Academic Support Center
and
Disability Student Services

The Academic Support Center (ASC), in Room 105, Maine Hall, provides many services for students.  These services include the free services listed below.  To use the services, you need only let Dr. Elizabeth Worden, Director of the ASC, know you want to receive them. 
         
Free tutoring is available for students taking EMCC courses. By providing academic support for ALL students at the College, we provide support for students who are economically disadvantaged, educationally disadvantaged, have a disability or are dislocated workers or displaced homemakers.

Individualized help is also available for students in:

·  Study skills
·  Time management skills
·  Test taking skills

The Academic Support Center is an ideal meeting place for study groups because it has:

·  Food and drinks allowed
·  Convenient hours (8 am to 8pm)

The Disability Student Services (DSS) Office, in Room 105, Maine Hall is also coordinated by Elizabeth Worden and serves students with disabilities.  In college, there are no “special ed” classes.  All students are expected to be qualified to be successful in courses, with reasonable accommodations, if a disability is involved.  To receive accommodations in college, students with a disability must register with the DSS office by

1.      telling the DSS Office that they are a student with a disability;
2.      providing the DSS Office with the appropriate documentation about the disability;
3.     each semester, picking up the paperwork from the DSS Office that allows them to ask for accommodations for all or some of their courses during that semester;
4.      making sure that the DSS Office knows if there is a problem concerning their  accommodations.

If you have received special education services in high school, we encourage you to make sure that the DSS Office receives copies of your documentation of a disability even if you feel that you do not want to use accommodations while you are in college.  You may change your mind and decide you want to use them after all.  When you change your mind, it may be in the middle of a semester and you may be upset because you are having trouble with your classes.  If you have already made sure that the DSS Office has your documentation, accommodations can be put in place right away.  If not, you may add to your mid-semester stress by having to get the documentation to the DSS Office before accommodations can be put into place.