Supplemental Instruction
The Supplemental Instruction (SI) program, which is based on a successful national model, was adopted by University College to help students succeed in their courses. Students who have been successful in specific courses and recommended by the faculty of those courses serve as student mentors for the SI program. The SI mentors are learning assistants who are content competent in a particular subject and can assist students in gaining a better understanding of course material. They can also help students develop learning skills to enhance their academic experience. In their sessions, SI mentors demonstrate processes and methodologies for effective learning (i.e., learning strategies, note-taking skills, listening skills, test anxiety). The SI mentors are not tutors. They are facilitators who can help students develop the thinking and reasoning skills that characterize intellectual maturity. SI mentors are academic facilitators, empathetic listeners, resource guides, and, most of all, supportive peers. All sessions are free to students.

Structured Learning Assistance
University College is very proud of its Structured Learning Assistance (SLA) program, which was developed to help students succeed in specific courses. The SLA sections, which meet for one hour per week, are directed study and practice sessions that are attached to courses that have proven to be challenging for many students. SLA sessions are centered on course content. In each session, students will learn how to apply study and learning skills to specific course materials. Students will also learn content background information to assist them in making connections between the lessons and lectures in class. In addition, students will learn how to work collaboratively and how to form study teams.

Resource Center
The Resource Center is the heart of activity in the Bepko Learning Center. The first responsibility of Resource Center mentors is to provide for the needs of individual students on a daily basis by interacting with students and following up with their concerns, issues, problems, and questions. The mentors at the Resource Center also provide support for the academic mentors as well as the administrative and leadership staff. The Resource Center's central focus is to assist students in having a rewarding and successful academic and social experience. The Resource Center promotes a sense of campus community by fostering an environment that is welcoming to a diverse population of students.

One of the primary responsibilities of Resource Center mentors is to provide students with tutor referrals. The Resource Center also provides students with helpful handouts, campus information, laptop rentals, and other learning aids. Mentors provide resources to help students determine their individual learning needs and make subsequent suggestions. In addition, mentors refer students to other campus resources such as the Academic Advising Center, the University Writing Center, the Speaker's Lab, Campus and Community Life, Office of International Affairs, and Counseling and Psychological Services.

Resource Mentors provide both resource and logistical support for the other components of the Bepko Learning Center. The mentors routinely refer students to Structured Learning Assistance or Supplemental Instruction collaborative learning sessions. The mentors are also available to give presentations on topics such as time management, stress management, study skills, and test-taking techniques. These presentations may be given to organizations upon request or during the collaborative learning sessions. Members of the administrative and leadership staff utilize Resource Center mentors in multiple ways. This includes, but is not limited to, serving on committees, giving presentations on campus, developing manuals, entering statistical data, producing reports, developing training materials, and completing project assignments.

STAR Program
STAR stands for Students Taking Academic Responsibility. STAR is a free mentoring program designed to help University College students who are on academic probation or reinstated to reach their academic potential at IUPUI. Students who sign up for the program will not only learn new academic skills but will also learn more about themselves and their potential career paths.

Nina Mason Pulliam Legacy Scholars Program
The Nina Scholars Program is available to students at IUPUI, Ivy Tech, Arizona State University, and Maricopa Community College in Arizona. This program provides a unique opportunity where students from disadvantaged backgrounds can obtain the resources and financial support needed in order to successfully complete their college education. The Nina Scholars Program provides academic support and resources to students who have traditionally had difficulty gaining access to higher education. The program serves returning students who are 25 years of age or older and have dependents in the family unit, college-age youth or adults with physical disabilities, or incoming freshman between the ages of 18–25 who have been raised in the child welfare system. This program covers full tuition, fees and books, and includes an annual living allowance.

The aim of the program is to not only provide financial support but to also provide social, academic, and emotional support. The idea is to develop students holistically: academically, socially, and personally. Therefore, programming components generally focus on all three of these areas. The Nina Scholars Program is highly focused on all aspects of success for its student participants and thusly provides a very hands-on mentoring component that ensures students are supported completely throughout their matriculation at IUPUI.

