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Location:
Olivet College
Mott Academic Center 212
320 S. Main St.
Olivet, MI 49076

Academic Advising
Representatives from Academic Advising assist Olivet College students with developing the skills, knowledge and resources necessary for the effective planning and achievement of their academic goals and objectives.

Students will build a personal relationship with an advisor who will help guide them toward their academic goals and teach them to become responsible for their own life-long learning. Successful advising is an on-going process.

The Center offers:
An open door policy
Students may discuss coursework concerns, procedures, transfer equivalents, curriculum changes and degree requirements.

Major, minor and program requirements
Requirements for each major, minor and program are all on one handout so students can chart their progress toward a degree. Students will also have regular meetings with their academic advisor.

Help with changing a major or minor
Students can find advice and counseling about changing academic goals by exploring different majors or minors, getting information on curriculum, prerequisites and course offerings.

Information on becoming certified to teach
Students can learn how to apply for teacher certification, as well as learn about the necessary requirements and tests.

Help with forming a four-year academic plan
Making a four-year plan is very important in order to graduate on time. Forms are available in the Academic Advising Office; center staff can help students complete them.

Academic Resources and Disability Services
The Academic Resource and Disability Services Office was established to provide students with a broad range of services to facilitate intellectual growth and achievement of academic goals. The office is designed to help every student, regardless of their abilities, to successfully navigate the college experience, perform at the highest academic level and reap the benefits of receiving an Olivet College degree.

The office is designed to work with those individuals who have learning disabilities. Staff will work discretely to coordinate the provision of services that allow all students to succeed in the classroom. The office staff also help students work toward returning to satisfactory academic standing after being placed on academic warning or probation. Staff will provide consultation and assistance in formulating and executing a successful study plan to help get students back on track.

What the office provides
• Tutors in all academic areas
• How-to informational pamphlets and handouts for research, studying, test taking, etc.
• Self-help tapes available for loan
• Tips on taking essay exams and objective tests
• Workshops to develop “master student” skills
• Assistance with academic goal setting and charting progress

For Students with Diagnosed Learning Disabilities
• Books on tape
• Tape recorders
• Note-taking assistance in the classroom
• Alternate testing sites and procedures, including readers and scribes
• Print enlarger software

Global Citizen Honors Program
The Global Citizen Honors Program (GCHP) at Olivet College will call on its members to investigate global, interdisciplinary issues by inquiring into the theories and philosophical underpinnings of complex social issues. The program is experiential, requiring its members to be involved not only with the problems they are investigating but with each other and the world around them. GCHP is designed for the student who wishes to continue demonstrating creativity and leadership within the framework of Individual and Social Responsibility.

GCHP has three distinct academic experiences: honors class, honors option courses and an honors project. There are also a host of co-curricular events and opportunities that, taken as a whole, provide a comprehensive and cutting-edge experience.

The Honors Class
Each semester has a new overarching theme. An example includes a presidential election, which would focus not only on the process of electing the leader of our country, but also the issues that shape the debate. Another theme could be about Africa: understanding the past, comprehending the present and envisioning the future. Students would study the issues facing African nations.

Students must complete three semesters of the Honors Class.

The Honors Option
Honors Option courses are taken from the traditional class offerings of the college.
The Honors Option is work done above and beyond the traditional requirements for a course.

Students must take at least nine credit hours worth of Honors Options (three credit hour classes)

The Honors Project
The Honors Project is a piece of original work completed by the student. Students receive six credit hours during their senior year for working on an Honors Project.

The project topic is submitted in the second semester of the studentâs junior year and approved by the Honors Committee.

The Honors Project is shared with the campus community near the end of the students final semester.

Co-curricular Benefits
GCHP resource room

Books and periodicals for the students to utilize

Area for meeting and discussing issues

Information on opportunities outside of the college

Scholars programs (Fulbright or Rhodes)

Information on studying abroad, Internships and co-ops

Off-campus study through the college

Off-site study, such as the ROAD semester or the ILT in Maine will be made readily available to program members.

Official recognition- This includes language and/or insignia on the memberâs diploma, transcript, and commencement program designating the member as a graduate of the GCHP, along with the title of the memberâs departmental honors project.

Informal and formal gatherings with the GCHP faculty, Olivet College Board of Trustees and college administrators.

The choice of living in a honors residential setting.

Writing Program
The Writing Program at Olivet College aims to help students at all levels and areas of study gain the skills necessary to become better writers. Learning to write well is a life-long process that can be supplemented by the insight of other writers. Writing program tutors are available to hold one-on-one sessions with students to discuss:

A. an individual's work
B. resource materials available on various writing-related topics

Representatives from the program can also work with faculty members to visit classes to aid students in the process of developing college-level writing skills.

Like most writing center environments, the Writing Program at Olivet College is not an editing service. Tutors adhere to the principles of The Olivet College Compact with the following policies:

• Each student is responsible for the writing he or she produces. Tutors provide suggestions and may point out specific punctuation or grammar errors, but the tutor is not responsible for making a paper perfect.

• The student and tutor must work together in the conference process. The Writing Program does not endorse an editing model whereby the tutor simply corrects problems. Tutors aim to engage students, leading them toward an understanding of writing conventions and an appreciation of their own unique style.

• The student and tutor are responsible for treating each other with respect and for behaving and communicating with honesty and integrity. Throughout the writing conference process, both the student and tutor must maintain a level of respect appropriate in a college environment.

Tutor schedules change each semester, stop by Mott 212 to view a current schedule and arrange an appointment.