The Success Center staff support students’ efforts to create and execute their educational plans while providing resources students need. The Success Center staff provides various services including academic coaching and planning, academic success, peer tutoring, course support, counseling services, student accommodations, and First-Year Experience. Located within the Success Center is the Office of Disability Services, Student Counseling, Academic Support, Registrar’s Office, First Year Experience, and Peer Tutoring. Students may be contacted by the Success Center staffas a result of their status with academic probation, academic suspension, course cancellations, course changes, graduation, or other academic reminders. Further, faculty and staff are encouraged to raise concerns on students’ performance through the academic alert and intervention program.
When a concern is raised, a member of the Success Center staff will reach out to the student of concern to address the concern mentioned. If you have any questions regarding services or support offered within the Success Center, please reach out to Morgan Henderson at mbhenderson@yhc.edu.
Introduction to College Success - Mountain Lion 1000
The mission of Mountain Lion 1000 (MTLN 1000) is to support entering first-year students in making a successful transition into the scholarly life and social community at Young Harris College. MTLN 1000 is the next step in the journey of young adult academic life that each student begins during their Ready to ROAR experience and continue during ROAR Orientation.
Designed with the needs of first-year undergraduate students in mind, MTLN 1000 is designed to help first-year students adjust to YHC, develop a better understanding of the learning process, and acquire essential academic success skills. The course provides a general orientation to the functions and resources of the college and also provides a support group for students transitioning to college by examining problems common to the first-year experience. Attaining an appropriate balance between personal freedom and social responsibility underlies all MTLN 1000 activities.
MTLN 1000 sections follow a common syllabus to provide students with information, skills, and competencies necessary for success during their first year at YHC and beyond. Each MTLN 1000 instructor is assisted by a FYTT (First-Year Transition Team) Leader, a more advanced student who attends all class meetings, provides an invaluable student perspective, mentors students in their MTLN 1000 section, and helps facilitate the formation of a classroom community.
All first-time, full-time students will take MTLN 1000 in their first semester of enrollment. MTLN 1000 also satisfies one of the requirements of YHC’s general education core and must be taken each semester until the student earns a passing grade for the course. All classes meet Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. The teaching instructor serves as the advisor for each member of their section during their first semester at YHC. After their first semester, students transition to advising with faculty in their chosen majors.
For more information, please contact Jenny Stowers, Director of First-Year Experience, at jmstowers@yhc.edu.
