Biola University

When interviewing for this position, the Academic Advising staff want to see that you are a well rounded student who is connected with your academic department, has qualities of a student leader, is able to problem solve, and is capable of working well with both students and faculty or staff memb...

A typical day working as a PAA will probably include appointments with students in their major who have questions about classes, registration, changing majors/minors/concentrations, transferring credits, or plans for graduation. During periods of the semester when students do not seek academic ad...

The company culture at the Learning Center is quite unique because the Academic Mentors and Tutors usually work individually just with their students. Since most of the work is done outside the office, community isn’t a main aspect of company culture. Although company culture may not be very prev...

When applying for the position as an Academic Mentor, applicants indicate their max hours of work they can take. The schedule of an Academic Mentor is also flexible as a mentor and mentee are paired up depending on matching schedules. This allows the mentor to keep a healthy balance between work,...

As an Academic Mentor, I’ve learned that empathy, clear communication, responsibility, organization, and time management are necessary skills to have in order to succeed. Organization is needed so that you can make sure that your own life is structured. Time management allows you to maintain a he...

Something that I disliked about being an Academic Mentor is that community really isn’t part of the job just because of the nature of the position. This could sometimes make the job a little isolating and lonely as there wasn’t much/any interaction with other co-workers. What I liked about being ...

Some main things needed to succeed as an Academic Mentor at the Learning Center is having a healthy work-life balance, responsibility, and a desire to help others. To have a healthy work-life balance, it is also important to have good organization and time management skills. Responsibility is nee...

Think about what attracts you to working in an Admissions role. It requires a lot of interaction with families and prospective students. Are you the kind of person that feeds off of the energy of other people? Are you interested in connecting people to resources that will help them get to college...

Students often want to review some or all of the material that they're covering in their class at the moment, especially tricky grammatical concepts or confusing topics, like textual criticism or how to find good commentaries. However, sometimes I've had a whole session prepared only for the stud...

My major prepared me extremely well to be a Greek tutor because it equipped me with the meta-language to explain grammatical and exegetical concepts in an easy-to-understand way and it gave me (relative) mastery of the material. It also helped me to empathize with the students since I was persona...