ASAP Extends Student Resources

Janelle Pelzel, Staff Reporter

Janelle_Pelzel@csumb.edu

May 1, 2008

The Academic Skills Achievement

Program (ASAP) serves as an education

advancement resource for students at CSU

Monterey Bay (CSUMB). Recently the

Monday through Friday hours for writing

and reading service have been extended to

include a Sunday session.

The extended hours are currently taking

place at the CSUMB library on Sunday

from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. and will continue until

May 9. According to Monica Soto, tutorial

coordinator for ASAP, the new extended

hours were instated to accommodate the

students that could not make it in during the

weekdays. Rose Pasibe, program analyst

for ASAP, included that the extended

hours this semester will serve as a trial run

to see if the Sunday sessions will continue

on next semester.

Many students, including Zac Pine, a

senior majoring in Kinesiology, take

advantage of the multitude of services

provided by ASAP. Pine who is currently

being tutored in Spanish said, “[I] would

use the [Sunday] services if appropriate.”

Other ASAP updates include an office

move to the Tanimura & Antle Family

Memorial Library’s student support wing

at the end of fall 2008. As well as a

certification of ASAP from level one to level

two from the College Reading and Learning

Association (CRLA). The CRLA serves as

a tutorial certification center for colleges

and universities around the country.

More information about the CRLA can

be found at crla.net. More information

about the services ASAP offers can be

found at the ASAP website asap.csumb.

edu/site/x9993.xml or through their First

Class email at asap@csumb.edu.