Center for Academic Success & Effectiveness

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Center for Academic Success & Effectiveness (CASE)

The Center for Academic Success and Effectiveness (CASE) provides resources for Felician students as they work to maximize their full academic potential. CASE collaborates with faculty, staff, and other campus units to provide a range of services, programs, and resources to support student learning and degree completion.  CASE services and resources are student-centered, accessible, and inclusive.  The Center encompasses Accessibility Services, Advising, Tutoring Studios, Discovery Program, Academic Success Coaching, Starfish At Felician, and the 3-D Felician Experience. It provides a wide range of resources to help Felician University students achieve academically and persist to degree completion.

The Center for Academic Success and Effectiveness offers readily accessible services, including support in writing, mathematics, science, subject area tutoring, learning strategies and time management skills, and assistance for students with documented disabilities. The services provided by the Center for Academic Success and Effectiveness are free to Felician University students.  The Center for Academic Success and Effectiveness is in Kirby Hall on the Lodi Campus.

The Center provides:

  • Felician’s Shared Model-Academic Advising Center
    • First-Year Advising: Every first-year student is assigned an Academic Advisor Retention Specialist (AARS) who remains with the student through sophomore year.  AARS provide individualized support, guidance, mentoring and success coaching.  Individual advising sessions are scheduled early in the semester with frequent check-ins throughout the year to ensure the best possible educational experience at Felician.
    • AARS assist the student to adjust to University life, understand University policies, procedures, and curriculum requirements, make well-informed academic decisions, access appropriate campus resources, select relevant courses, clarify academic and career goals, and develop a personal growth-mindset for success.
    • Upon completion of 60 credits students transition to a faculty advisor in their major area of study and remain with this advisor to degree attainment.

Coordinator of Shared Model-Advising Center: Annette Rycharski M.Ed., rycharskia@felician.edu 

  • Office of Accessibility Services: Felician University is committed to providing equal access to students with documented physical, sensory, learning, and psychological disabilities. We work with students on a case-by-case basis to determine reasonable accommodations in accordance with the policies underlying Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and the ADA Amended Acts of 2008. Prospective and enrolled students are required to initiate contact with this office to receive services or to arrange appropriate accommodations.

Coordinator of Accessibility Services: Carolyn Kehayan, MA, LDT-C - 201-559-6050

  • Tutoring Center: Receive free tutoring from professional tutors and/or peer tutors in our on-campus Tutoring Studios (8:30 am to 4:30 pm). If work, family, or other responsibilities prevent you from coming to Campus during tutoring hours, we provide 24/7 tutoring with TutorMe. Skills you can develop through tutoring:
    • Improved writing and reading skills
    • Better understanding of mathematical/science concepts.
    • Access resources needed to complete assignments.
    • Note-taking and textbook reading methods.
    • New study and test-taking strategies.
    • Time management skills.

Tutoring FAQ and Information: https://felician.edu/academics/center-for-academic-success-effectiveness/tutoring-services-at-felician/

Coordinator of Tutoring Services: Alyssa Fiume- 201-559-6118, TutoringServices@felician.edu

  • Academic Success Coaching: Academic Success Coaching is a partnership between a student and an Academic Success Coach (ASC) working together to develop proactive strategies to address academic concerns and life challenges. 
    • An ASC helps a student:
      • Focus on individual goals and identify steps to reach them.
      • Identify and overcome obstacles that may impede success.
      • Develop the academic skills and strategies needed to become a self-regulated learner.
      • Explore effective time management and organizational skills.
      • Connect to helpful University and community resources.
  • Discovery Program for Undecided/Undeclared Students: Felician’s Discovery Program is designed for students entering college who are unsure about a major and a career path.  The Discovery Program provides opportunities to explore majors and career goals that fit each student's skills and interests.
    • Discovery Program students collaborate one-on-one with a designated advisor to:
      • Assess personal talents, abilities, and skills (and learn hidden ones).
      • Design, with an Academic Success Coach, an exploratory plan followed by a path to degree completion.
      • Earn Curricular Commons credits (Gen. Ed.) applicable to all majors.
      • Explore careers of interest as well as job outlooks and salaries.
      • Connect with resources both inside and outside the University that support a successful Discovery Experience
  • Starfish At Felician: STARFISH is a software system that connects each student to his/her advisors, professors, and helpful University resources. With a click of a button, students can schedule appointments with instructors, advisors, tutoring, Registrar, Financial Aid, Counseling, and other essential offices to get the help needed to succeed at Felician.  To logon to Starfish, go to http://www.felician.edu/my-felician

Coordinator of Starfish At Felician, Discovery Program, & Academic Success Coach- Pam Garvey- 201-559-6163

  • 3-D Felician Experience Initiative (3-DFE): 3-DFE is a transformative sequence of coordinated experiences that promote personal success in college and in life after college with durable and lifelong learning skills. Students take the following 3 courses:
    • DREAM- UNIV101: Transition successfully into Felician University Life (Freshman Year)
    • DARE- UNIV201: Persist with grit on the path to degree completion (Sophomore Year)
    • DO- UNIV301: Navigate with confidence Senior year and life after degree completion (Junior Year)

Coordinator of 3-D Felician Experience: Barbara Rosatelli, MSCP-201-559-6052