What is Academic Success Coaching?
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Academic Success Coaching is a support that gives you the opportunity to:
- Establish connections with multiple offices across BCC and navigate barriers to increase
success
- Identify and build upon your learning style
- Learn how to self advocate
- Explore and discover interests, goals, and success strategies
- Achieve an increased executive skillset by developing organizational and time management
skills to help reach success
- Create goals and develop action plans for academic, career, and personal development
goals to succeed in college and beyond
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What are the benefits of working with a Coach?
- Tailored individual experiences
- Opportunity to strengthen skills needed for success
- Individual support related to your academic needs and goals
- Improved personal skills and behaviors
- Strengthened work life balance
- Improved interpersonal skills
- Increased confidence in your own success
- Enhanced self-awareness of goals and skills
- Personable relationship building
- Making connections with BCC
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Upcoming Workshops
Self-Care Series: Meditation and Breathing
Join us as we use meditation and breathing techniques to focus our attention on the
present and build resilience against stress and anxiety.
October 15, 2:00 - 2:30 pm, Hawthorne 111
Glean Workshop
Come learn about Glean, the recording, transcribing, and notetaking app now available
to all students (bring your laptop if you would like to follow along
October 16, 11:00 am - 12:00 noon, SBA G12
Fall 2024 Transfer Fair
Students are invited to meet with representatives from colleges and universities from
around the Northeast who are interested in our graduates. Expected schools include:
American International College, Bay Path University, Elms College, Excelsior University,
Fitchburg State University, MCLA, Merrimack College, Springfield College, UMass Amherst,
UMass Boston, UMass Dartmouth, UMass Lowell, Westfield State University, Western New
England University, and William James College.
October 17, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm, Connector
Resume & Cover Letter Writing 101
Attend this workshop to learn best practices for resume and cover letter writing.
Please feel free to bring your resume and/or cover letter so you can work on these
documents as a career coach walks you through proper formatting.
October 17, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm, Melville 102
Fall 2024 Career Fair
The bi-annual career fair. Students and alumni are invited to meet with employers
across all industries who are looking to hire them!
October 23, 11:00 am - 2:00 pm, Connector
Cooperating Colleges of Greater Springfield Transfer Fair
Representatives from the Cooperating Colleges of Greater Springfield will be on campus
to speak with prospective students and faculty and staff.
October 29, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm, SBA Lounge
Questions? Email Academic Success
Meet Your SUCCESS Team
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Director of Academic Advising and Coaching
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Contact: lisham@berkshirecc.edu
Lyndsay has been the Director of Academic Advising and Coaching since August 2023
after serving as an Academic Counselor, Student Advising Coordinator, and Director
of Academic and Transfer Advising at BCC. She provides leadership and oversight of
academic and transfer advising and academic coaching and partners with faculty and
staff to continuously improve the support services we offer. Well-versed in BCC's
advising software, Lyndsay offers workshops for faculty, staff, and students on how
to make the most of our technology. As a first-generation college student, she loves
helping students understand how to navigate their college experience and make the
most of their time at BCC. Lyndsay earned her BA in Political Science from William
Smith College and her MA in counseling from Johnson State College. Originally from
Vermont, she now lives in Pittsfield with her family and is at home on the sidelines
of the softball field watching her girls play the sport they love.
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Academic Counselor
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Contact: cmirer@berkshirecc.edu
Cheryl Mirer came to BCC with over 25 years experience in a variety of fields including
teaching, fundraising, event planning, leading small non-profit organizations, and
higher education. Cheryl grew up in Burlington, CT and earned a Bachelor of Fine Art
and Art History at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and a Master of Science
in Arts Administration at Boston University. Cheryl is a painter, printmaker, and
mixed media artist and serves on the board of the Berkshire Art Center. Cheryl loves
dogs, hiking, yoga, gardening, cooking and helping others. She is passionate about
the Berkshire community and wishes to make a difference in people’s lives.
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Academic Counselor
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Contact: enystrom@berkshirecc.edu
Eric earned his bachelor's degree from Nichols College majoring in psychology. He
continued his studies at Springfield College where he received a master's degree in
Counseling Psychology, specializing in student personnel in higher education. He has
served at BCC in a variety of roles since 2005. He is also a Certified Strength and
Conditioning Coach.
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Academic and Career Counselor
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Contact: sburdick@berkshirecc.edu
Sarah Burdick is an Academic and Career Counselor. She earned her bachelor's degree
from MCLA majoring in Psychology. Sarah is certified as an Out Alliance Safe Zone
Trainer and has prior experience in academic coaching/advising, multicultural affairs,
and student records. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with family and her
two pets, a cat and a dog.
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Academic Success Coach
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Contact: dbuxton@berkshirecc.edu
Dana Buxton is the Academic Success Coach for the Disabilities Resource Center. She
came to BCC with more than 15 years of experience supporting diverse populations to
heal, grow, and achieve their life goals. She received her undergraduate degree in
Psychology from Stanford University and her master's degree in Psychology, with a
focus in Ecopsycholgy, from Antioch University Seattle. Originally from Texas, she
loves the natural beauty of the Berkshires and is an avid birder.
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