Academic Success Center

Student Advisory Board

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Student Advisory Board members are successful students who excelled in a study strategies class offered by the Academic Success Center. They share their experiences and study tips by invitation of Purdue student organizations and housing units.

To become a member you must excel in one of our study strategies classes and be recommended by your professor. For further informatoin, see below. 

Meet our current SAB members and find out what makes them successful.

 

Jordan Blanchard

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Jordan is currently in the pre-pharmacy program. In her spare time she loves to play with her puppy, exercise, hang out with friends, and lay out! The most helpful strategy she took away from her GS 290 course was the 7 day study plan. It literally helped her get A's. Jordan's role model would be her sister. She's the strongest person Jordan knows; she failed out of college, got pregnant, came back to college, graduated in the top 10%, and is now a nurse practitioner. Jordan's biggest piece of advice for success is work now, play later!"

  A J Jabarin

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AJ is a sophomore in the College of Health and Human Sciences, majoring in Psychology. He intends on becoming a corporate consultant and creating a consultancy agency. Prior to attending Purdue, he served in the United States Army as a Chaplains Assistant. AJ succeeded in a GS course directed toward students in the Introduction to Psychology course. Once he realized how much better off he was academically, he wanted to pass on his knowledge and experiences to others. Some of AJs' hobbies include playing cello, swimming, and being around friends. AJ is also currently a Resident Assistant at Cary Quad, where he enjoys reaching out to others to make college fun and enjoyable. AJ firmly believes that the skills we learn in academia will flow into the job field and other areas of life.

Monique Nichols

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Monique is a sophomore in the College of Science majoring in Biology. In her free time, Monique enjoys various activities such as reading, cooking, and watching her favorite sitcoms. One of the most important things in her life is time management. Between two honors societies, research in a faculty lab, SAB, academics, and a part time job it’s important that events don’t fall through the cracks. Monique learned in GS courses the skills vital to balancing a busy schedule and allowing herself to have a college career complete with good grades, good friends, and adequate sleep. Monique advises students to remain active in their education asking questions and correcting mistakes in order to gain a real understanding of the topic at hand.

Meghan Shanahan 

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Meghan is a Senior in the College of Consumer & Family Science, majoring in Diatetics.  She enjoys many activities such as hanging out with friends, watching movies, water sports, and dancing. Her parents have become the biggest influences in her life because of their hard work, dedication, and unwillingness to give up. Meghan has helped her friends with courses they struggle in and has enjoyed it. After completing her GS course her time management skills and organization has improved immensely. Her advice to freshmen is to manage your time and organize because it’s important not only for college but also in your future careers as well. 

 Shan Khan 

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Shan's biggest hobbies are playing sports, Greek life, and hanging out at the beach with my friends. in his spare time he loves to watch movies, the big game and just relaxing.  Time management and organization are two of his many skills he learned from his GS 290 class and still applies to his work today.  Shan's mother is his role model.  She has always met road blocks in her career but she alwas gets through it by never giving up and showing great diligence.

 

  Kate Walker

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Kate is a junior in the Krannert School of Management and is majoring in Management/Human Resources. Her interests include cooking, traveling, and reading. Her heroes are her parents who have taught her to always maintain dedication and determination. After completing a class to help her anxiety in math, her study skills improved immensely. The key to success at Purdue University, according to Kate, is to attend class and complete homework-the little points add up too! Also, begin to prepare for exams a week in advance so you are not caught off guard.

Kelsey Begle

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Kelsey is in the College Human & Health Sciences majoring in Psychology.  She enjoys exercising, watching movies, and playing any outdoor sports with her friends.  Kelsey's most useful skill she learned from her GS class is to make studying interesting.  When she gets bored with studying and feels like giving up, she begins to sing the text or mock it.  Her role model is her mother.  Stay organized.  Kelsey keeps all her papers for class in one spot, a binder with dividers.

 Parisa Taheripour

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Parisa loves to play tennis and spend time with her sisters.  She learned to do all home work as soon as it is assigned.  She doesn't like to procrastinate as it leads to stress.  Her role model is her father. He moved his family to America so his daughters could have freedom, especially for women.  Parisa volunteered four hours a week mentoring children at the Urbana Free library. The easiest secret to academic success at Purdue is GOING TO CLASS. 

Tyler Roark

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Tyler's hobbies include Greek life and philanthropic activities associated with his Greek life here on campus.  Intramural sports is another hobby he has at Purdue.edu. He also likes to spend time with friends.  Skills he has learned by taking a General Studies class is how to fit homework in during the day and studying between classes.  Tyler's advise to incoming freshmen is that nothing is more important than being organized in how you spend your time during the day.  Time Management is very important.



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