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The Brown and White Vol. 129 No. 7 Friday, September 25, 2015 ‘All the Lehigh News First’ Four o’clock exams are around the corner, and the Center for Academic Success is offering mul-tiple services to help students reach their highest potential. Students have the option to choose the tutoring scenario that works best for their personal study preferences and schedules. Julie L. Seifert, administrative coordinator, believes this makes the center a unique resource that students should utilize through-out the semester. Kate Robinson, the center’s new director, believes students should try learning in tutoring sessions. Robinson wants stu-dents to know that tutoring ser-vices will help them develop a Lehigh’s voluntary resolution agreement with the Office for Civil Rights is set to be completed by the end of the 2016-17 academic year. Karen Salvemini, Lehigh’s equal opportunity compliance coordinator, is involved in the implementation and monitoring of the university’s requirements of the agreement. Many of the requirements will continue for at least another year, Salvemini said. One requirement is the administra-tion of a climate survey to the entire campus. Instead of using an external vendor, Lehigh was approached by a group of faculty members who con-duct research pertaining to content that would appear in the survey. Developed by four faculty mem-bers — Dominic Packer, Gordon Moskowitz, Christopher Burke and Chris Liang — the climate survey will be distributed to the Lehigh com-munity once approved by the Office for Civil Rights. Relationship with the Office for Civil Rights The university is still required to report data to the Office for Civil Rights through the 2016-17 academ-ic year as a result of last year’s investigation into an alleged “racially hostile environment,” according to a previous Brown and White article. According to the agreement, by July 1 each year, the university will pro- Lehigh-OCR agreement: Taking the next steps better understanding of material and will help develop their per-sonal study skills. “The tutoring services are about more than just grades,” Robinson said. “Students go into tutoring with the expectation of getting the right answer, but what we do is help them come to the right answer on their own.” If students are anxious about their coursework, they can par-ticipate in the study skills assis-tance program. The program focuses on teaching students to handle test anxiety, take effec-tive notes and adequately pre-pare for exams. With this resource, students are able to work one-on-one with graduate students who help them figure out how they should be preparing for exams. The center offers workshops for different student groups and has been visiting Greek chapters to discuss the effectiveness of the program. The center also has various handouts regarding time man-agement, test anxiety and goal Center for Academic Success offers flexible tutoring By KATIE MORRIS B&W Staff Alexis King/B&W Staff Sam Kratky, ’19, Annie Pearson, ’19, Courtney Henig, ’19, and Liv Kelly, ’19, study in Williams Hall on Monday. Many students are using Lehigh’s academic resources to prepare for upcoming midterms. vide the Office for Civil Rights with requested data under several catego-ries the data referenced in item No. 10 for the most recently completed university year. This data includes harassment training dates, training attendees, how the university intends to imple-ment the concerns raised in the cli-mate survey and more. The agree-ment in its entirety can be found online. “The University understands that OCR will not close the monitoring of this Agreement until it determines that the University has fulfilled the terms of this Agreement and is in compliance with the regulations implementing Title VI, at 34 C.F.R. § 100.3, which was at issue in this complaint,” the agreement reads. In March 2015, several administra-tors, including Salvemini, had a call with the Office for Civil Rights to talk about the climate survey require-ments, harassment training and how these dates line up with an academic year. As such, many of the deadlines were pushed to this fall to give the university time to implement them at the beginning of the semester. The climate survey was pushed to this academic year so it was not forced to be administered over the summer, when fewer students are on campus. “The big things that we’re focusing on right now are the online harass-ment training, having that wrapped up by Sept. 30, and the climate sur-vey,” Salvemini said. Salvemini said Lehigh’s work with the Office for Civil Rights has been collaborative and the relationship may continue if the office would want to continue working with the univer-sity or gather information. “Any legal obligation that we would have would end once we’ve completed all of our obligations under the volun-tary resolution agreement, so there’d be no requirement that OCR and Lehigh continue their relationship,” Salvemini said. Harassment Training In an attempt to encourage more students to complete the required harassment survey, Salvemini worked with United Educators to put the training on Lehigh’s Course Site instead of having to log in on a separate site. At present, there is no imposed penalty for not complete the training. But as the training will become an annual staple to Lehigh’s inclusivity initiative, Salvemini said a course registration delay is being considered for the future. By SAMANTHA TOMASZEWSKI News Editor See ACADEMICS Page 3 See OCR Page 4 Lehigh’s relationship with the Office for Civil Rights continues with the distribu-tion of a climate survey and harrassment training Correction The Brown and White creat-ed a graphic for the Sept. 15, 2015 issue based on a Lehigh University Snapchat filter. The artwork was not prop-erly credited. The artist’s name is Carolyn Janik, ’17. Gaby Morera/Made with Canva
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Title | Brown and White Vol. 129 no. 7 |
Date | 2015-09-25 |
Month | 09 |
Day | 25 |
Year | 2015 |
Volume | 129 |
Issue | 7 |
Type | Newspaper |
Source Repository | Lehigh University |