The Nina Scholars Program provides each student with an academic advisor/mentor, as well as a student mentor. Mentors work with scholars individually and in group settings to aid scholars in their efforts to achieve academic, career, and personal growth goals. Mentors also attend Nina Scholars meetings and functions such as weekly cohort meetings for new scholars, all scholars meetings, and other events (i.e., End-of-the-Year Celebration). Mentors also are encouraged to participate in Nina Scholars community service projects.

Peer-Led Team Learning
Workshops (or Peer-Led Team Learning) are experiences in active learning; students actively solve problems to reveal where the difficult or obscure steps might be and then cooperatively progress through the learning exercise.

The Chemistry C105 Peer-Led Team Learning (PLTL) sessions at IUPUI are designed to actively engage students and peer scholars in collaborative group work, fine-tune critical thinking skills, and prepare students for future success. The C105 workshop sessions generally hold 6–9 students. A peer scholar (or a workshop leader), a student who recently completed the course and performed above average academically, facilitates the workshop. The leaders are not expected to be content experts, but rather they are a mentor, a guide, or a coach who can direct the students toward solutions. Before the semester begins, the workshop leaders attend an orientation where they learn to guide and direct students' learning. Each week all the leaders get together with faculty to review the upcoming material and take their understanding of the material to the next level. At the same time, the leaders learn more about group behavior and pedagogy.

The C105 workshops are two-hour active-learning sessions in which students in the course will practice doing challenging problems collaboratively. Chemistry content, communication skills, and good teamwork practices are emphasized in these peer-led sessions, and students are expected to be active participants. Workshop leaders are students who have previously taken C105 and earned a grade of B or higher (and in good standing at the university). These students have an interest in helping to educate new students in chemistry while improving their own comprehension and skills. The PLTL program has thrived on the motivation and the commitment of our workshop leaders. They have embraced diversity, and they have invited growth and success for the future of the PLTL program at IUPUI.

Orientation Services
The OTEAM is a group of undergraduate students who lead the summer orientation programs and mentor the first-year seminar courses during the fall semester. OTEAM members receive a scholarship for their service to the campus community. The interactive orientation day is facilitated by the positive, fun, and knowledgeable OTEAM leaders. The role of an orientation leader is to assist new and transfer students along with their guests during the orientation day. Orientation leaders help students acquire their JagTags, verify their technology accounts, explore campus, and learn about campus and community life. Orientation students also participate in an advising workshop and register for classes. OTEAM leaders share campus information in an exciting and helpful manner, helping new students adjust to the IUPUI campus.

First-Year Seminars
First-year seminars are typically linked with other entry-level courses, such as writing, speech, or math to form learning communities where faculty may collaborate in creating class assignments. Students learn to study together, collaborate on projects, and depend on each other for support in the classroom. The seminars facilitate student transition to college by introducing key information and skills needed to succeed and by offering opportunities to connect with faculty, staff, and other students. The courses are taught by an instructional team, including a faculty member who sets academic goals and is the team leader; a librarian who introduces library resources; an academic advisor who provides information on academic policies and procedures and works with students to begin academic planning, and major and career decision making; and a student mentor. The mentor’s role is to present himself or herself as a model student while helping to introduce students to resources, expectations, successful academic habits, and the campus community.

Mathematics Assistance Center
Working in partnership with University College, the Department of Mathematical Sciences developed the Mathematics Assistance Center (MAC) in 2001. Nearly all students at IUPUI, regardless of what degree they are seeking, must take at least one math course. There are approximately 14,000 students enrolled each year in IUPUI's math classes. MAC is designed to be a place where students needing help in any of their mathematics coursework can go. MAC provides help in a multitude of ways: peer mentoring, tutoring, lab counseling, and structured learning activities and programs, all in a technology-rich setting under one roof.

Student Services:

• Walk-in tutoring is currently available for all algebra, precalculus, and calculus courses offered at IUPUI.
• Peer mentoring is currently available for all of the algebra and precalculus courses, and for MATH M118 and M119.
• Help with online homework (MathXL) and software projects (Maple/Matlab/Minitab) is currently available for students enrolled in MATH M001, 001, 110, 111, 163, 164, 221, 222, 261, and STAT 301 and 350.