BEAUMONT, Texas, June 22 -- Lamar University issued the following news release:
Lamar University's Student Tutoring and Retention Services, commonly known as STAR Services, has been rebranded as the Center for Academic Success, a change university officials say better reflects the department's expanding role in supporting undergraduate students.
The transition marks a shift from a name that primarily highlighted tutoring services to one that encompasses the full range of academic support programs offered by the department.
"The name STAR Services emphasized some of what we did," Dr. Hilda Billups, director of the Center for Academic Success said. "In addition to our great peer-led tutoring services, we provide so much more. The new name ...