Learning Center and Homework Hotline celebrate National Tutoring Week

This past week, Rose-Hulman celebrated National Tutor Appreciation week. There are forty-seven learning center tutors and one hundred and ten Homework Hotline tutors who power the Learning Center’s impressive achievements. Goodie bags were prepared for each tutor along with special treats given out during the week.

Photo: Christina Davis Ian Rogers (left), a senior math major and a tutor with the Learning Center, tutors Jonathan Oakley, a freshman civil engineer during National Tutoring Week. Both the Learning Center and Homework Hotline celebrated the week with special events and goodie bags for tutors.

Last year, 1,379 students worked with a Rose tutor, and there were more than 43,000 helped via the Homework Hotline. This year, the Learning Center was nationally accredited by the College Research and Learning Center (CRLC). “It is really an honor for us to be certified because the process has many standards,” remarked Susan Smith, Learning Center Director and Assistant Professor of Rhetoric.

The Learning Center has been awarded for its tutor training programs, variety of services, and number of students served (12,421 visits last year). The program mission and objectives meet the criterion for a higher level of recognition by the CRLC. Rose-Hulman, along with about one thousand other colleges across the U.S. and Canada, has received this certification.