By Princess Yeboah | Assistant Editor
Correction 2/20/25: A previous version of this article stated that the LSC was a place for library research. Library research is strictly found through the Library which is a separate department from the LSC.
Mount Wachusett Community College’s LaChance Library Learning Success Center is a central resource to the campus community, but can be misleading to students of being strictly a tutoring center, which is totally not the case. Located near Trio and Student Support Services on the Gardner campus, and located near Enrollment Services on the Leominster campus, It’s a service that all students have full advantage of. Ranging from assistance to research papers, mathematics classes, print and digital resources, the list is endless. The Learning Success Center is not just for students who are struggling in classes, it is an invitation to the whole MWCC community to have special access to resources to better equip students for success inside and outside of the classroom.
The Learning Success Center offers free, one on one help for students. Unlike the traditional tutoring that students may come to believe, the mission statement on the Learning Center’s website states “we envision a physical and digital space, where you, the student, are empowered to become an agent in your own learning”. A student can get acquainted with such help by dropping in the library or making an appointment online through the LaChance library itself which is better preferred. Then, the student can select a time as well as the specific learning concern they have in either english, science or math topics etc,.
All students learn differently, and as an added benefit there is a breakdown to better understanding the students needs by classifying them as either a kinesthetic, auditory, visual & reading learner. The certified learning instructors not only give help to students during their visit, but afterwards also send a follow up email of what was discussed and the next steps in the learning process. Students are never alone throughout this process, as there are many students who have the same learning concerns. The Learning Success Center is multi-faceted in that it doesn’t only address learning concerns, but also gives opportunities to meet new people with the study rooms that the library provides, students can collaborate with others in the same areas of learning to make homework tasks seem less overwhelming.
Student Sabrina Alonso, Human Services Major, recounts the time she first “stepped foot” in the Learning Success Center in Fall of 2023. “The Learning Success Center has had a really positive impact in my life”, Alonso says. “I was not confident in my writing but that all changed when I decided to step foot in the center in the Fall of 2023.” Alonso has made it a priority to continuously seek assistance at the Center, and praises the staff for being “kind, patient, and ready to help in a way that works with my learning style”.
Benjamin Heffner, a dual enrollment student, gives the Center credit for giving him “better understanding of the material than when you come in”. “I remember during my first semester at the Mount in Fall of 2023, I didn’t like the idea of tutoring,” Heffner recalls. He then goes on to say he saw a group of students who were in the same dual enrollment program, and getting help with the same math course he was also taking. “I decided to join them, and that’s when I met Marc [LSC instructor] “The Math Sherpa” Rouleau”. Heffner now consistently visits the Center for support in his current calculus class. The Learning Success Center provides an outlet for students far beyond mere tutoring. It goes as far to reach not only one aspect of learning, but provides community, adhering to kinesthetic, visual, auditory and reading learners, as well as many books that tackle topics students are studying. Do not miss the opportunity to take the next step in your learning journey with MWCC’s Learning Success Center!
Comments are closed.