Academic Skills
The Academic Achievement Center offers academic skills peer mentoring to students at UNCG for free, as a part of your tuition. You don't have to be in a particular course to take advantage of this service-- Academic Skills development applies to ANY class. However, you do need to be enrolled at the university.
Academic Skills is:
- Interactive and collaborative
- Facilitated as small-group sessions
- Personalized based on each student's interests and goals
- Conducted in-person in the lower level of the Jackson Library; online appointments via Zoom available by request.
What can Academic Skills services help me with?
Time Management
Creating plans, managing your weekly schedule, and avoiding procrastination.
Studying
Figuring out the best ways to study and improve your learning.
Test Preparation
Strategies for improving your approach to test taking, including decreasing nervousness around tests.
Reading Strategies
Improving reading comprehension and identifying the main ideas from college-level texts.
Concentration and Motivation
Considering new ways to focus and manage your tasks.
Note taking
Learning how to improve listening and note taking techniques.
Do you have questions?
We’re happy to answer them!
- Call us at 336-334-3878
- Email us at aac@uncg.edu
- Chat with us at http://go.uncg.edu/aac
- Stop by 023 Jackson Library (lower level) between 8 AM and 4 PM, Monday through Friday during the semester.
Getting Academic Skills Assistance
Getting started
First, you'll need to schedule your initial appointment:
- Click the "Schedule an Appointment" button.
- Log in using your UNCG credentials
- In the "search for appointment" box, select the reason "Academic Skills"
- Select the topic, and click "search."
- Choose your appointment time and then click "save"
Feel free to schedule appointments for any of the academic skills areas that you feel will meet your needs.
Developing your Skills
Work with an Academic Skills peer mentor to refine your goals and discover useful strategies that work for you.
You can schedule a follow-up session with a mentor at any time to review goals or talk about new ways to sharpen your skills.
Students are encouraged to attend 3 or 4 sessions, depending on their needs and interests.
Academic Skills Policies
Scheduling
- Our scheduling platform allows you to book your initial intake appointment between 21 days and 12 hours prior to your session start time.
- If you need to cancel your appointment, please do so at least six hours in advance.
- You can cancel within the TracCloud scheduling platform by clicking the "x" next to the scheduled appointment.
- To reschedule, return to our scheduling platform and select a new appointment time.
Attending
- Please attend and arrive on time for your scheduled sessions.
- Sessions with no attendance will have a grace period of 10 minutes before ending.
- Inconsistent attendance or showing up repeatedly late will place a temporary hold on sessions to discuss better scheduling options.
- To get the most out of your session, be prepared to take notes, ask questions, and participate in group discussions and activities.
- Students who are not able to engage in all aspects of our sessions (i.e., texting during the session, or having poor internet connectivity for virtual sessions, etc.) will be asked to reschedule.