Academic Support

The office of Academic Advising, located in the Fox Center for Academic Opportunity, serves as a connective hub of activities and opportunities that can help with your academic and personal growth.

Visit us for support and guidance on: 

• Academic planning and strategizing
• Time management
• Study skills
• Reading and test-taking strategies
• Managing and overcoming academic challenges, including academic probation

Learn About Academic Support Services

Transitioning to college brings unique joys and challenges. Our First-Year Program (FYP) helps you navigate that change through assisted goal setting, personalized advising, and other resources to set you up for academic and personal success.

Learn About the FYP

The First-Gen Initiative was developed to support and celebrate students who are the first in their family to go to college. Being a first-gen student is something to celebrate, but it also comes with unique challenges such as navigating the language, the codes, and the practices of college. Campus-wide our faculty and staff are here to support you on your journey. 

Learn About First-Gen Initiative

Our Sophomore Success Initiative includes sophomore year seminars, a network of faculty and alumni mentors, and dynamic events designed to connect you to the services you need to take advantage of as you make decisions like choosing your major(s). The goal: to aid your exploration of academic and professional interests, build your professional network, and create a bold, visionary plan for your future.

Learn About the Initiative

Our Student Accessibility Services team will make every effort to support you as you work toward success and reach your goals. They provide a wide range of support services and accommodations for students with learning differences and or medical conditions.

Learn About Student Accessibility Services

The Arthur O. Eve Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) is a partnership between St. Lawrence University and the New York State Education Department, designed to find and support students who are capable and motivated to be successful as college students but whose test scores and/or high school grades do not meet regular admission standards and who come from very low-income families.

Learn About the Higher Education Opportunity Program

The purpose of the Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program (CSTEP) is to increase the number of historically underrepresented and economically disadvantaged undergraduate and graduate students who complete pre-professional or professional education programs of study that lead to professional licensure and to careers in mathematics, science, technology, and health-related fields.

Learn About CSTEP

St. Lawrence is one of 200 colleges and universities that offers the Ronald E. McNair Post Baccalaureate Achievement Program, which encourages the pursuit of doctoral study by involving students from underrepresented groups in multiple research-intensive experiences and providing extensive advising by faculty mentors. Students receive grant-funded stipends for their research work and opportunities to visit graduate schools and attend professional conferences, as well as monetary assistance in support of program goals.

Learn About the McNair Scholars Program

You can request a free peer tutor for a class in which you need help. Tutoring is available for most introductory courses and for many popular intermediate-level courses.

Learn About Peer Tutoring