Supporting Student Success

Student Success and Academic Support

Our work begins with the premise that all of our students will need guidance and academic support to reach their true potential.

At its core, Fordham University is committed to the holistic development of students' academic and personal success. We offer proactive academic support for our students through student-centered activities and programs, tutoring, mentoring, intentional goal-setting, and opportunities for personal and professional discernment. Our student support and success team can assist you in these areas, as well as connect you with other available resources at the University. Students can contact their advisor or class dean to be referred to develop an individualized success plan. 

The essence of success in college involves:

  • Understanding that each student may have individual support needs to grow and succeed.

  • Taking the time to discover your own gifts, to clarify your purpose, and to ask how education will prepare you for a life of meaning, service, leadership, and contribution.

  • Continuously learning new practical skills and technologies, but also learning new habits, self-care, and how to communicate with others in your community.

  • Being open to seeking help from faculty and the broader community of student success professionals who can help you meet your full potential.

  • Learning how to accept and integrate feedback and criticism and use it to rise towards your goals.

  • In the Jesuit tradition, learning the importance of discernment to make good decisions, and cura personalis, care for the individual, including oneself.

Associate Director of Student Success

Patrick Holt, Ph.D., directs Student Success efforts for Fordham College at both Lincoln Center and Rose Hill.  For questions about our array of services, please contact him at Holt@fordham.edu.

College Writing Center

A service free to all Fordham students, the Writing Center encourages students and helps improve their writing across all levels and disciplines. Our aim is to provide personalized instruction that will enhance students' prose and help them become more confident writers. To ensure that students reach these goals, we offer up to 90 minutes of one-on-one instruction per week, during which we will assist in all stages of writing, from brainstorming to drafting to revising. Additionally, our tutors—a select group of masters and doctoral students—offer collaborative consultations and provide free workshops on academic writing.  Students can register and make appointments using the Writing Center's website. 

College and Departmental Tutoring Services

Fordham College at Rose Hill and Fordham College Lincoln Center offer tutoring services for most academic departments, free of charge through Knack Tutoring. Please visit the tutoring website for details. Additional departmental tutoring information is listed below.

Biological Sciences: At Rose Hill, the Department provides in-person tutoring at Larkin Hall for Introductory Biology I and II, several days per week. More information is available here.

Chemistry: The Department provides tutoring in General and Organic Chemistry, Monday-Thursday afternoons in Faculty Memorial Hall at Rose Hill. More information is available here.

Computer Sciences: The Department of Computer and Information Sciences provides tutoring for students in CISC 1100 Structures of Computer Science, CISC 1400 Discrete Structures, CISC 1600 Computer Science I, CISC 2100 Discrete Structures II and CISC 2000 Computer Science II. There is no charge for this service. 

Economics: The Economics Tutoring Center is available to assist students in preparing for classes, examinations, and homework, and in mastering the fundamentals of economics. Tutoring is available via Zoom or in person. At Rose Hill, the Economics Tutoring Center is located in Dealy Hall E-535. At Lincoln Center, we use several locations for the Economics Tutoring Center. Please see Kerri Maguire in Lowenstein 924 to direct you to the tutoring center location (212-636-6381). Visit the tutoring center's website for more information.

English: Each of Fordham's three campuses has a writing center. At Rose Hill, the writing center is located in the Walsh Library Reference Area, Room 121. At Lincoln Center, it is located in the Quinn Library at 140 W. 62nd Street, Room 233. Students can register and schedule appointments online.

Math: Tutoring is offered at both Rose Hill and Lincoln Center in Math courses by full-time faculty and graduate students in the Math Help Room. No appointments are necessary; students can drop in during scheduled hours. More information is available here.

Physics: Students can visit Freeman Hall 205 at Rose Hill to get information here on how to book a Physics tutor.

Gabelli School of Business: Father Boyle Society and Beta Alpha Psi members provide peer-to-peer tutoring for students seeking assistance in a business course. Interested students should visit Gabelli Access, stop by the Gabelli Study Center (Hughes Hall 4th floor), or email Brian Dunn at bdunn@fordham.edu to reserve a tutor.

Library Resources

The Fordham Libraries offer drop-in research support at each campus library's Reference Desk. There is also a 24/7 Ask a Librarian chat service (staffed by humans, not bots). For in-depth research projects, subject-specific library liaisons are available by appointment. There is a library tutorial for students who prefer self-directed learning, as well as instructional videos, research guides on topics and technology, and much more. 

Office of Information Technology

Fordham University's Office of Information Technology provides resources and services in support of students' academic goals. Please visit the Student Technology Services webpage for detailed information about our help and support services, free software, remote learning and on-campus resources, and other essential links including portal and ID card set up information.

Visual Arts Complex

LC: Lowenstein, Street Level, SL 24A-F
Visual Arts Office: Lowenstein 423, 212-636-6303

The 12,000-square-foot visual arts complex at Lincoln Center has studios designed to offer the best possible environment for each discipline: A large airy painting and drawing studio, a dedicated graphics lab with all of the industry standard graphics programs, state-of-the-art-film and video-editing and screening facilities, an architectural lab with computers, and large plotter printers and work tables. In addition, there is an outstanding photography area with computer and printing digital capabilities, a well-equipped darkroom, and separate finishing and critique rooms. We make every effort to keep all software and hardware up-to-date and equivalent to industry standards.

All studios are available to students whenever classes are not in session, including weekends, evenings, and school breaks.

The department has two galleries at Lincoln Center. The Ildiko Butler Gallery is located near the 60th Street entrance. Exhibits feature senior student projects and museum-quality exhibitions of interest to the entire University community. The Susan Lipani Gallery, located in the visual arts complex, features student work and the work of invited artists related to the curriculum.