Academic Support Services
Center for Career Engagement and Opportunity
The Center for Career Engagement and Opportunity (CEO) facilitates students’ exploration of their interests, strategic connection of their skills and knowledge, and purposeful contribution to their communities. Comprised of an Associate Vice President of Student Entrepreneurship and Engagement, a Director, Senior Associate Director, Assistant Director Career Coaches focusing on program areas such as scholarships and fellowships, pre-health advising, internships, and mentorship, the CEO offers a comprehensive program of career development and experiential education, including fellowships, internships, volunteer work, and job and graduate school search. The CEO actively cultivates partnerships with local, regional, national, and international employers and graduate schools to support student success.
Academic Resource Center
The Academic Resource Center (ARC), formerly known as the QRC, is a comprehensive tutoring service, offering students free tutoring in any discipline taught at New College including software (e.g. R, SAS, SPSS, Excel, and other applications). Tutoring is available one-on-one or in small groups and remotely or in person. The ARC supersedes the Quantitative Resource Center which offered tutoring in quantitative disciplines. To find tutors, including contact information and office hours, go to the ARC Schedule tile on the myNCF portal myncf.ncf.edu. The ARC is located in the library in LBR 119, and you can drop in any time. To get there from the library entrance, look for the hallway on the right in front of the cafe and follow it past the elevator. The ARC is at the end of the hall on the left hand side across the hall from the Student Success Center. Students wishing to become tutors should ask a faculty member to recommend them. A recommendation can be a one-line email to Travis Lee (tlee@ncf.edu) giving the name and the course(s) or subject(s) for which they are being recommended.
Educational Technology Services
Educational Technology Services (ETS) provides faculty and student technology support for academic projects as well as an open-use computer lab and a media lab with video editing and scanning workstations. Electronic equipment (digital cameras, camcorders, projectors, and voice recorders) is available for checkout for course-related projects. Large-format printing is available onsite for academically-related content. Training and assistance can be provided for technology-related course projects, faculty website development, use of Canvas (New College’s online course management systems), and other educational needs.
The Language Resource Center
The Language Resource Center (LRC) is a social space where students are invited to work individually or in groups, relax, or interact with each other. The LRC provides resources to support students and enhance their foreign language experience in the 8 languages formally taught at New College (Chinese, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Latin, Russian, and Spanish) as well as self-instructional materials for an additional 8 languages (Arabic, Dutch, Haitian Creole, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Tibetan, and Turkish). The LRC holds a collection of reference materials such as dictionaries; grammar, vocabulary, and conversation books; audio-visual resources; software for course-specific assignments and additional review; and table games. Several multimedia computer workstations and two private booths are setup for language practice, voice recording, and film viewing.
The Writing Resource Center
The Writing Resource Center (WRC) is open to all New College students who are interested in developing skills and strategies to improve their writing. Trained student writing assistants (SWAs) listen and respond to the needs and concerns of student writers through focused, individualized conferences. Encouraging writers to direct the conference in ways that meet their particular needs and interests, SWAs provide helpful feedback and resources about all stages of the writing process. The WRC operates on the principle that, no matter their degree of skill, students can benefit from open and objective conversation about their writing.
The WRC has a commitment to serving student writers in all disciplines. The WRC has hired SWAs from specific disciplines, including economics, biology and chemistry as well as English and the humanities to assist students. Furthermore, those same SWAs have received training to support student writing across a variety of disciplines. Finally, in response to student demand, the WRC leads group workshops dealing with writing first college papers, graduate school application essays, and theses.
Responsible Conduct in Research (RCR)
New College has an agreement with Clearwater Marine Aquarium to provide Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) services to NCF faculty and student researchers. The IACUC reviews and approves study protocols involving animals in research and ensures animal welfare and compliance with federal guidelines. The Director of ORPS coordinates the submission of IACUC protocols to Clearwater Marine Aquarium. For inquiries regarding IACUC applications and information contact ORPS@ncf.edu.