the “Resources” section of the Motlow State Community College Writing Center. The links in the section provide a thorough coverage of the writing process divided into the following categories: The Writing Process; Organization & Flow; Integrating & Citing Sources; Writing In (& Beyond) the Disciplines; Emailing Your Professor and Submitting Writing Assignments; Grammar & Mechanics; Critical Thinking; and Additional Resources (including Reverse Outlining, Finding Resources for my Research Paper, Growing Your First Post-College Resume, MLA Forest, APA Forest, and Purdue OWL).

 

We look forward to helping you any way we can!

The Office of Academic Services is located on the 2nd floor of the Center for Student Development in the Bud Robinson Building. If you have questions about any of the services described above, please contact Dr. Mark Bowles, Director of Academic Services, at mabowles@trevecca.edu or (615) 248-1376.