In Common welcomes former SLC Peer Eric Cai as a guest blogger. In his posts, he will focus on study and communication skills for students in math and science. Learn more about Eric in the following email interview.

Check out these videos created by Alina K., SFU alumni and former Social Media Assistant for Student Central Channels.

Thank you Alina! 

By Daniel Chang

PhD candidate and SLC Graduate Writing Facilitator Daniel Chang offers some important reminders and tips to help take you through the end of the Fall 2018 academic term. 

By Alexandra Patzak, SLC Graduate Learning Facilitator & PhD Candidate in Educational Psychology 

Your assignment is due next week.

It’s totally okay to put it off for a while... Right? 

In this blog post, Alex takes a close look at procrastination and how it can stop you from accomplishing your goals and result in unnecessary stress. 

Globe and Mail reporter Diane Jermyn wrote a report on November 1st 2018 titled "Seven tips to help you deal with academic pressures." 

In gathering her tips, she turned to the experts including the SLC's own Learning Services Coordinators, Ruth Silverman and Dal Sohal. 

This post features an interview between Mariam, a Writing and Learning Peer with the Student Learning Commons, and Ghezal, a student in Criminology and Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies and an SLC client.

In this interview, Ghezal talks about her tips for busy students and shares her perspective on using the Student Learning Commons as an academic resource. 

By Dal Sohal, MA, SLC Learning Services Coordinator 

Attending a professor or TA’s office hours is probably one of the most underutilized success strategies at university. Many students are aware that office hours exist but don’t fully understand how visiting their professors and/or TAs during office hours can help to improve their academic results.

In this post, Dal explains how to get the most of office hours, and gives you five pro-tips to help you start off the fall 2018 term on the right foot!