Your advisor is a primary “go-to” person who can help you navigate through the university.

• They assist you in making decisions about specific courses that are needed for your degree.
• They offer guidance about your academic goals
• They monitor your performance and progress through your time at the university and can help you work through struggles or challenges you are facing
• They are available to answer questions you may have and will provide a referral to the appropriate department or resource so you can get additional support

A source of professional development information that will help you with anything from selecting a major to creating effective application documents and even negotiating salaries.

• Check out the Career Services website for more information.

Use the Davenport University Digital Library resources to help save time and money:

• Library Search Box - a Google-like search for most of our databases
• Library Databases - Search the databases individually
• Can’t find the full text of an article?  Ask us to get it for you with Interlibrary Loan.
• Library Guides -These guides will help direct you to the right resources for your courses.
• Looking for a specific journal article? First, locate the journal by its name to see which databases contain it. Then, click the link to access the journal's content.
• APA Style Library Guide - Help with citations, an APA template, and help avoiding plagiarism.
• Save on textbooks! DU Digital Library provides free e-textbooks for select courses.
• Student Guide to the Library - Need more help? Check out the student guide to learn more about the digital library. 
• Contact the Library—Get the support you need! The Library offers multiple convenient ways to contact us for assistance.

• Supporting first-year, first-generation students by pairing them with experienced upperclassman.
• Pairings are based on gender, major, values, and interests.
• Having a peer mentor will help you navigate through your college experience to reach your personal and educational goals.
• Mentoring is a proven means to success and our program is open to all first-year, first-generation students

Davenport University offers free tutoring services to students taking DU courses. Tutoring is now completely online through Tutor.com. You can access it ONLY through your Blackboard class. 

• Available 24/7
• Drop-in for immediate tutoring
• Offers many more subjects
• For undergraduate and graduate class levels
• Offers a drop-off paper review service
• Offers whiteboard (can add graphing) and calculators for math tutoring
• Offers a code editor for coding tutoring
• Contains practice quizzes and videos
• Has Spanish-speaking tutors for Math, Science, History, Writing and Study/Life Skills

For any questions or concerns, or for additional tutoring hours, contact Karen McLaughlin

On the student resources page, there are links to different kinds of services and tools to help students succeed in the classroom. 

• Links and videos that show step by step how to write a paper in the correct format. Note that Davenport uses APA 7th edition writing style. 

• Learning success skills links to help students with different kinds of studying methods for all subjects. 

• Multi-discipline learning aids are resources to improve the efficiency of studying.