Coverage | United States, Pennsylvania, Lehigh, South Bethlehem |
LCCN | 7019854 |
Source Repository Code | LYU |
Digital Responsible Institution | Lehigh University |
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Date | 2015-09-25 |
FullText | The Brown and White Vol. 129 No. 7 Friday, September 25, 2015 ‘All the Lehigh News First’ Four o’clock exams are around the corner, and the Center for Academic Success is offering mul-tiple services to help students reach their highest potential. Students have the option to choose the tutoring scenario that works best for their personal study preferences and schedules. Julie L. Seifert, administrative coordinator, believes this makes the center a unique resource that students should utilize through-out the semester. Kate Robinson, the center’s new director, believes students should try learning in tutoring sessions. Robinson wants stu-dents to know that tutoring ser-vices will help them develop a Lehigh’s voluntary resolution agreement with the Office for Civil Rights is set to be completed by the end of the 2016-17 academic year. Karen Salvemini, Lehigh’s equal opportunity compliance coordinator, is involved in the implementation and monitoring of the university’s requirements of the agreement. Many of the requirements will continue for at least another year, Salvemini said. One requirement is the administra-tion of a climate survey to the entire campus. Instead of using an external vendor, Lehigh was approached by a group of faculty members who con-duct research pertaining to content that would appear in the survey. Developed by four faculty mem-bers — Dominic Packer, Gordon Moskowitz, Christopher Burke and Chris Liang — the climate survey will be distributed to the Lehigh com-munity once approved by the Office for Civil Rights. Relationship with the Office for Civil Rights The university is still required to report data to the Office for Civil Rights through the 2016-17 academ-ic year as a result of last year’s investigation into an alleged “racially hostile environment,” according to a previous Brown and White article. According to the agreement, by July 1 each year, the university will pro- Lehigh-OCR agreement: Taking the next steps better understanding of material and will help develop their per-sonal study skills. “The tutoring services are about more than just grades,” Robinson said. “Students go into tutoring with the expectation of getting the right answer, but what we do is help them come to the right answer on their own.” If students are anxious about their coursework, they can par-ticipate in the study skills assis-tance program. The program focuses on teaching students to handle test anxiety, take effec-tive notes and adequately pre-pare for exams. With this resource, students are able to work one-on-one with graduate students who help them figure out how they should be preparing for exams. The center offers workshops for different student groups and has been visiting Greek chapters to discuss the effectiveness of the program. The center also has various handouts regarding time man-agement, test anxiety and goal Center for Academic Success offers flexible tutoring By KATIE MORRIS B&W Staff Alexis King/B&W Staff Sam Kratky, ’19, Annie Pearson, ’19, Courtney Henig, ’19, and Liv Kelly, ’19, study in Williams Hall on Monday. Many students are using Lehigh’s academic resources to prepare for upcoming midterms. vide the Office for Civil Rights with requested data under several catego-ries the data referenced in item No. 10 for the most recently completed university year. This data includes harassment training dates, training attendees, how the university intends to imple-ment the concerns raised in the cli-mate survey and more. The agree-ment in its entirety can be found online. “The University understands that OCR will not close the monitoring of this Agreement until it determines that the University has fulfilled the terms of this Agreement and is in compliance with the regulations implementing Title VI, at 34 C.F.R. § 100.3, which was at issue in this complaint,” the agreement reads. In March 2015, several administra-tors, including Salvemini, had a call with the Office for Civil Rights to talk about the climate survey require-ments, harassment training and how these dates line up with an academic year. As such, many of the deadlines were pushed to this fall to give the university time to implement them at the beginning of the semester. The climate survey was pushed to this academic year so it was not forced to be administered over the summer, when fewer students are on campus. “The big things that we’re focusing on right now are the online harass-ment training, having that wrapped up by Sept. 30, and the climate sur-vey,” Salvemini said. Salvemini said Lehigh’s work with the Office for Civil Rights has been collaborative and the relationship may continue if the office would want to continue working with the univer-sity or gather information. “Any legal obligation that we would have would end once we’ve completed all of our obligations under the volun-tary resolution agreement, so there’d be no requirement that OCR and Lehigh continue their relationship,” Salvemini said. Harassment Training In an attempt to encourage more students to complete the required harassment survey, Salvemini worked with United Educators to put the training on Lehigh’s Course Site instead of having to log in on a separate site. At present, there is no imposed penalty for not complete the training. But as the training will become an annual staple to Lehigh’s inclusivity initiative, Salvemini said a course registration delay is being considered for the future. By SAMANTHA TOMASZEWSKI News Editor See ACADEMICS Page 3 See OCR Page 4 Lehigh’s relationship with the Office for Civil Rights continues with the distribu-tion of a climate survey and harrassment training Correction The Brown and White creat-ed a graphic for the Sept. 15, 2015 issue based on a Lehigh University Snapchat filter. The artwork was not prop-erly credited. The artist’s name is Carolyn Janik, ’17. Gaby Morera/Made with Canva |
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