Tutoring through the SSC
海角大神's Student Success Center (SSC) offers free tutoring in most freshman and some upper-division courses, including math, chemistry, biology, foreign languages, philosophy, history and English.
One-on-one appointments are available online and in-person through the SSC located on the third floor of the McNichols Campus Library.
For a list of current tutors and some of the classes they can help with, see our tutor directory below. For a complete list of tutors who can help you in your courses, please log into TutorTrac to look up tutors by class.
Schedule tutoring with TutorTrac
To schedule time with a tutor, use TutorTrac, which is available through 海角大神's 'My Portal' system. Access TutorTrac with your computer or phone to schedule appointments, view them and add them to your Outlook calendar.
How to schedule an appointment for in TutorTrac
- Log into your account.
- From the homepage of your My Portal account, locate the heading ‘Academic and Career Resources’. In that category, you will find ‘TutorTrac’. Click on the link.
- On the TutorTrac dashboard, locate ‘Schedule an appointment in the SSC’. Then click on the drop box and you will see a list of your current courses. Select the course you need tutoring in then click search. NOTE: Peer mentoring and Academic Advising is listed as "courses" in TutorTrac.
- In the next window, choose the date that you want to meet with the tutor/peer mentor/advisor and then click search.
- The next window will display all the available appointments for that day. The appointment time is in the upper-left corner of the green box; the tutor/peer mentor is located in the upper-right hand corner of the box. Choose a time and then click the box. (If the times do not work for a particular day, you can expand the available on that same screen.)
- In the new window, you must confirm the appointment. Make sure to read the page before confirming the appointment. Once you click confirm, you will receive a confirmation email and the appointment will populate in your Outlook calendar.
Your appointment will also populate on your TutorTrac dashboard.
Cancel an appointment
If you need to cancel an appointment, go to your TutorTrac dashboard, find the appointment and then click the ‘X’ that is located in the upper right hand corner. You will receive an email confirming your cancellation.
I made an appointment, now what?
- If your tutoring appointment is in-person, come to the Student Success Center at the time of your appointment. You will swipe in at the front desk using your 海角大神 student ID and meet with a tutor in our Tutoring Center.
- If your meeting is online, your tutor will be in touch with a link to your meeting!
Have any questions? Stop by or call the SSC at 313-993-1143.
Become a tutor
Looking for a job on campus? The SSC is always taking applications from 海角大神 students who are interested in becoming a peer tutor.
If interested, please fill out an , also posted on Handshake.
If considered for the position, we will reach out to your 海角大神 email to set up an in-person interview!
Tutor directory
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Accounting
Accounting tutors and the classes they teach 
Dennys Garcia-Bastida is available to tutor:
ACC 4130 - Advanced Accounting
ACC 4510 - Auditing
ACC 4500 - Accounting Info. Systems
MTH 1010, 1020, 1030, 1040 - Algebra
Justin Segovia is available to tutor:
ACC 2010 - Accounting I
MTH 1010, 1020, 1030, 1040 - Algebra
MTH 1400 - Pre-Calculus -
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Biochemistry
Biochemistry tutors and the classes they teach 
Jane Peck is available to tutor:
CHM 1070/11 & 1080/1120 - General Chemistry I & II
BIO 1200, 1210, 1220, 1230 - Gen Bio I & II
CHM 2250, 2260, 2270, 2290 - Org. Chemistry I and II -
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Biology
Biology tutors and the classes they teach 
Kenny Lashaway is available to tutor:
UAS 0800 - Basic Math
UAS 0950 - Elementary Algebra
MTH 1010 - Algebra
MTH 1400 - Pre-Calculus
CHM 1070/11 and 1080/1120 - General Chemistry I & II
Any Spanish course!
Lillian McDermott is available to tutor:
BIO 2700 - Genetics
BIO 4200 - Evolution
CHM 1050 - Intro to Chemistry
CHM 1070 - General Chemistry I
CHM 2270 - Organic Chemistry I -
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Biology - Pre-Dental
Biology - Pre-Dental tutors and the classes they teach 
Sabrina Tallu is available to tutor:
CHM 1070/11 and 1080/1120 - General Chemistry I & II
BIO 1200 & 1210 and BIO 1220 & 1230 - Gen. Bio I & II
CST 1010 - Intro to Speech
Omar Monajid is available to tutor:
BIO 4210 - Microbiology
CHM 1050 - Intro. to General Chemistry
CHM 1070 - General Chem I
BIO 1200 - General Bio I
ENL 1310 - Academic English -
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Biology - Pre-Med
Biology - Pre-Med tutors and the classes they teach 
Nour Hamdon is available to tutor:
CHM 1050 - Intro. to General Chemistry
PYC 1000 - Intro. to Psychology
MTH 1400 - Elementary Functions
CHM 1070 - General Chemistry I
BIO 1200 - General Biology I
BIO 1220 - General Biology II -
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Biology - Pre-PA
Biology - Pre-PA tutors and the classes they teach 
