The Student Success Center

Tutoring Services

The Student Success Center tutoring services offers academic support in all areas, including accounting, foreign languages, math, science, and writing. Our tutors are selected by department chairs, trained in the art of tutoring, and monitored to provide the individualized attention our students need to achieve their personal best. You may also receive assistance for writing papers, resumes and capstone projects in the Learning Center. Tutors in all areas are available for drop-in help or by appointment. One student may endeavor to pass a particularly difficult course. Another may aspire to develop a B into an A. Whatever their objectives, students can find supportive professional assistance at the Student Success Center. http://www.piedmont.edu/learning-center

Disability Support

Piedmont College supports the efforts of every student to become a self-sufficient learner and encourages any student that requires accommodations to seek support as early as possible. Piedmont College is committed to providing an accessible learning environment and willingly makes reasonable accommodations for individuals with documented disabilities. Section 504 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and The Americans with Disabilities Amendment Act of 2008 (ADA) assure persons with disabilities equal opportunities for access to programs and activities that receive federal financial assistance. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) defines a person with a disability as any person who has physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more major life activities (walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing, learning, and working), has record of impairment, or is regarded as having such an impairment. 

The Director of Disability Support is responsible for arranging reasonable accommodations for those students who have provided documentation stating a medical or learning disability. This service is confidential and free to all students. To receive accommodations, students are required to self-report. Testing to determine disabilities is not provided through this office, but referrals are made. Official documentation is accepted only from licensed health-care professionals. 

Upon acceptance to Piedmont, students seeking accommodations should meet with the Director of Disability Support to discuss individual circumstances. Students are encouraged to speak with their professors, advisors, coaches and other campus personnel. Appropriate written documentation of disability is required and any accommodations provided is based upon individual need and existing academic requirements. All accommodations must be consistent with established academic requirements and standards of Piedmont College. We coordinate and provide a variety of academic and support services based on the individual needs of each student with the goal of creating an accessible academic, social, and physical environment for students with disabilities at Piedmont College. Each semester accommodations will be reviewed and revised as necessary.  A student with accommodations continues to be responsible for his/her education and personal needs.

For more information navigate to http://www.piedmont.edu/disabilities-support, or contact

Dr. Gene Pease

Director of Disability Support

Associate Professor-R
Student Success Center

706-778-8500 ext. 1504

gpease@piedmont.edu

Career Education

Career education and professional development is available to all students and alumni of Piedmont College. The Director of Career Education and Compass provides personal consultations to those students who are unsure of their career goals or require career readiness preparation. Career Services can assist students in developing needed career skills which can include but is not limited to: resume development, interview preparation and practice, graduate school preparation, social media practices, job search strategies, major/career exploration, assessments etc. Students have the opportunity to meet with Career Services staff in individual meetings as well as through career presentations and events. Online resources offered free of charge to Piedmont College students include access to SuccessLink, Piedmont College’s online job board and career resource site. Career Services also provides access to regional and statewide career fairs as well as additional employer networking opportunities.

https://www.piedmont.edu/career-services

Lisa Mann

Director of Career Services

Student Success Center 

Demorest and Athens

Piedmont College

lmann@piedmont.edu

706-778-3000 ext. 1507

Personal Counseling

Personal counseling is provided in a safe, confidential atmosphere and is available to assist students with personal, developmental, or psychological concerns related to their academic progress and personal growth. Through individual counseling, group counseling, and referrals to campus and community resources, personal counselors are committed to supporting students who have personal issues that hinder their academic success.

Personal counselors can assist with and/or provide resources for a variety of topics, such as adjustment to college life, stress, depression, anxiety, loneliness, sexuality, eating issues, perfectionism, academic concerns, discrimination, transition difficulties, and relationship issues with a partner, relative, or child. Personal counselors help students develop new strategies for dealing with these challenges or to help clarify students’ feelings through self-exploration and discovery.

Counseling appointments are requested by email, phone or online and services are provided at no charge to students. As necessary, students are referred to other professional resources located on and off campus. The counseling office is located in the Student Success Center on the Demorest Campus and in the Student Success Center on the Athens Campus, 1st floor East Commons.

http://www.piedmont.edu/counseling-services