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, approximately twenty other 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 offers chat, whiteboard, audio, and video features to use during tutoring sessions. All NightOWL sessions are one-to-one between a student and a real tutor (not a bot) 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 later if they want.
NightOWL is open from 7:00 p.m. to midnight, Sundays through Thursdays, for the following terms:
- Winter 2025: January 5-23.
- Spring 2025: January 26 through May 8.
During 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 in foreign language courses)
During fall and spring semesters, NightOWL/STAR-NY tutors support the following subjects/courses:
- ACCT through 300-level classes
- BIOL through 151 (only Thursdays)
- CHEM through 242 (organic chem only Tuesdays & Thursdays)
- 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 (only Mondays & Wednesdays)
- PSYC 101
- Writing assignments for any classes through the master's level (except in 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." They 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 steps to sign into the platform and select the “room” for the subject with which you would like assistance.