OU Offers Student-Athletes Tutoring

Brooke Campbell, Tutorial Coordinator of OU Athletic
Academic Services, poses by a display case located
near the student-athlete tutoring center.
PHOTO: Chelsey Kraft

            At the University of Oklahoma, student-athletes are provided with tutoring through Athletic Academic Services. While student-athletes are required to attend mandatory tutoring sessions, they also have the option of scheduling sessions when additional help is needed. Approximately 50 tutors are available to assist the student-athletes, and Brooke Campbell is responsible for the coordinating of these sessions.

            Campbell just completed her first year of her Master’s Degree in Adult and Higher Education with an emphasis in Intercollegiate Athletic Administration at OU and serves as the Tutorial Coordinator of OU Athletic Academic Services. She says that on a daily basis she schedules sessions between student-athletes and tutors as well as manages payroll for the tutors.

            According to the Fall 2010 Tutoring Manual, tutoring is offered in all subject areas, and student-athletes can visit any of the three learning center labs dedicated to mathematics, language and writing and study skills. Student-athletes are also given the option to work one on one with a tutor or in small groups with tutors to review course material.

            For Campbell, her current job is ideal in preparing her to reach her career goals.

“I want to make a difference in someone’s life. I see all the potential that student-athletes have and understand all of the stresses that they are facing now. I want to serve some role where I can be an influential person for even just one person - advise them, train them, educate them, mentor them,” Campbell says. “I have a great job and am meeting some very important people who can guide me to the sort of position I have just described.”

            To read more about tutoring and other academic services offered to student-athletes visit http://www.soonersports.com/acad-services/okla-academic-support.html. 

Brooke Campbell explains some of the tasks she performs as Tutorial Coordinator of OU Athletic Academic Services.