University of Kentucky Center for Academic and Tutorial Services C.A.T.S.

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• University of KentuckyCenter for Academic and
  Tutorial ServicesC.A.T.S.
• Who came up with this name

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MISSION STATEMENT

• THE MISSION OF THE CENTER FOR ACADEMIC AND
  TUTORIAL SERVICES IS TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT
  WHERE ALL STUDENT-ATHLETES HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
  TO MAXIMIZE THEIR ACADEMIC, PERSONAL AND SOCIAL
  GROWTH AND IMPROVE THEIR POST-COLLEGE QUALITY OF
  LIFE

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Student Services

• 8 full-time academic advisors
• Tutor Coordinator
• Life Skills Coordinator
• 8 part-time academic graduate assistants

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Academic Services

• Advising
• Providing campus information
• Monitoring progress toward degree
• NCAA Eligibility
• Maximum Contact with Student-Athletes
• Tutoring
• Mentoring
• Diagnostic Testing Program

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Advising

• College Advisors, as one of their many duties,
  meet with our students to assist them in
  selecting courses toward degree.
• CATS Advisors work with student-athletes to
  ensure each student schedules classes around as
  many athletic commitments as possible.

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Mentoring

• Mentors come from a corps of veteran adult
  tutors, including retired elementary and high
  school teachers and full-time staff.
• Mentors work with selected students, assisting
  with organizational skills

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Tutoring

• 25 tutoring rooms
• Private tutoring rooms equipped with computers

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Jerry Claiborne Quiet Study

• Monitored Quiet Facility with 116 seats where
  students can work on class assignments.

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Computer Center

• 35 computer stations including PCs and Macs

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Career Resource Center

• Helping undecided students
• Cooperative effort with the Stuckert Career
  Center
• Resume and cover letter assistance
• Job Shadowing
• Internships
• Placement
• Providing assistance with professional graduate
  school admission
• Career Athletes website
• Over 10,000 companies have access to our
  student-athletes resumes

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Personal Development

• Personal Development Seminars
• Coaches select from a menu of choices
• For example Alcohol Responsibility, Gambling,
  Prevention of Violence Against Women (MVP),
  Cultural Diversity
• Frank G. Ham Society of Character
• Student-Athlete Advisory Committee

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Community and School Outreach

• 4,300 hours of community service
• Habitat for Humanity
• Hope Center
• Athletics Back Pack Program
• SEC Food Drive
• Special Olympics
• CATS Cultivating Character
• Ronald McDonald House
• UK Childrens Hospital

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Other Programs

• 5th Year Program
• Post Eligibility Program
• Mashburn Scholarship
• Division I-A Directors Program of Excellence
• National Student-Athlete Day

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Student-Athlete Achievements

• Jake Lewellen
• 2011 AFCA National Good Works Team
• Over 300 hours of community outreach
• 2012 SEC Brad Davis Community Service
  Postgraduate Scholarship Recipient

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Student-Athlete Achievements (cont.)

• Josh Nadzam and Luis Orta UK Soles4Souls
• Josh named the 2011 N4A Wilma Rudolph Award
  winner
• 2012 University of Kentucky Sullivan Medallion
  Award winner
• Finalist for the 2012 John Wooden Citizenship
  Award

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Academic Accomplishments

• In 2010-11, 141 student-athletes were named to
  the SEC Academic Honor Roll
• Fall 2011
• 15 of 20 varsity teams earned cumulative 3.00 or
  higher team GPA
• 44 student-athletes earned a 4.00 GPA
• 248 student-athletes earned a 3.00 GPA or higher

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