Meet Your Peer Success Coach

Peer coaches help students build skills that are applicable to any course. Coaches can help you:

Identify challenges and barriers to academic success.
Improve time management.
Set academic goals and chart a path to achieving them.
Locate ineffective study strategies and replace them with effective strategies.
Connect with other campus resources, when appropriate.

To schedule an appointment with a coach, visit our online scheduler. You can search by tutor or select the appointment time that works best for you. We recommend scheduling a 60 minute session for your first meeting. You and your coach can then decide if 60 minutes or 30 minutes would be best for future meetings.

Aubrey Spicola

Major: Astrophysics Minors: Communications and Math

Tutoring Interests: I love helping students get organized so they can get the most out of their college experience. Everyone has different needs when it comes to organization and I love helping students explore different methods to help them get through the day.

Favorite Study Tip: Discuss what you’re studying with someone else. Reading, speaking, and writing your notes also really helps with memorization during a test!

Favorite Learning Resource: Google Calendar! It reminds you of events, you can color-code everything, and it helps you see what you have going on day-by-day and week-by-week!

Favorite Place to Study: The study rooms in the Innovation Quad. I spend a lot of time there anyway for my classes!

Grace Kenney (she/her) '25

Majors: Finance and Marketing

Studied Abroad: Spring 2024 in

Favorite Study Tip: Pomodoro Technique – Set a timer for 25 minutes then take a 5 minute break and repeat

Favorite Learning Resource: Quizlet

Favorite Place to Study: Sankey

Julia Penchuk (she/her) '25

Major: Strategic Communication Minor: Psychology

Tutoring Interests: I love to help my peers by making practice tests for them and quizzing them on information. Test stress can be hard to manage, and I like to give a fun way to study!

Favorite Study Tip: Write! I am a big fan of rewriting my notes a million times until they are stuck in my brain.

Favorite Learning Resource: The Belk Library Personal Librarian

Favorite Place to Study: The Atrium in Schar (beautiful natural light)

Evie Wittmann (she/her) '25

Major: Strategic Communications Minor: Sociology

Studied Abroad: Fall 2023 in Florence, Italy

Tutoring Interests: I love to help students adapt better organizational skills and help them achieve their academic goals. I help students find a routine and learning strategies that work best for them so they can thrive in their academic and personal lives.

Favorite Study Tip: Stay consistent! Keeping up with a routine that works best for you will help you improve your study habits.

Favorite Learning Resource: My academic advisor and other professors! We should all take advantage of the incredible staff at Elon; they want to help us succeed!

Favorite Place to Study: Global Commons and in the library

Emily Lesniak (she/her) '25

Major: Marketing Minor: Sustainable Enterprises and Economics

Studied Abroad: Winter 2023 in Dubai/France and Winter 2024 in Italy

Tutoring Interests: I love to talk about organization and scheduling timelines, not just for exams but for your everyday life!

Favorite Study Tip: Rewarding yourself after hitting small milestones

Favorite Learning Resource: Google calendar!

Favorite Place to Study: KOBC – as a business major, I feel very comfortable in this building, and it helps me stay focused when I study where I take my classes!

Amelia Kaiser (she/her) '27

Major: Biology Minor: Neuroscience

Tutoring Interests: I love looking at small things in your day to day life that currently work for you or are super important to keep up with and making sure those are valued in studying and academic plans! I also love finding different ways of organizing since everyone is different!

Favorite Study Tip: Teaching what you think you know to someone else

Favorite Learning Resource: A whiteboard and marker to help visualize!

Favorite Place to Study: Innovation building

Erika Seelaus (she/her) '27

Major: Human Resource Management Minors: Human Service Studies and Early Childhood

Tutoring Interests: I love to help others get organized and develop confidence within themselves. Everyone learns differently, so I like to help individuals discover what’s best for them.

Favorite Study Tip: Set small goals for yourself. Setting realistic goals can help achieve your primary goal and reduce stress.

Favorite Learning Resource: Professors and audiobooks. Advocating for yourself can be very beneficial.

Favorite Place to Study: The Library

Lila Miller (she/her) '26

Currently abroad Fall 2024

Major: Policy Studies Minors: Sociology and Criminal Justice

Tutoring Interests: I love to help others plan and schedule timelines for homework and studying as well as organizing any material. Everyone has different needs and preferences, so I love to help others figure out what works best for them!

Favorite Study Tip: Plan out study time and a study plan. As well as, planning in advance so work doesn’t sneak up on you!

Favorite Learning Resource: Elon’s Belk Library website and an academic planner or notebook

Favorite Place to Study: The library or a coffee shop (bonus points if it is raining)