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About the Q-Center

The Quantitative Center, or Q-Center for short, aims to support and encourage students’ growth and confidence in quantitative skills. Beginning in Fall 2024, the Q-Center will start to offer: 

  • Two 0.5 Credit Courses (MATH 102 and MATH 103) 
  • Hosting Tutoring (Drop-In and Individual Appointments) for Quantitative Coursework
  • A Space to Host STEM and Quantitative Tutoring and Teaching Assistants
  • Additional Training Opportunities for Quantitative Tutors and Teaching Assistants
  • Events 

For questions about the Q-Center email qcenter@middlebury.edu. 

 

Location

We are located in McCardell Bicentennial Hall (MBH 202). See our location on the campus map. The entrance to the Q-Center is on the 2nd floor (upper level). 

Upper Level: Collaborative Group Study Space, Drop-In Peer Tutoring for Biology/Chemistry, Math/Statistics, Faculty and TA Office Hours, Events

Students are welcome and encouraged to utilize the Group Study Space anytime the Q-Center is open. It is a great place to come with friends or to meet peers in your courses.

Lower Level: Quiet Individual Study Space

Hours: TBA

Contact Us

Profile of Emily Malcolm-White

Emily Malcolm-White

Interim Director for CTLR Q-Center

Email:
emalcolmwhite@middlebury.edu
Tel:
(802) 443-2196
Office:
MBH Armstrong
Office Hours:
Monday, Wednesday: 3:00-5 PM in the Q-Center in MBH or by Appointment

Frequently Asked Questions

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The Quantitative Center, or Q-Center for short, aims to support and encourage students’ growth and confidence in quantitative skills. We began a soft launch of this initiative in Fall 2024 as we build towards a vision of a larger more robust Quantitative Center in the upcoming years to include larger renovated space in McCardell Bicentennial Hall (MBH 202) and increased programming and support for students in the space. 

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  1. Establish tools for assessing student knowledge of quantitative skills and quantitative literacy
  2. Support students in learning new quantitative skills and quantitative literacy (both curricular and extracurricular)
  3. Support students in better understanding how quantitative skills and quantitative literacy relate to themselves, their identities, and their life goals
  4. Support faculty in developing course materials and pedagogies to support students in learning quantitative skills and developing quantitative literacy 
  5. Utilize data to assess progress, committed to continuous improvement, utilizing evidence-based practices
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Armstrong Library will continue to provide some services but will phase out at the end of the 2024 calendar year. Many library resources are being condensed and moved to Davis Library. The Q-Center will continue to offer loans of laptop computers, calculators, chargers, and other accessories to students and faculty in MBH. See details and a timeline for the Armstrong Library transition to the Q-Center. 

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People, departments, and other invested parties will collaborate to create a shared vision for the Q-Center over the coming months and years. 

Current efforts underway: 

  • Planning for the reconfiguration of the Armstrong space into a fully developed quantitative center, construction likely to begin in Spring 2025.
  • Search for a director of the Q-Center.