BU's Central Spot for Academic Support
If you’re a multi-tasker by day and a maven of cramming at night, you’ll want to check out BU Today’s brief but telling video on the importance of sleep. And did you know that college students are among the majority of Americans who complain of sleep deprivation? In fact, college students have “twice as many [...]
If you got away to warmer climates over winter break and were hoping for some snow, we’re glad Boston didn’t disappoint you (even if it was short lived). Spring always gets off to a chilly start, but we at the ERC have planned a bunch of academic support programs including Academic Skills Workshops and Language [...]
In case you haven’t looked at a calendar yet or are just plain in denial, we wanted to offer a few last-minute tips for finals. Dean Elmore and Cecilia Lalama of the ERC swapped a few tips on what NOT to do when you finally get around to studying. Watch this video on YouTube Chrissy [...]
If you’re the type to start gnawing on fingernails when stress hits or walk around with permanently hunched shoulders, chances are you need to learn to relax. Since it’s far more easily said than done, we thought we’d offer you a quick, easy exercise you can do almost everywhere (though a private, quiet spot may [...]
Hello BU! We just wanted to wish everyone a happy first day of school. To the class of 2015: a few seniors got together to offer some words of advice for the entering class. You can read it here on BU Today. Don’t forget to check out the ERC when you get settled: We’re not [...]
Office Hours Prep Sheet Professors’ and teaching assistants’ office hours can be some of the most useful meetings in your college career. Going into them, however, can be a little bit intimidating. To help prepare yourself for the one on one meeting, come in with questions and exact issue areas for what you need help [...]
Now that Commencement is over, we’re happy to officially wish you a happy beginning to summer! As a student, I’ve found that the second summer hits- I am in a state of bliss. The hours of cramming, the dozens of GSU Starbucks coffees and CampCo Redbulls and the all-nighters spent in Mugar seem to fade [...]
The Finals are here! The Finals are here! If you still have last-minute questions that you didn’t cover during office hours, check out drop-in tutoring at the ERC this Sunday and Monday. Please have specific questions for the peer tutors since these drop-in hours are not review sessions. Peer tutors will be available from 1-5pm [...]
The end of the semester is coming up pretty quickly. If you’ve considered getting a little extra support in your courses between now and the end of the semester, check out the tutoring page on the ERC website to find departmental resources that may be offered for your courses. There are a ton of academic support [...]
The annual B a Healthy U Wellness Fair is here again! Come check out the fair this Wednesday from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Metcalf in the GSU. BU Wellness paired up with wellness-related divisions across campus (yes, that includes the ERC) to showcase wellness-related services that students can access on campus. Wellness is [...]
