The Tutoring Center offers its NightOWL online tutoring service through Morrisville's membership in the STAR-NY (Sharing Tutoring and Academic Resources New York) Consortium. In addition to Morrisville, numerous other SUNY colleges belong to STAR-NY. These member campuses hire tutors who can help students enrolled at any of the participating campuses. The STAR-NY online tutoring platform features chat, whiteboard, audio, and video. All NightOWL sessions are one-to-one for up to 60 minutes. These sessions are recorded and archived in the student’s locker on the STAR-NY website so they can download and review them.
For the Summer 2024 term, NightOWL/STAR-NY is open from May 12, 2024, to August 29, 2024.
NightOWL is open from 7:00 p.m. to midnight, Sundays through Thursdays.
During the fall and spring semesters, NightOWL/STAR-NY tutors support the following subjects/courses:
- ACCT through 300-level classes
- BIOL through 151
- CHEM through 242
- COSC at the 100-level
- ECON 100 & 140
- MATH (SKLS 091; MAGN 101 & 107; MATH 102, 103, 123, 127, 141, 147, 151, 152, 153, & 161)
- Med math/dosage calculations for NURS
- NURS at the 100-level
- PHYS through 128
- PSYC 101
- Writing assignments for any classes through the master's level (except foreign language courses)
During the summer and winter terms, NightOWL/STAR-NY tutors support the following subjects/courses:
- MATH (SKLS 091; MAGN 101 & 107; MATH 102, 103, 123, 127, 141, 147, 151, 152, 153, & 161)
- Writing assignments for any classes through the master's level (except foreign language courses)
Instructions for Working With a NightOWL/Star-NY Tutor:
- Students are helped in the order that they log in to the tutoring platform. If a student is already working with the tutor(s), other students will remain in a virtual "waiting room." You will be taken into the tutor's room when the previous student's session is complete.
- While NightOWL/STAR-NY is mostly a drop-in tutoring service, limited appointments are available. Instructions about appointments are available on the STAR-NY website after signing in.
- Open an updated browser version such as Chrome, Firefox, or Safari (do NOT use Internet Explorer because it does not work well with STAR-NY’s software) to log into the STAR-NY tutoring site.
- Next, click on the "Tutor Request" link at the bottom of the page and follow the prompts to set up your account on the platform.
- Then select the room for the subject with which you would like assistance.