Everyone experiences challenges in college, and Honors students are no exception.  From adjusting to the new expectations and rhythm of college life to managing that challenging course load, everyone needs help at times.  An important factor in determining your success is how quickly you are able and willing to recognize that you need assistance, and how quickly you obtain it.

Syracuse University has fantastic resources to help you tackle challenges which your undergraduate career can present, from the academic to the personal. You should become familiar with the ways to get help at Syracuse.

CLASS at Syracuse University

The Center for Learning and Student Success has diverse resources to help you with challenges, from formalized group tutoring for particularly hard classes, to individual tutors, academic coaching for Calculus, and even academic mindfulness practices and workshop offerings.

Orange Success

Learning how to use Orange Success to 'raise your hand' and ask for help from your network is important to navigating the institutional side of your education, establishing open lines of communication with your advising team, and accessing appointments with important campus offices.  Make sure you know how to login to Orange Success and navigate the system to your benefit.

 

Writing Help for Honors Students

Kate Hanzalik

Did you know that the Honors Program has a dedicated professional writing consultant who can help you with all aspects of your writing? Meet Kate Hanzalik, an Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of Writing Studies, Rhetoric, and Composition. Kate has been teaching rhetoric and composition for almost fifteen years at a diverse range of institutions.

At Syracuse University, she is a Writing Consultant for the Writing Center and teaches Critical Research and Writing (Writing and the Arts, Ethics and Civic Discourse), Introduction to Academic Writing Principles, Professional Writing, and Creative Nonfiction. Kate has served as a Renee Crown Honors thesis editor for several years; she has also worked with honors students in her role as the Writing and Language Arts Support Specialist for the Office of Supportive Services. Her scholarly publications focus on the how’s and why’s of bringing the arts into composition classrooms and writing studies more broadly.

She has a Ph.D. in Rhetorics, Communication, and Information Design from Clemson University, an M.A. in Liberal Studies from Dartmouth College, an M.F.A. in Writing from The Savannah College of Art and Design, and an B.A. in Journalism from Ithaca College.

Feel free to email Kate at khanzali@syr.edu