Abi Turner, Junior
Tutors: Computer Science, Spanish, Study Skills
Major: Computer Science and Spanish
Alston Tyndall, Junior
Tutors: Italian, Writing, Research
Major: Dance, Sociology
Ashley Pegram, Senior
Tutors: Writing
Major: Public Health and Environment Sustainability
Caroline Welsh, Junior
Tutors: Economics, Research
Major: Business Administration and Economics
Casey Corpening, Junior
Tutors: Writing
Major: Environmental Sustainability
Debbie Hary, Sophomore
Tutors: Interior Design, Study Skills
Major: Interior Design
Dinah Gorodezky, Sophomore
Tutors: Math, Physics
Major: Engineering and Mathematics
Elinor Shelp-Peck, Junior
Tutors: Writing, Research
Major: Biology and Public Health double major Chemistry and professional writing minors
Ga Hyeon Jeong, Senior
Tutors: Chemistry, Stats
Major: Chemistry: Secondary Education
Gaby De La Rosa, Senior
Tutors: Spanish
Major: Spanish
Hayli Ira, Junior
Tutors: Writing, Study Skills
Major: Graphic Design
Jeanine Carryl, Senior
Tutors: Computer Science, Computer Literacy for Design, Study Skills
Major: Computer Science
Kali Ranke, Junior
Tutors: Writing, Study Skills
Major: English, Education
Kate Tisdale, Senior
Tutors: Statistics, Biology, Child Development
Major: Biology; minor in Child Development
Kelly Mae Allen, Sophomore
Tutors: Physics, Math, Study Skills
Major: Engineering - Math and Electrical Engineering
Kendall Putnam, Sophomore
Tutors: Chemistry, Writing, Study Skills
Major: Chemistry
Kiley Van Ryn, Junior
Tutors: French
Major: Biology – Psychology
Lilia Cruz, Junior
Tutors: Physics
Major: Math – Engineering
Madison Weiss, Sophomore
Tutors: History, Statistics, Italian
Major: History and International Studies
Maggie Best, Senior
Tutors: Italian, Human Anatomy, Statistics, Study Skills
Major: BS Exercise and Sports Science w/ a minor in Dance Studies and Arts Management
Maggie Mertz, Senior
Tutors: Math, Computer Science
Major: BS Computer Science / BA Mathematics
Mahali Frias Ponce, Junior
Tutors: Spanish
Major: Spanish
Malia Garber, Junior
Tutors: Spanish
Major: Biology, Spanish
Maria Huidobro, Senior
Tutors: French, Computer Science
Major: Computer Science with minor in French, Math, and Graphic Design.
Maria Shiferaw, Junior
Tutors: Study Skills
Major: Mathematics and Computer Science
Maria Teakell, Junior
Tutors: Spanish
Major: Spanish and MED
Mia Shelton, Junior
Tutors: Writing, Psychology, Study Skills
Major Psychology with minors in English, Professional Writing, and Creative Writing
Mwende Mumo, Sophomore
Tutors: Math, Economics, Statistics, Study, Skills
Major: Math and Economics
Natalya Brown, Senior
Tutors: Spanish, Psychology, Study Skills
Major: Spanish, CRSO, minor in Pyschology
Paige Lawrence, Senior
Tutors: Psychology, Math
Major: Math - Psychology Minor
Paige Verica, Junior
Tutors: Math, Psychology
Major: Psychology
Rachel Hefner, Senior
Tutors: Spanish
Majors: Social Work and Spanish
Rania Ighwair, Junior
Tutors: Biology, Chemistry
Major: Dietetics
Sarah Halsey, Junior
Tutors: Math and Statistics
Major: Math with Statistics Minor
Shefali Srivastava, Senior
Tutors: Biochemistry, Chemistry
Major: Biology, Chemistry
Sydney Lang, Senior
Tutors: Math, Statistics
Major: Mathematics, minors in Statistics and Sociology
Victoria Kempf, Junior
Tutors: Accounting
Major: Accounting
The Learning Center operates in partnership with the faculty. Students are much more likely to make an appointment with a tutor when a faculty member has recommended it; thus, without faculty support, the Learning Center would not be able to do the work that it does. We appreciate the opportunity to supplement instruction with our one-on-one and small group tutoring sessions!
In 2019-2020, the Learning Center began a content-area liaison program for the four highest-demand content areas: writing, math (calculus and statistics), chemistry, and Spanish. Content-area liaisons help to keep the academic departments informed of Learning Center activity and provide initial and ongoing professional development for tutors in that area. Our liaisons are:
Writing: Tina Romanelli
Math: Julie Kolb
Chemistry: Cassie Lilly
Spanish: Callie DeBellis
Please feel free to reach out to your liaison if you have questions or concerns about tutoring in one of these areas. Of course, regardless of content area, the Learning Center desires partnerships with all faculty. If you would like to share ideas or ask questions about the Learning Center, please email Tina Romanelli.
The Meredith College Learning Center is a College Reading and Learning Association (CRLA) certified tutor training program. The tutor training course (IDS: 155) runs once per semester and provides one hour of credit to students who successfully complete the course requirements.
In order to be considered for the course, students must obtain a faculty recommendation, complete an application, and interview with the director of the Learning Center. Faculty recommendations can be provided through this form.
Please consider perusing the list of current tutors to see if you can recommend any tutors for an additional subject area using this form.
We ask that all faculty who are recommending students review our mission and values before completing the form. It is important to note that the best students do not always make the best tutors and that tutoring requires interpersonal skills and critical thinking beyond what is necessary for success in the classroom. In general, it is preferable to train sophomores or juniors for tutoring because of the time and energy that go into maintaining a high level of training.
The following charts provide more information about these sessions.
The four subject areas with the largest demand are writing, Spanish, chemistry, and mathematics (both calculus and statistics). These four content areas make up more than 75% of the total sessions.
While September and October are always busy months in the Learning Center, the unprecedented events of the Spring 2020 semester drastically reduced the expected number of sessions for March and April. The average of the four previous March session totals is 315 sessions: March 2020's total is 164. The average of the four previous April session totals is 429: April 2020's total is 238.
The Learning Center trained and piloted online appointments in Summer 2019, but Spring 2020 saw the first major increase in online appointments.
