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Student success workshops taught by former RA
Kniss, who works for UHDS, takes his own approach to academic access and applies it in his workshops
Shanna Woodruff
Issue date: 4/21/09 Section: News
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The Daily Barometer
How can students become academically successful?
That's what Jason Kniss, a senior in biology, talked about to students at Buxton Hall student lounge last night.
The interactive presentation was the last of a three-part series of workshops that focused on redefining academic success.
The previous workshops helped students learn how to transition from high school to college and how to find academic tools to help with the college experience.
"After being an RA for two years, I saw that so many students were frustrated with the academic component of their experience here at OSU," Kniss said. "I developed the workshop curriculum to empower students to be in control of their academic experience, not be controlled by it."
Kniss currently helps University Housing and Dining Services with residential conferences and is a volunteer academic programming coordinator.
UHDS piloted a new academic programming initiative this year, which includes the workshops. Kniss is the student lead on this initiative and has worked with UHDS to develop this project.
"I am volunteering my time for the presentations and the other academic work I do since I feel it is a wonderful professional growth opportunity," Kniss said. He hopes to go on to graduate school and earn a masters degree in higher education and work with instructors at institutions similar to OSU to improve the design of their courses and teaching methods.
The presentation discussed many topics for students to consider how they define a successful student and how they can adopt the main focus that anyone can be academically successful.
Four main points regarding successful students include knowing how they learn and process information, how to prepare for exams, where they are going and how to be holistically well balanced in life.
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