REACH: Hackademic Series

Our workshops are carefully crafted with your academic needs in mind to help you improve your academic life in a number of areas – from time management to becoming a disciplined student to preparing for final exams.

Our award winning Online Hackademic Series workshops allow you the opportunity to complete one or more of our topics at your own leisure and pace. The interactive online workshops are available through the REACH Online Hackademic Series Workshops Blackboard organization.

All Freshman and Sophomores are automcatically added to the Online Hackademic Series Workshops Blackboard organization.

New Topics for Fall 2020

How Mindset and Emotional Intelligence Affect Learning - Are you ready to take a new look at how you approach learning, how you manage yourself and your relationships? Well hang on because we are about to go on a journey with the destination being mental clarity and a positive outlook towards growing and putting your best foot forward in order to get to where you want to go.

Grit: Building Your Resiliency!

Workshop Topics:

The Quest For Time - A gamified approach to learning how to manage your time effectively.

Becoming Savvy with Textbooks - Learn how to utilize reading systems and legitimate "shortcuts" that can help you get more from reading textbooks.

Taking Effective Notes- Learn viable options for taking notes in class and know what information to include in notes. Also understand why note taking is important and know how taking and using notes can increase your learning.

Acing the Test - Learn to organize, reinforce, rehearse, and distribute study to get maximum benefit from your efforts.

Unlocked: Studying Smarter - Learn general study skills and metacognitive strategies that will help you study smarter and get more from your study time.

Becoming a Disciplined Student - Learn how to set goals, prioritize and other strategies for getting the semester under control.

Request access to the online workshops:

Onsite Workshops

Our on-site workshops are 50 minute sessions that focus on a variety of study skills topics. Each session takes place in BAB 248 and is limited to 25 students per session. Onsite workshops are only offered during the fall semester. Click on the workshop topic below to learn more and register to attend.

Time Management

Ideas, suggestions and strategies for managing your busy schedule.
Test Taking

Learn to organize, reinforce, rehearse, and distribute study to get maximum benefit from your efforts.
Note Taking

Learn viable options for taking notes in class and know what information to include in notes. Also understand why note taking is important and know how taking and using notes can increase your learning.
Apps & Tech For Studying

Learn about apps and technology that can help you study better as a student at the University of Louisville
Becoming a Disciplined Student

Learn how to set goals, prioritize and other strategies for getting the semester under control.
Study Smarter

Learn general study skills and metacognitive strategies that will help you study smarter and get more from your study time.
Final Exams

Examine strategies and systems that can help you maximize your efforts and study methods for final exams.

Online Workshops

Our award winning Online Hackademic Series workshops allow you the opportunity to complete one of our topics at your own leisure and pace. The interactive online workshops are available through the REACH Online Hackademic Series Workshops Blackboard Course.

Topics Include:

The Quest For Time - A gamified approach to learning how to manage your time effectively