Learning Strategies
Feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or anxious about your work? How can you find the time to study, write papers, and do homework while also managing the other demands of your life? When you have an hour to study, what’s the best way to use that time? How can you take notes in a way that will help you to do well on exams? How can you approach your reading in a way that help you write your papers well? Consider coming to meet with a Learning Strategies tutor!
SASC Learning Strategies tutors are your guide to finding your own answers to these questions. We work to identify the non content-specific barriers to success that you may be facing, and move towards implementing efficient and effective solutions to help you reach your academic goals. These services are open to students of all class years across all disciplines.
When can I find a Learning Strategies Tutor in SASC
SASC Learning Strategies tutors are available for drop-in support (no appointment necessary) for regularly scheduled weekly hours. To find out when those times are, you can either
- go to the check-in desk in the Peer Learning Commons, on the ground floor of Ladd Library at the base of the stairway, or
- use Penji from any internet connected device to find when these tutors are scheduled.
Click the button below to sSee how to use Penji to find when tutoring is available for Learning Strategies (or any other topic).
LAMP Learning Strategies Workshops for Bates Students
LAMP Learning Strategies Workshops for Bates Students
These workshops can be presented by LAMP Fellows or SASC Professional Staff, and cover fundamental skills and resources students can use to create their own success here at Bates! We have designed several that can be easily customized to meet the needs of your group, or we can create a new workshop if there’s a need that none of the already created workshops will meet.
Who are my Peer Tutors for Learning Strategies?
We are Bates students who worked in our first year as Resource Representatives. Now, we work as Learning Strategies tutors, facilitate workshops for classes, clubs and other groups, and act as a point of support for SASC’s current Resource Representatives.
Hi! I’m Ale, and you can find me either on the ground floor or first floor of the library, at Carnegie, or by the pond at Bates (depending on the weather). I’m here to support with physics, learning strategies, IT desk stuff and EACS.
I work as a Learning Strategies Tutor and help to create and lead LAMP workshops throughout the year. You can also find me working as an EACS tutor for SASC, and as a TA in EACS.
I help create and lead LAMP workshops throughout the year, and can work with you one on one as a Learning Strategies tutor.
I’ll be supporting First Year Students this year as a JA, as well as working as a Learning Strategies tutor and helping to deliver workshops. I’m also passionate about Bates Rubgy!
I work in SASC as a tutor for Economics, Math and learning strategies and in SWLC as a tutor for an FYS. I’m also a JA in Kalperis this year, as well as working as am Equity and Inclusion Peer Advisor and as the Events Coordinator for Africana!
Hi, I help create and lead learning strategies workshops throughout the year and support students as a Learning strategies tutor. I’m a Public Speaking and Presentation Support (PSPS) tutor in both English and French. I also work with ResLife as a Junior Advisor and I love helping, so feel free to reach out for help anytime.
Hi everyone, my name is Iffat! I’m a Classical and Medieval Studies and Religious Studies double major and an Art and Visual Culture minor from India. In addition to being a Lamp Fellow, I also work as a Restorative Practices Advisor, a WCAT, and a service assistant at the library desks. I love to write, sketch, work with clay and cook when I can. I have two cats named Mack and Mishti and a dog back in India named Leo. Feel free to approach me anytime, I love to yap about anything and everything and show funny pictures of my pets as conversation starters!
I work in so many spots on campus! You may have met me as an AESOP leader. I’m also a Restorative Practices Advisor and a SPARQ Peer Mentor.
I work in the Multifaith Chaplaincy, and am a JA this year! I also can help with learning strategies, particularly with language learning strategies.
I love to help students find strategies to figure out study abroad and gap years. I’m an international student, and enjoy connecting with others about their experiences here at Bates, especially as they’re figuring out how to make it all work. I also work as a learning strategies tutor.
Hi, I’m Lorenzo. I love to talk about politics, especially international politics. I also love to chat about personal management and time management systems, and can help with learning strategies.
I love to chat with students about anything related to school, crafts, moving pretty far away from home, etc. I work in SASC as a tutor for biology and chemistry, and can help with learning strategies too!
I help design and deliver Learning Strategies workshops, and am available to support students as a Learning Strategies tutor. I also work in SWLC as an attached tutor for an FYS, and in Athletics as a sports information assistant!
I help design and deliver Learning Strategies workshops, and am available to support students as a Learning Strategies tutor. I also work in SASC as a tutor for Economics
I help design and deliver Learning Strategies workshops, and am available to support students as a Learning Strategies tutor. I am studying off-campus for the Fall 2026 semester.
I help design and deliver Learning Strategies workshops, and am available to support students as a Learning Strategies tutor. I also work in SWLC as an attached tutor for an FYS, am a Kessler Scholars Peer Mentor, and work as an EMT here!