The Student Success Center is located in Lane Hall in Demorest and in the Commons in Athens. Students are at the heart of everything we do at Piedmont College. This commitment is reflected in the Student Success Center, established to help our students reach their various academic goals. The Student Success Center offers the following services: tutoring, accommodations, personal counseling, and career education.
Career Services
Career education and professional development is available to all students and alumni of Piedmont College. The Director of Career Services 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
Lane Hall Student Success Center
Demorest and Athens
Piedmont College
lmann@piedmont.edu
706-778-3000 ext. 1507
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 a physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more major life activities (walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing, learning, working, etc), has record of impairment, or is regarded as having such an impairment.
The Director of Disability Support is responsible for working with individual students to arrange reasonable accommodations for those students who have provided documentation of their disability. This service is confidential and free to all students. To receive accommodations, students are required to self-report to the Director of Disability Support. Testing to determine disabilities is not provided through this office, but referrals can be 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 a disability is required and any accommodation 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. Sue Smith
Disability Support Coordinator
Lane Hall Student Success Center
706-778-8500 ext. 1504
disabilitysupport@piedmont.edu
Learning Center
Students are at the heart of everything we do at Piedmont College. This commitment is reflected in the Learning Center, established to help our students reach their academic goals. 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 Learning Center.
The Learning Center offers FREE academic support in many areas. We offer 1-1 tutoring in many content areas, including business, accounting, languages, math, science, and writing. Our 1-1 tutoring sessions are FREE and offered daily from 9am - 9pm with some weekend hours. Arrangements can also be made for remote, online tutoring sessions. Our tutors are referred by professors, trained in the art of tutoring, and monitored to provide the individualized attention our students need to achieve their personal best.
We also offer SNAP (Seeking New Academic Potential) groups for certain content area courses in Math and Science. These are peer-led small groups (8 or less) that follow an informal supplemental instruction model that focuses on collaboration and group study. Students are provided with course-specific learning and study strategies, note taking and test taking skills, as well as the opportunity for structured study time with peers.
In addition to working with you on specific subject areas, we can help with test taking, time management, organization, note-taking, and study skills and strategies. You may drop in and work with any tutor who is available or make an appointment with a specific tutor. We also work with students to create, implement and complete Academic Success Plans. These are individualized plan to assist students with obtaining the skills, knowledge, and support they need to be successful personally and academically.
Appointments can be made for Academic Consultations (with the Director of the Learning Center) or Tutoring Services through Pilgrim Net or through the Piedmont App.
For more information contact:
Kristi Koshuta – Director of Academic Learning Services
kkoshuta@piedmont.edu
706-778-8500 x1503
Lane Hall Student Success Center– 102
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 Lane Hall Student Success Center on the Demorest Campus and in the Student Success Center on the Athens Campus, 1st floor East Commons. Students are notified at orientation how to make an appointment to see a counselor.
Dr. Gayle Robbins
Director of Counseling Services
grobbins@piedmont.edu