Our vision is to provide comprehensive, accessible and dynamic academic support to NIU students. It is our mission to:
- Enhance student success
- Partner with academic colleges
- Provide programming in a variety of modalities
We work toward accomplishing our vision and mission by providing:
- Comprehensive academic support services in collaboration with campus partners
- High-quality academic support that is relevant and attuned to the dynamic needs of NIU students throughout their college journey
- Academic skill development and success coaching, both incorporated into academic recovery and success planning and available as on-demand or standalone programming
- Support for student success through writing bootcamps, one-on-one and integrated writing support
- Integrated course-based tutoring in collaboration with academic departments to increase student success, reduce achievement gaps and meet students where they are
Staff
Ashley Bartelt, program director of the Writing Center and Graduate Student Success
abartelt1@niu.edu
815-753-7951
FO 152
Tori Peterson, program coordinator of Course Support
vpeterson1@niu.edu
815-753-0908
FO 266
Teslin Kerley, administrative aide
tkerley1@niu.edu
815-753-6506
FO 152
Shakaria Smith, senior program advisor
ssmith@niu.edu
815-753-1905
Jennifer Salmon, interim director
jsalmon2@niu.edu
815-753-1694