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Literacy innovation center
Welcome to the Literacy Innovation Center!
Our Mission
The mission of the Literacy Innovation Center is a creative exploration of language, the arts, reading, and writing to empower students to discover new perspectives and develop crucial skills that build upon rigorous classroom learning. The LIC will focus on developing and sustaining literacy programming that values how individuals and communities engage with literacy in pursuing their goals.
Service Area Outcomes
- Students that utilize the Literacy Innovation Center services will improve their transfer-level gateway English course completion rate.
- Students that utilize the Literacy Innovation Center services will learn about various creative fields and opportunities.
- Students that utilize the Literacy Innovation Center services will earn degrees/certificates in Language Arts, Social Science, or Art fields and transfer to 4-year universities in their intended major.
Writing Mentors
Writing Mentors assist other students with writing assignments on a first-come, first-served drop-in basis. Students may work with mentors on any writing assignment they are completing for any course at the college, and at any stage of the writing process, from learning how to generate ideas to mastering proofreading techniques.
Peer Academic Mentors
The Peer Academic Mentorship Program serves as a cornerstone of the STEM Innovation Center & Literacy Innovation Center, designed to provide activities that lend structure and space for strengthening community, leadership, and critical consciousness. The program aligns with the College's focus on peer coaching and connecting students to a strong network in their first semester, ensuring persistence and a sense of belonging. Peer Mentor Specialists and Peer Academic Mentors will regularly host activities and events for a cohort of academically at-risk students.
Services Available:
- Writing Mentors
- Writing & Poets Speaker Series
- Peer Academic Mentors
- Lead with Language Program
- PC Growing Futures Rural Initiative Program
- Writing Wednesdays Competition
Writing for the Performing Arts
- Research Opportunities
- Virtual Reality Program
Contact Information
Reagen Dozier, Director of Student Success Programs (MESA Coordinator)
Email: reagen.dozier@portervillecollege.edu
PC Tech Navigators:
Email: pctechnavigators@portervillecollege.edu
Phone: 559-791-2241
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