Office of Student Success

Our Mission

The mission of the Office for Student Success is to provide academic support, connect students to resources, help students meet their educational goals and encourage academic achievement and excellence.

Our Services

Our team is here to help you successfully navigate nursing school. Our approach is two-fold: Academic Advising and Student Support for students in both programs, traditional BSN and online RN-BSN. We do this this by offering the following:

Academic Advising Student Support
  • Plan of Study
  • Career Counseling 
  • Curriculum Guidance 
  • Note Taking & Study Skills
  • Academic Goal Setting
  • Prioritization & Organization
  • One-on-One Appointments
  • Reading Comprehension & Retention
  • Policies & Procedures
  • School/Work/Life Balance Strategies
  • Student Engagement
  • Test Taking Strategies
  • REACH/My Life Expert
  • Time Management

Click here to view the Student Access and Accommodation Services (SAAS).

Our Team

Under the direction of Dia Lisner, Director of Student Success, the team currently has three Student Success Advisors and a Career Counselor who are here to guide and support you from the beginning of your enrollment through graduation and beyond. 

Dayna Scarberry, BSBA
Student Success Advisor 
Office 231
dayna_scarberry@bshsi.org

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Erica Stubblefield, MEd
Student Success Advisor 
Office 229
erica_stubblefield@bshsi.org
(804) 627-5303

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Lydia (Dia) Lisner, BA
Director of Student Success
Office 233
lydia_lisner@bshsi.org
(804) 627-5335

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Allison Peterson, MS Ed
Career Counselor 
Office 232
allison_peterson@bshsi.org
(804) 627-5381

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Academic Tools

Exam Planning

  • How are you preparing for final exams?  Not sure where to start?  Check out this Exam Planning Checklist to get started.  Remember the Student Success Team is here to help support you, reach out to us if you have questions!

GPA Calculator  (click to download, Excel file)

Time Management Calculator

Sometimes the simple act of writing down and planning out how your time is being spent each day helps you to determine different ways to better manage your time. This time management calculator may help you manage your time more efficiently. (Adapted from the University of Connecticut)

Instructions

  • Each question is asking you to submit an average
  • You must answer the questions in order.
  • Insert your "Hours Per Day" for Questions 01-05 and click "Multiply" for each.
  • Next, insert your "Hours Per Week" for Questions 06-09.
  • Click "Add" to total your "Hours Per Week" for all activities (except studying).
  • Click "Subtract" to find out how many hours you have left for studying each week.
 
 Hours per Day
Days per week
 
Hours per week
On the average, how many hours do you sleep in each 24 hour period, including those afternoon naps?
On the average, how many hours a day do you engage in grooming activities?
On the average, how many hours a day do you spend on meals, including preparation and clean-up time?
How much time do you spend commuting to and from campus and how many times do you do this during a week? Include the amount of time it takes to park and walk from your car or the bus stop to class.
On the average, how many hours a day do you spend doing errands?
On the average, how many hours do you spend each week doing co-curricular activities (student organizations, working out, church, etc.)?
On the average, how many hours a week do you work at a job?
How many hours do you spend in class each week?
On the average, how many hours per week do you spend with friends, going out, watching TV, going to parties, etc?
Click the Add button to compute the number of hours you are spending each week engaged in daily living activities and school activities.
There are 168 hours in a week. Now you can click the Subtract button to find out how many hours remain for studying, since this is not one of the activities included above.

 

 

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