UNI-CUE seeks volunteers

University of Northern Iowa students can benefit their community by becoming part of the UNI Center for Urban Education tutoring program.

The program gives UNI students the opportunity to tutor students in grades 1-12, working with them one-on-one to improve their reading, composition, social sciences and math skills.

Students can gain college credit while tutoring by becoming enrolled in the 200:080/180(g) class, or they can simply volunteer. Volunteering takes place at the UNI-CUE Center, at 800 Sycamore Street in Waterloo.

Nancy Scoggins Rose, assistant director of UNI-CUE, believes students get hands-on experience as they help these students learn and grow.

According to Rose, most students who tutor are education majors, but any student can tutor. She emphasizes the center's positive atmosphere.

"UNI-CUE is not a threatening place in the community," she said.  "It's really heart-warming to see the students and the smiles on their faces when they come every week."

The learning environment at the tutoring center is success-oriented and offers students opportunities to design, implement and manage their own curriculum for helping young students succeed academically and personally, she added.

To get involved, students must apply and be accepted to the UNI-CUE Tutoring Center program.  Acceptance to the program is based on an evaluation by the program coordinator.  

For additonal information about this tutoring program, call 319-433-1271 or email Nancy Scoggins Rose at nancy.scoggins@uni.edu.