Cooper Foundation Center for Academic Resources

The Cooper Center supports a dual mission in which it provides a place for:

• students, at all stages of their academic careers, to seek assistance with their studies.

• faculty members to nurture academic excellence through programs, workshops, and resources that address theoretical and pedagogical issues connected with teaching and learning. 

Housed on the third floor of the library (room 317), the Center features reference materials for different disciplines, computers linked to the Internet, video equipment for oral presentation rehearsals, and a staff of faculty and student consultants eager to assist their “clients” with writing and speaking projects, as well as matters related to study skills.

The writing workshop is the process and arena through which consultants provide tutorial services in the Cooper Center. Similarly, the speaking workshop provides students with the opportunity to videotape a rehearsal presentation in private and then critique their performance with a trained (consultant) professional. The study skills workshop provides tips for developing strategies in response to issues like test anxiety, time management, or reading techniques, as well as many other issues related to academics in college. The faculty workshop supports faculty members both with a theory and pedagogy library and through workshops on writing and speaking across the curriculum, critical thinking, and teaching excellence. 

Hours: Sunday-Thursday, 3:30-5:30 p.m. and 8-10 p.m.
To schedule an appointment call 465-2326.

To learn more about the Cooper Center, contact Dr. Rick Cypert, director of the Cooper Center, 465.2348 or cypert@nebrwesleyan.edu.

View a QuickTime panorama of the Cooper Center!