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Student Services Center  - Huron Shores Campus

The Student Services Center at the Huron Shores Campus is located on the ground floor of the Alpena Community College building (rooms 107 A, B, C), at 5800 Skeel Avenue in Oscoda, Michigan. Adjacent to the Huron Shores Learning  Center is the Computer Lab (room 109). The Student Services Center consists of a general conference area, the Student Services Center Coordinator’s office, a testing/tutoring room, and an instructional room that holds six (6) computers. The adjacent Computer Lab has 14 workstations.

The Student Services Center is open for 13 hours per week, with hours in the afternoon and early evening, on Mondays through Thursdays. Hours vary from semester to semester, so call for current hours of service.

 SSC provides the following services free of charge (except course work costs) to all Alpena Community College students:

  1. Assessment
    Reading comprehension, vocabulary, writing and basic math assessments are administered in SSC. Students may refer themselves for SSC assessments, or be referred by instructors or because of COMPASS placement test scores. SSC staff make recommendations for placement in SSC reading, writing, study skills or math course work as well as English courses based upon assessment results and interviews with students.  Testing services are also available for proctored exams for ACC courses and Online courses.
  2. SSC Course Work
    SSC offers a student success course covering academic skills, life management skills, and an introduction to resources of the school and community. Students wishing to enroll in SSC course work must have prior consent of SSC staff.
  3. Study Skills Course Work and Information
    SSC offers materials and workshops to help students learn and review study techniques. Topics may include studying textbooks, college reading skills, listening and note-taking, memory and concentration, test-taking, time management, learning styles, improving study habits and controlling stress.
  4. Tutoring
    Individual or group tutoring is available for all ACC courses. Tutoring is provided by trained and qualified peer tutors, who are ACC students with the necessary course work and background to assist other students.
  5. Other Services
    Additional services available at SSC include workshops and informative sessions, review of supplemental course work materials provided by instructors, assistance with resumes and employment interviews, assistance with internet research and ACC Internet Library Services, computerized word processing programs for student writing, professional writing instruction, special accommodations for students with disabilities, and referrals to on-campus and off-campus services.

Staff:
The Student Services Center staff includes the Student Services Center Coordinator.

Several work-study employees staff both the Student Services Center and the Computer Lab. Peer and professional tutors are also employed on a part-time basis in The Student Services Center.

For more information, call us: 989.739.1445; ext. 445 or toll-free at 989.888.468.6222; ext. 445. If you need to make an appointment for a COMPASS Placement test, call ext. 444.