Resources for Your Success
St. Mary’s offers many resources to help students succeed academically. Whether you need assistance with an assignment, are preparing for graduation or need help with your computer, our dedicated professional staff is here to help students make the most of their academic experience.
Academic Advising
The Graduate Center for Excellence, located on the third floor of the Blume Library, is a collaborative learning space designed exclusively for St. Mary’s masters and doctoral students to collaborate with classmates and students from other disciplines.
Academic Technology Services
Academic Technology Services (ATS) offers digital learning technologies for the St. Mary’s University teaching and learning community, including online learning, learning and development, learning technologies, and creative and media services.
Blume Library
Louis J. Blume Library, named after the Rev. Louis J. Blume (1913-1977) who was twice president of the University, offers an extensive collection of print and electronic books, journals, and databases, and other multimedia formats, as well as dedicated and knowledgeable librarians and staff. The Blume Library houses the Learning Assistance Center, the Graduate Center for Excellence and the Charles Cotrell Learning Commons which includes the Academic Media Center, the Research Station, the Information Technology Help Desk, the Center for Instructional Technology and a Starbucks. The library also hosts art exhibits on the second floor.
Graduate Center for Excellence
The Graduate Center for Excellence is a collaborative learning space designed exclusively for St. Mary’s masters and doctoral students to collaborate with classmates and students from other disciplines.
Information Services
Information Services (IS) maintains a reliable technology infrastructure and provides technology services to the campus community consistent with the mission and vision of the University. IS provides support, training, computer, network, and Internet services to the entire University. We connect the campus community members to each other, to their work and studies, and to the information and technical resources they need to achieve their goals. Service is our central focus, inspired by the Marianist charism found throughout our institution’s operations.
Rattler Success Center
At the Rattler Success Center at St. Mary’s University, our goal is for every student to be fully equipped to achieve their academic and personal development potential. It is our mission to build skills that help our students graduate and pursue meaningful careers.
Writing Center and Tutoring
The Rattler Success Center’s Writing Center is staffed with professionally trained tutors, as well as undergraduate and graduate students from all majors, devoted to improving writers at all levels.