student handbook - Baton Rouge Community College

Patrons can listen to or view media on DVDs, CDs, video tapes, orother storage devices in the Media Center.The Center for Academic SuccessThe Center for Academic Success provides a variety of support servicesto assist students at BRCC. It is located in the north and south areasof the Magnolia Library and Performing Arts Pavilion’s first floor, withover 15,000 square feet of facility. This unique, comprehensive array ofprograms, resources, and services is designed to help ensure successfor students in their goals toward degree completion and successfultransfer.Magnolia NorthMagnolia North contains programs and services to assist students inachieving academic, vocational, and professional growth. Here studentswill find BRCC’s Quality Enhancement Plan program, Service Learning,and STARS Gate (Title III). Math/Science and Writing Centers, activelearningclassrooms, and one-on-one tutoring are also available, eitherthrough appointment or on a walk-in basisQuality Enhancement Plan (QEP)/“First Class”BRCC’s “First Class” program is a seminar for new students whichmeets as a regular course with an assigned instructor. The seminarorients new students to the institution and its programs, andteaches them important academic survival skills. The course alsoengages students in the learning process and equips them withthe requisite knowledge, skills, and behaviors needed to succeedthroughout their matriculation at the college.Service LearningService Learning works with students, encouraged by faculty/staff advisors, who wish to earn extra credit for their participation.Students volunteer to work for agencies located throughout thecity of Baton Rouge; in turn, they use what they have learned tobenefit the community.14STARS Gate“STARS Gate”(Students Toward Achievement, Retention, andSuccess) serves first-year students who enroll in one or more