The mission of the Student Learning Center is to serve all students at the Ringling College of Art and Design by providing learning support to nurture lives of learning and creativity.
Whether you're determined to maintain that 4.0 GPA or struggling to pass a class, Learning Specialists can help. They support students with projects/presentation development, reading, studying, organization/time management, writing, and conversational English. Student Tutors help students with writing, conversational English, and basic time management.
Location: Goldstein Library, 2nd Floor
Hours: Learning Specialists Monday-Friday, 9-4
Student Tutors: Sunday-Friday afternoons & evenings
To make an appointment with a Learning Specialist or a Student Tutor: Login to the Ringling Portal (my.ringling.edu) Under Ringling Student Links, click Student Learning Center - Make Appointment. Follow the prompts on the Calendly appointment system.
SLC Services Offered by Learning Specialists
Projects & Presentation Development: Projects/Presentations are a fundamental part of Ringling’s curriculum, and our Learning Specialists can help with brainstorming, research, organization, and bibliographies. Most importantly, they help develop presentation skills and share strategies for dealing with nervousness and anxiety during public speaking.
Reading: Develop reading strategies to avoid re-reading. No more wasting time. Whether it’s a text book or pdf’s, the Learning Specialists can help you be a more active reader who scores higher on reading quizzes.
Studying: Tests and exams cover a vast amount of material. So study with a Learning Specialist who will share proven study tools, tips, memory devices and practice questions. Learning Specialists focus on your area of need and can help make study time more effective.
Writing: Work on writing assignments from any class and get support for all phases of the writing process. Learning Specialists help with 1 st year Writing Studio, Art History papers, liberal arts blogs/response papers, Senior thesis projects, creative writing, and more. Learn to write papers correctly in order to avoid plagiarism.
Organization/Time Management: Prioritize your schedule and make the most of your valuable time to ensure you can study, socialize, eat, sleep and create. Work with the Learning Specialist to create an in-depth time management plan. Come in for a plan for the whole semester or a shorter plan for upcoming deadlines.
Services Offered by Student Consultants
Writing: Work on all phases on the writing process from brainstorming, research, organization, internal citations, bibliographies, and editing/revising.
Conversational English: Use currents topics of interest to practice speaking and listening.
Basic Time Management: Have an online version of your basic time management plan made in order to tweak and revise as the semester progresses.