Academic Success Workshop Resources
Listed below are Academic Success Workshop topics offered by the Center for Academic Success and Exploration. If you are unable to attend a particular workshop or would like additional information, click on the workshop topic links for handouts and presentation slides.
For a current schedule of the Academic Success Workshops, visit the Academic Success Workshops Schedule webpage.
Academic Success Workshops
Making a Strong Start to the New Year: Organizing and Study Planning
Refining Your Decision-Making Skills
What is “True Grit”?: Persistence + Resilience = Grit
Study Habits that Work
- Study Habits that Work Presentation Slides
- Study Cycle & Intense Study Sessions Handout
- Study Habits of Successful Students Handout
- Study Log Handout
- Study Smarter, Not Harder Handout
Goal-Setting Yourself Up for Success
Take Charge of Your Time
- Take Charge of Your Time Presentation Slides
- Personal Time Survey Handout
- Time/Activity Log Handout
- Daily Planner Handout
- Weekly Planner Handout
- Weekly Objectives List Handout
Effective Reading & Note Taking
Knowing Yourself as a Reader & Building Reading Comprehension Skills (facilitated by COE faculty)
Moving Beyond Memorization
No More Test Anxiety (facilitated by Counseling and Consultation Services)
- No More Test Anxiety Presentation Slides
- Test-Taking Tips That Can Help You Manage Your Anxiety
- Progressive Muscle Relaxation Exercise
Getting Ready for Your 1st Advising Appointment
- Advising & Registration Checklist Handout
- Enrollment Worksheet
- Semester-by-Semester Academic Plan Handout
Wellness & Your Academic Success (facilitated by Counseling and Consultation Services)
- Wellness & Academic Success Presentation Slides
- Surviving or Thriving Handout
- 5 Thrive Questions to Ask Yourself
- Resiliency Checklist
- Stress Resiliency Tool Box
- Continuums of Potential or Paralysis Handout
Prepare for Exams
Managing Your Stress (facilitated by Counseling and Consultation Services)
- Managing Your Stress Presentation Slides
- Vulnerability to Stress Scale Handout
- Do’s & Don’ts of Managing Stress Bookmark
Finals . . . Have a Plan
- Finals . . . Have a Plan Presentation Slides
- “Keep Calm & Study Smarter” Finals Packet
- My Schedule: Final Exams Handout
- Study Tool – Chapter Topic Summaries
- Study Tool – Final Exam Study Plan
- Study Tool – Final Project Preparation
Resources are available in accessible format upon request to learning@butler.edu. Should you have difficulties opening or accessing any of the above resources, please let us know immediately, as we welcome the opportunity to assist.