Access to Food Court and arena from the Hilda M. Willis Academic Center: Student-athletes can not go from the Hilda M. Willis Academic Center out to the Petersen Events Center Food Court or the arena starting about 2 to 2.5 hours prior to tip off on men's basketball game days. In order to go to the men's basketball game or to the Food Court, they must enter via Concourse C and utilize their comp admission provided to them by Athletics. There will be signs in the Hilda M. Willis Academic Center and on the doors that lead out to the Food Court on men's basketball game days as friendly reminders.

Tutoring Services

The tutorial program exists to assist student athletes in the development of their academic careers. It is a service available to the entire student athlete population. The objectives are to provide instruction, skills, and strategies essential to learning course content. Further, the program strives to help students prepare for examinations and complete assignments. Ultimately, the program aspires to help students increase their knowledge base in specific subject areas and serve as a complement to the regular classroom learning experience of the student-athlete.

Individual

Individual tutoring is the default assignment for all students when a tutor request is submitted. All individual tutoring takes place at the ASSSA offices under the supervision of a full time counselor of the ASSSA unit.

Group

Small group tutoring take place when circumstances dictate, such as availability of the tutor, time constraints due to practice or ability of the students to receive tutoring in a small group. Group tutoring should be limited to 2-4 students; however, larger groups will be permitted under the discretion of the Tutorial Coordinator or the Director of ASSSA.

Review Sessions

Review sessions are available during the semester for student-athletes to utilize as a means of reviewing prior to an exam. These reviews are not intended to be a substitute for regular review sessions held by a teaching assistant or professor prior to an exam and should not be viewed as such. Review sessions are also held during finals week and will be posted on the tutoring board in the main ASSSA office.

Other programs are designed for student athletes who fall into a certain category designated by the ASSSA unit. These programs may consist of class attendance monitoring, periodic grade checks, workshops or seminars on study skills and time management, content tutoring in small groups or individual sessions and weekly conferences with counselors.

For information on becoming a tutor at the Hilda M. Willis Academic Center, please contact Jennifer Tuscano at jlt39@pitt.edu, 412-383-6515.

Scholarships

Big East Aeropostle Scholar Athlete

The Conference's Scholar-Athlete scholarship program annually provides 31 post-graduate scholarship grants to student-athletes pursing graduate or professional studies. Nomination and selection for the awards is based on academic excellence and outstanding athletic performance.

The program includes a male and female Scholar-Athlete of the Year, a male and female Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year, a Football Scholar-Athlete of the Year and two award winners from each of the 14 member institutions.

NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Program

The NCAA awards up to 174 postgraduate scholarships annually, 87 for men and 87 for women. The scholarships are awarded to student-athletes who excel academically and athletically and who are in their final year of intercollegiate athletics competition.

The one-time grants of $7,500 each are awarded for fall sports, winter sports and spring sports. Each sports season (fall, winter and spring), there are 29 scholarships available for men and 29 scholarships available for women. The scholarships are one-time, non-renewable grants.