Academic Coaching

Drop-in Hours: Forest Grove, Clark Hall 124
Wednesdays 10 a.m.–12 p.m.

Questions? Email or call me!
OSS@pacificu.edu
503-342-3158

Make an Academic Coaching Appointment

Tools to Help You Succeed
 

  • Why Meet With An Academic Coach?
    • Academic coaching is available to all graduate, professional, and undergraduate students as an additional resource to enhance their academic experience at Pacific. 
    • College academics are challenging for a variety of reasons for many students at various times throughout their time at Pacific. The academic coaching team at Pacific aims to acknowledge educational systems do not always center our humanity, and challenge the notion that academic performance defines our worth. No matter where you are in your academic journey, you are enough.
    • One-on-one virtual and in person coaching appointments are available in the Office of Student Support. You can meet with an academic coach to focus on a specific topic, or set up ongoing sessions as often as you need for continual support. Sign up for a coaching session above, or email OSS@pacificu.edu with questions.
  • What Is Academic Coaching?
    • Coaching is a one-time or series of conversations that are meant to enhance your well-being and your academic performance. Coaching provides structured support to all Pacific students who want to improve their academic success, and reach their goals at Pacific and beyond. Pacific offers professional academic coaching through the Office of Student Support. 
  • What Are The Benefits? 
    • All students at Pacific can benefit from academic coaching. Academic coaching sessions can help you build and enhance the following skills:
    • - Campus resource navigation
    • - Mindset and learning preferences
    • - Notetaking and textbook/academic reading
    • - Self-advocacy and professional communication
    • - Stress management and wellbeing
    • - Study skills and strategies
    • - Test prep, test taking and managing test anxiety
    • - Time and workload management
    • - Utilizing and deciphering course syllabi
    • …and so much more!
  • Types Of Academic Coaching
    • You can sign up for coaching once or on a continuous or regular basis. Sign up for your initial appointment and the coach will work with you to find the best structure to support you as you work towards your academic goals.
    • Single-sessions: feel free to sign up just once to see what coaching can mean for you or to learn a specific skill. There is no obligation to return.
    • Ongoing coaching: most students do end up meeting with an academic coach 3+ times. There is no limit to how long you can receive coaching since it is an enhancement of your skills and strategies.
    • Some students meet every other week all semester.
    • Some meet just a couple times at the beginning of each semester.
  • What Can I Expect From My Coaching Session?
    • Academic coaching appointments are one-on-one conversations with the academic success coordinator to support you in establishing and achieving your academic goals at Pacific. Since the sessions focus on your needs and goals, the coaching appointment will go the direction YOU want it to. The academic success coordinator will listen, ask questions, and provide information and resources, but for the most part, we’ll be talking through and thinking about the goals you want to accomplish, putting you in control and giving you agency over your academic success.
  • What Other Academic Support Is Available At Pacific University?