Photos by: Emily Hedegard
Pictured: The UNE library building, along with screenshots from the website explaining how to get access to the online services.
The Jack S. Ketchum library provides students with a plethora of resources. Found in the campus center, UNE’s library provides students with access to physical literature and a quiet space. The library is a good, distraction-free place to work on your assignments, study with a friend, or find some quiet time. Taking personal time at the library can also be a good way to practice balancing school with your social life. One of the library’s best resources is its online platform (https://library.une.edu/). The library website allows students access to various news articles, journals, archived media, and other sources otherwise inaccessible to students. The vast online library and the website’s advanced search capabilities allow students to collect primary and secondary sources for academic or personal research. There is even a feature offered through the website that enables students to request access to journals UNE doesn’t currently subscribe to. Once the request is submitted, UNE will pay for a subscription/access to that resource and make it available to you and other students. With such a vast media collection, it can be hard to track down the right source. To solve this problem, the library website has a “chat with a librarian” option, which connects students to librarians in real time, all hours of the day. Using the chat, you can ask questions about how to format searches, where to find different types of media, and other library-based needs. Furthermore, the website provides students with library-research tutorials, citation help, and source evaluation methods. As such, the library is a perfect resource for any necessary research or source collection during your time at UNE.
Photo by: Maddie McDonald
Pictured: A sign in front of one of the study rooms found in the second floor of the commons, explaining the first come first serve rule.
A big resource that is frequently used on campus is going to the commons to do work. Within the commons are a thing called study rooms. This is helpful if you are the type of person who needs to be out of your room to get things done, and going to the commons can help you designate your time to homework. As said in our academic lesson, you get to make your own schedule at college, meaning you can go or do what you want where you want. If you want a quiet, private place you can go to the study rooms on the third floor of the library. These rooms though you have to properly ask for and sign out. If you are feeling more lowkey and just want to be away from the general common area, you could go to the main second floor to use one of those rooms. To get into those rooms all you have to do is find an empty one, walk in and shut the door. The rooms often vary in sizes too, so you could sit by yourself or with a group of people. These rooms get a lot of use and are highly recommended if you need to just grind out some homework.
Photos by: Maddie McDonald
Pictured: Professor Jesse Miller office, where he meets students for office hours they choose to sign up for.
Something that can be extremely helpful for students looking for a little extra support can be attending office hours. Office hours are time teachers set aside outside of class where students have the option to come to them and ask for help. Prioritizing assignments and being able to realize you’re at that point where you can no longer help yourself is important. As much as teachers want to help you, they are not going to carry you to success alone. It’s a two way street and to get a good outcome you have to put a little effort in yourself and in this case, reach out for guidance. It can sometimes be a little nerve racking to go out of your way to seek support but it really only can benefit you. If you are looking for a teacher’s office hours you can usually find them in the syllabus, if not you can even just email and try to set up a time. Teachers often encourage students to come and will usually be more than eager to assist with problems.
Photos by: Liam Whitehouse
Pictured: The student academic support student, where students looking for tutoring can receive help down at the end of the second floor commons. Currently the SASC room is halloween themed.
SASC is located on the second floor of Rippich commons (below the dining hall and above the pub). The main mission of the Student Academic Support Center is to assist students in becoming better learners so that we as students can meet the University’s academic standards and reach our own personal educational goals. SASC is helpful in a variety of ways as they provide a multitude of services for students who may need help at any time during their academic stay here at the University Of New England. These services offered and provided by SASC include: tutoring, writing support, learning specialist, consultations, group workshops, and courses. SASC can help students be prepared for college in many ways. If you see yourself maybe falling behind in a class because of a lack of balance they can help you. As stated before they offer consultants with academic advisors who may be able to help you create easy to find balance in your schedule. Through individual consultation, workshops, and in-class presentations, SASC’s learning specialists can help students develop the skills to make the challenges of undergraduate and graduate school easier. If you need or want to look into any of the services offered by SASC you can reach out to your professors and see if they can help you or you can search UNE SASC online at your leisure. However if these don’t work for you you can call (207) 602-2443 or you can stop into room 206 in the Rippich Commons in the tutoring center for help.
