During your time at Denison, you will face some of the toughest intellectual challenges of your life. You will test and stretch your boundaries, and prepare for life after college. Discipline and perseverance are the keys to your success.

We at the Academic Resource Center (ARC) are dedicated to helping you thrive academically by providing a range of support services tailored to help you achieve your goals.

Academic Skills Building

  • Time management: Prioritize tasks, create schedules, and set realistic goals. These skills help you balance academic responsibilities with personal commitments, increase productivity, and reduce stress.
  • Test preparation: Strategies for reviewing content, managing anxiety, and understanding test formats.
  • Study strategies: Tailored to your learning style, strategies such as note-taking and summarizing enhance learning and retention, help you grasp complex concepts, and improve academic performance.
  • Classroom skills: Skills such as active listening, participation, and effective communication with peers and instructors enhance engagement, comprehension, and overall success.

The Academic Resource Center also offers:

  • Tutoring services
  • Accessibility and disability services
  • Testing rooms: Separate, quiet, reduced distraction testing rooms for students registered with the ARC.