The Learning Resources Center (LRC) is the home of:
- Disability Services
- Online Writing Center (all year)
- Drop-in Tutoring for Composition (in-person; fall and spring only)
- Supplemental Instruction (fall and spring only as requested by interested faculty)
- Peer Tutoring (fall and spring only)
- Professional Tutoring (fall and spring only)
- Microbiology (new! - with Dr. Koreen Byrns)
- Math (new! - with Ms. Beth Uhrinek)
- Anatomy and Physiology (new! - with Dr. Koreen Byrnes)
- Physics (with Mr. Mike Garing)
- Math (with Mr. Mike Garing)
- Composition (with Mr. Dan Hitt)
- Strategic Study Halls (new!)
- Study Help
Tutoring
Starting in Fall 2024, Pitt Greensburg students interested in peer or professional tutoring will need to make their own appointments via Pathways, the same platform you use to make Advising appointments.
We have tutoring for a variety of subjects, but not all subjects. As the semester goes on, we will try to hire additional peer tutors.
How do I make an appointment with a peer or professional tutor?
- Go to Pathways Navigate from Pitt Mobile or my.pitt.edu/launch-task/all/pathways-navstudent
- Find the tutoring program you have access to (Greensburg)
- Find a tutor and look at your schedules to find a time that you are both available.
- Once you book a session, you will receive an email confirmation with appointment details or your tutor’s personal classroom link.
- Be on time for your in-person appointment, or click on the classroom link that was sent in your appointment confirmation email for your virtual appointment.
Help Wanted
Looking for something to add to your resume? Interested in helping others? The LRC needs Peer Tutors for Spring 2025 for a variety of subjects
Tutor Qualifications:
- Faculty recommendation
- Positive attitude
- Conscientious behavior
- Professionalism
- Patience
- Willingness to attend paid training
- Ability to uphold the positive reputation of the Learning Center
- Time management
- Ability to work well independently and as part of a team
- Enrollment in at least 6 credits in an ongoing program at Pitt Gbg
- Ability to preserve confidentiality
- Ability to abide by Learning Center policies and procedures
- Willingness to be paid $10 per hour
- People skills
- Willingness to work in one-on-one and/or small-group settings
- Willingness to use Pathways as the tutoring platform
For more information, email Dr. Lou Ann Sears at los3@pitt.edu.
Drop-In Composition
Drop-in is back!
Starting January 22, trained peer tutors will sit at the table just inside the door of the Learning Center, Millstein 250, to review papers you have written for any course.
No appointments are needed. Drop-in is a conversation, not a drop-off site. Please bring a paper copy of your paper. Please bring the assignment sheet if you have one.
We will let your professor know you were here!
Please see below for our days and times, and please stay tuned for additional days and times coming soon!
A tentative drop-in schedule is in progress. A finalized version will soon appear on the doorway of the Learning Center.
Online Writing Center (OWC)
The Learning Center offers online feedback from Mr. Hitt, our professional composition tutor. To use the OWC, you must have a Gmail account.
All sections of the above form must be completed before you may submit your essay, and as noted on the form, any vague responses may prevent you from receiving feedback. The average turnaround time for papers is 48-72 hours; however, excessive submissions may push that back. If it will take longer for us to get your paper back to you, you will receive an email with an updated timeframe.
Strategic Study Halls (new!)
Certain peer tutors will offer strategic study halls.
This is a chance for students to
- Receive a subject-specific study strategy
- Meet a peer tutor
- Spend time working on homework
See below for our current schedule. More may be added.
To see if there is a study hall for a particular subject, please email Dr. Sears or check the doorway of the Learning Center
Please check back: More study halls may be coming soon!