All sessions indicated on听SARC鈥檚听Study Union Fall 2017 Final Review Schedule听will be live streamed,听and recordings of those sessions will also be available within 24-hours via the SARC听听Channel.

The center has several听听and hand-outs geared toward test preparation and final exams on SARC鈥檚听website. If your students view these online workshops, we ask that they also complete the online assessment of our services.

Upon听advanced request, SARC will facilitate access and reasonable accommodations to ensure services, programs and activities sponsored by our office are accessible. Contact听sarc@ucf.edu听to discuss accessibility for this event.

Study Union is a partnership between SARC, the Student Union and Office of Student Involvement that brings programming to the Student Union throughout finals week.听Good luck during Finals Week!

Monday, Dec. 5, will be a study day, and exams will run from Tuesday, Dec. 6 through Monday, Dec. 12. Commencement ceremonies will be held at the CFE Arena Dec. 16 and 17.

The final exam schedule is available here: .

The following tips and campus services are offered to help students finish out the semester strongly and safely:

Study Union is committed to promoting student鈥檚 well-being and academic excellence during what can be a very stressful time. At this time, many events and programs are offered to help students both prepare and relax before their exams.

During this time, the Student Academic Resource Center relocates its services to the Student Union, holding nonstop review sessions before final exams. Each subject session is led by a knowledgeable reviewer in one of the Student Union meeting spaces. A number of sessions will also be live streamed and posted to the SARC YouTube channel for later viewing.

To view the schedule, visit: directory.sdes.ucf.edu/file/447/news-attachment-study-union.pdf. The schedule is subject to change. For the most up-to-date information, visit SARC at: .

There were a dozen events for SARC student staffers to participate in, including a meet-and-greet brunch with Student Development and Enrollment Services leaders, a community outreach at the 麻豆原创 Arboretum, a workshop hosted by FAIRWINDS Credit Union, a talent competition, and other activities.

Since 2011, SARC has celebrated National Tutoring Week by recognizing more than 500 tutors that have helped improve the 麻豆原创 community through academic services.

Rebecca Piety, director of the Student Academic Resource Center and University Testing Center, credited 麻豆原创鈥檚 top event ranking to the work of Patricia Hartley, coordinator of tutoring and outreach; Jenna Gonzalez, graduate assistant; and Francisco Del Prado, lead tutor. Because of the first-place honor, Hartley was given a free registration to the association鈥檚 2016 professional development conference in Tampa.

FAIRWINDS Credit Union sponsored National Tutoring Week at 麻豆原创.

Students were asked to participate in a Bingo Challenge by speaking with at least five different departments to complete a 鈥淏ingo鈥� on their card. Students could trade completed Bingo cards for raffle tickets to win prizes.

One student indicated she was excited about 鈥渢he ability to visit useful resources all in one place,鈥� and was glad to meet 鈥渇riendly and knowledgeable people.鈥�

FAIRWINDS Credit Union sponsored this event, providing marketing support, snacks and prizes including the grand prize, an iPod Nano.

Survey results revealed 100 percent of participants learned at least two new academic strategies at the SARC Learning Fair.

听SARC provides over 150 hours per week of peer tutoring at three campus locations. Tutorial services offered at these locations are always free and available on a drop-in basis to all currently enrolled 麻豆原创 students.听

听Additionally, SARC will be offering The Game Plan Freshmen and Family Seminars on August 17; 12 academic success workshops as well as Supplemental Instruction, one-on-one Learning Skills Consultations and improved on-demand resources on sarc.sdes.ucf.edu/services.

听SARC is an office in the Division of Student Development and Enrollment Services. For more information, call听SARC at: 407.823.5130 or visit: SARC@ucf.edu.

Study Union supports the university鈥檚 mission of excellence, scholarship, integrity, community, and creativity. This is accomplished through bold initiatives that community collaborators offer through this program such as 24-hour access to the Student Union, quiet study rooms, group study space, laptops and test supply use, tutoring, test review sessions, supplemental instruction, free massages and exercise classes, to name a few. Every year more and more students participate in this program as they learn about the key resources that are offered to them. As a participant said, 鈥淭he Study Union has exceeded my expectations. I had never before thought that the Student Union was a good place to study but this week has proved me wrong. Another great reason why I love 麻豆原创.鈥�

The Study Union was selected for the NASPA Excellence Award on the bases of its positive impact on student learning, success in addressing critical campus and student needs, collaboration with various departments, originality and creativity, amongst other criteria. Recipients will be honored in March 2013, at the NASPA Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida.

Peer tutors and Supplemental Instruction (SI) leaders will conduct Final Review Sessions through finals week. Students will need to bring their textbook and class notes to these sessions. The peer tutors and SI leaders have devised a plan of action in order to review important material and capture essential concepts to prepare students for their final exams. Each review session will start and end promptly as indicated on the schedule.

The Student Union and SARC is in the Division of Student Development and Enrollment Services.

The 2012 SARC Learning Fair theme of 鈥�50 Years of Growing Together鈥� supported 麻豆原创鈥檚 50th anniversary celebration. SARC created an event mood for students to move through the past five decades and into the future through various visual and auditory elements including a large-scale SARC Family Tree, progressive background music moving from the 1960s to current times, and historical images from the 麻豆原创 archives. SARC staff and Learning Fair representatives wore retro outfits depicting the decades.

New this year, walk-in advising was offered at the event by First Year Advising and Exploration, Sophomore & Second Year Center as well as Transfer and Transition.

The 2012 SARC Learning Fair was a success with 266 students who attended. Of those student participants about 58% were freshmen. Based on results of a written evaluation:

Student comments included:

The Sophomore and Second Year Center held a Summer Social on July 25 for Accelerated FTICs– students coming to 麻豆原创 for the first time with 30 hours or more college credits– at Academic Village in the Nike Programming Center. The theme was 鈥淕et Smart, Get Connected.鈥�

Twenty-eight students attended and met with academic advisors from SSYC and staff from Student Academic Resource Center staff and Office of Pre-Professional Advising. They learned about valuable academic resources, strategies for academic success, and heard from a student panel who discussed their perspectives as to what helped them be successful in the Summer B session and following semesters. The panel also included an active question and answer session, followed by a very interactive Tic-Tac-Toe game played by the students attending this session.

The event began with an 鈥渋cebreaker,鈥� refreshments were served and students earned 500 LINK points for attending. LINK points can be used at a lottery at the end of the semester.

Student comments included: 鈥淚t was very informative,鈥� 鈥淕reat attitude,鈥� 鈥淚 loved it 鈥� educational and fun games,鈥� and 鈥淚 learned a lot.鈥�

SSYC is a department in the Division of Student Development and Enrollment Services.