The Center for Career & Academic Success (CCAS) has a personalized approach to supporting student development at Felician. Our team collaborates with all areas of the university to advocate for and empower students across their entire collegiate experience, ensuring excellence and persistence to graduation through a variety of services and supports. Our goal is to assist students in creating integrated pathways – both educational and career – that position them to thrive at our university and beyond. Finally, our team strives to empower students by providing the necessary academic resources and services that help build a foundation for lifelong success.
The Center offers readily accessible services, including support in writing, mathematics, science, subject area tutoring, learning strategies and time management skills, and assistance for students with documented disabilities. The services provided by the Center are free to Felician University students. CCAS is located in the Blessed Mary Angela building on the Rutherford campus and in lower Obal Hall on the Lodi Campus.
Dean of Center for Career and Academic Success
Jeff Blanchard, Ph.D.
Phone: 201-559-6170
Email: blanchardj@felician.edu
Office: Rutherford Campus, Blessed Mary Angela building
First-Year Advising
Every first-year student is assigned an Academic Advisor Retention Specialist (AARS) who remains with the student through sophomore year. AARS provide individualized support, guidance, mentoring and success coaching. Individual advising sessions are scheduled early in the semester with frequent check-ins throughout the year to ensure the best possible educational experience at Felician.
AARS assist first-year students to:
- Adjust to life on a college campus.
- Understand University policies, procedures, and curriculum requirements.
- Make well-informed academic decisions.
- Access appropriate campus resources.
- Select relevant courses.
- Work closely with their professors.
- Take responsibility for their own learning and progress.
- Clarify their academic and career goals.
- Develop a personal growth-mindset for success.
Contact Information:
Annette Rycharski, M.Ed., Coordinator Shared Model-Advising Center and Academic Advisor Retention Specialist
Email: rycharskia@felician.edu
Office: Lodi Campus, Kirby Hall Room 223
Tutoring Services for Academic Success
Receive free tutoring from professional and peer tutors in our on-campus Tutoring Centers in both Lodi and Rutherford. If work, family, or other responsibilities prevent you from coming to campus during the hours of operation, an alternative online option is available.
GRADUATE, NON-TRADITIONAL, AND ADULT LEARNERS
Tutoring is here to meet your needs and accommodate your schedules.
We are available on both the Lodi and Rutherford campuses. Various times and modalities are available to ensure services can be accessed: evening hours, virtual sessions, and 24-7 online tutoring through TutorMe.
For more information, check out our FAQ section or email TutoringServices@felician.edu
Student Success Video Series
Skills you can develop through tutoring:
- Improved writing and reading skills
- Better understanding of mathematical/science concepts.
- Access resources needed to complete assignments.
- Note-taking and textbook reading methods.
- New study and test-taking strategies.
- Time management skills.
Contact Information
Lloyd Cutkelvin, Coordinator of Tutoring Services
For tutoring information, please e-mail: TutoringServices@felician.edu
Email: cutkelvinl@felician.edu
Phone: 201-559-6118
Office: Lodi Campus, Kirby Hall Room 226
Academic Success Coaching
Academic Success Coaching is a partnership between a student and an Academic Success Coach (ASC) working together to develop proactive strategies to address academic concerns and life challenges.
An ASC helps a student:
- Focus on individual goals and identify steps to reach them.
- Identify and overcome obstacles that may impede success.
- Develop the academic skills and strategies needed to become a self-regulated learner.
- Explore effective time management and organizational skills.
- Connect to helpful University and community resources.
Discovery Program for Undeclared/Undecided Students
Felician’s Discovery Program is designed for students entering college who are unsure about a major and a career path. The Discovery Program provides opportunities to explore majors and career goals that fit students’ skills and interests.
Discovery Program students collaborate one-on-one with a designated advisor to:
- Assess personal talents, abilities, and skills (and learn hidden ones).
- Design, with an Academic Success Coach, an exploratory plan followed by a path to degree completion.
- Earn Curricular Commons credits (Gen. Ed.) applicable to all majors.
- Explore careers of interest as well as job outlooks and salaries.
- Connect with resources both inside and outside the University that support a successful Discovery Experience
Contact Information
Pam Garvey, Academic Success Coach, Coordinator of Starfish At Felician & Discovery Program
Email: garveyp@felician.edu
Phone: 201.559.6163
Office: Lodi Campus, Kirby Hall Room 217
3-D Felician Experience Program (3-DFE)
3-DFE is a transformative sequence of coordinated experiences that promote personal success in college and in life after college with durable and lifelong learning skills.
Students take the following three courses:
DREAM- UNIV101:
Transition successfully into Felician University Life (Freshman Year)
DARE- UNIV201:
Persist with grit on the path to degree completion (Sophomore Year)
DO- UNIV301:
Navigate with confidence Senior year and Life after degree completion (Junior Year)
Contact Information
Barbara Rosatelli, MSCP, Assistant Dean & Coordinator of 3-D Felician Experience
Email: rosatellib@felician.edu
Phone: 201-559-6052
Office: Lodi Campus, Kirby Hall Room 219
Office of Accessibility Services
Felician University is committed to providing equal access to students with documented physical, sensory, learning, and psychological disabilities. We work with students on a case-by-case basis to determine reasonable accommodations in accordance with the policies underlying Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and the ADA Amended Acts of 2008.
Prospective and enrolled students are required to initiate contact with this office to receive services or to arrange appropriate accommodations. We welcome any questions and requests for information. Please Click Here for our FAQ.