Chase Mahabir is available to tutor:
BIO 1220 - General Biology
UAS 0800 - Basic Math
UAS 0950 - Elementary Algebra
MTH 1010 or 1020/1030/1040 - College Algebra
Roopum Virk is available to tutor:
CHM 1080 - General Chemistry
BIO 1220 - General Biology
BIO 2700 - Genetics
BIO 4210 - Microbiology
MTH 1400 - Elementary Functions -
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Business Administration
Business Administration tutors and the classes they teach 
Nolan Graalman is available to tutor:
ACC 2010 - Accounting I
BUS 2310 - Business Law
BUS 3120 - Principles of Marketing
BUS 3130 - Financial Management
BUS 3150 - Quantitative Methods of Decision Making
BUS 3340 - Corporate Finance
MTH 1110 & 1120 - Math Analysis I & II
Danica Paesano is available to tutor:
ACC 2010 - Accounting I
ACC 2020 - Accounting II
ACC 3310 - Cost Accounting
BUS 3120 - Principles of Marketing
BUS 3130 - Financial Management
Luke Tomaszek is available to tutor:
BUS 1600 - Business as a Profession
ENL 1300 - College Writing
ENL 1310 - Academic Writing
ENL 3080 - Business Writing
STA 2250 - Statistics -
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Chemistry - Pre-Dental
Chemistry - Pre-Dental tutors and the classes they teach 
Adam Allum is available to tutor:
CHM 1050 - Intro to Chemistry
CHM 1070 - General Chemistry 1
CHM 1080 - General Chemistry 2
CHM 1100 - Chem Lab 1
CHM 1120 - Chem Lab 2
CHM 2250 - Organic Chem Lab 1
CHM 2270 - Organic Chemistry 1
Math up to MTH 1400 - Elem. Functions -
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Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity tutors and the classes they teach 
Aldo Tricoli is available to tutor:
UAS 0800 - Basic Mathematics
UAS 0950 - Elementary Algebra
MTH 1400 - Elementary Functions
ENL 1310 - Academic Writing
CIS 1010 - Foundations of Cybersecurity -
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Data Analytics
Data Analytics tutors and the classes they teach 
Alka is available to tutor:
STA 2250 - Statistics
DATA 5001 - Science and Data
DATA 5060 - Advanced Statistics for Applied Data Analytics
CSSE 4550 - Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
CSSE 4570 - Networks -
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Engineering
Engineering tutors and the classes they teach 
Oriekaose Agholor is available to tutor:
UAS 0800 - Basic Math
UAS 0950 - Elementary Algebra
MTH 1010/1020/1030/1040 - College Algebra
MTH 1410 - Calculus 1
MTH 1420 - Calculus 2
PHY 1620 - Physics 1
CHM 1070/1100 - Gen Chemistry 1 & lab
Erin Balbontin is available to tutor:
UAS 0800 - Basic Math
UAS 0950 - Elementary Algebra
MTH 1010 or MTH 1020/1030/1040 - College Algebra
MTH 1420 - Calc II
MTH 1400 - Calc I
MTH 3720 - Differential Equations
Leah Bodnar is available to tutor:
MTH 4270 - Applied Probability & Statistics
MTH 2410 - Analytic Geometry & Calc III
ENGR 1234 - Intro Math for Engineering Applications
ENG 3140 - Fluid Mechanics
Maddy Camm is available to tutor:
ENGR 1234 - Intro Math for Engineering Applications
ENGR 1020 -Engineering Graphics
ENGR 1021 - Engineering Graphics
ENGR 1023 - Engineering Computing
ENGR 1080 - Fundamentals of Engineering Design
MTH 1420 - Calculus 2
MTH 2410 - Analytic Geometry & Calc III
Evan Eding is available to tutor:
ENGR 3400 - Heat Transfer
ENGR 4220 - Controls
ENGR 3260 - Mechanics of Materials
MTH 2410 - Calculus 3
MTH 3720 - Differential Equations
Arturo Rangel is available to tutor:
MTH 1400 (and lower) - Pre-Calculus
MTH 1410 - Calculus I
PHY 1600 & 1610 - Physics I & Physics Lab I
CHM 1050 - Intro to General Chemistry
CHM 1070/1100- Intro to Chemistry -
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Nursing
Nursing tutors and the classes they teach 
Vanessa Fernandez is available to tutor:
BIO 2300/2310 - Anatomy & Physiology I
ENL 1310 - Academic Writing
ETH 3580 - Healthcare Ethics
PHL 1000 - Intro to Philosophy
Anne Komoroski is available to tutor:
ENL 1310 - Academic Writing
SOC 1000 - Intro to Sociology
BIO 2300/2310 - Anatomy & Physiology I
CHM 1040 - Chemistry for Health Sciences
PYC 2500 - Developmental Psychology
Meredith Leavell is available to tutor:
NUR 2500 - Fundamentals of Nursing
NUR 3380 - Pathophysiology
BIO 2300/2310 - Anatomy & Physiology I
PYC 2500 - Developmental Psychology
Olivia Marrs is available to tutor:
BIO 2300/2310 Anatomy & Physiology I
NUR 2100 - Introduction to Nursing
NUR 2200 - Health Assessment
NUR 2500 - Fundamentals of Nursing Practice
NUR 3380 - Pathophysiology
Riya Panicker is available to tutor:
ENL 1300 – College Writing
CHM 1040 – Chemistry for Health Sciences
BIO 2300 – Anatomy & Physiology Lecture I
BIO 2320 - Anatomy & Physiology Lecture II
Soraya Puerto-Khalil is available to tutor:
BIO 2410/2420 - Microbiology
ENL 1310 - Academic Writing
MTH 1010 or 1020/1030/1040 - College Algebra
NUR 2200 - Health Assessment
RELS 3400 - Class, Race & Gender
Marisa Silver is available to tutor:
CHM 1040 - Chemistry for Health Sciences
CHM 1070 – General Chemistry I
ENL 1300 – College Writing
ENL 1310 – Academic Writing
NUR 3800 – Maternal Child Nursing
Erica Toupin is available to tutor:
BIO 2410 - General Microbiology
CHM 1040 - Chemistry for Health Sciences
NUR 3300/NUR 3310 - Pharmacology 1 & 2