Student Resources

Wi-Fi Zones

There are several added Wi-Fi Zones on campus for you to access without needing to access a campus building. These locations could help you with viewing assignments or other course requirements with your laptop while you are in your car. The Wi-Fi Zones are not intended for any remote testing. 

Academic Support 

  • The Learning Center will be open.  To continue to promote a safe environment, social distancing is required with only one student per table and the use of face masks at all times. 
  • The Computer Lab will be open allowing only two students per row (five rows) for a maximum total of ten students.  
  • Specific, pre-determined appointment times are available, and Smarthinking tutoring assistance available online 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  
  • Students are welcome to walk into the Library to print or study on first come, first serve basis (one student per table). Please be sure to sign in at the front desk for the purpose of contact-tracing. Individual study rooms can be reserved ahead of time online between the hours of 8:30 am – 3:30 pm. More than one individual per study room is not permitted at this time. Library hours of operation will remain 8:30 am – 4:30 pm Monday - Friday.  

Testing Center 

Testing Center Proctoring Hours: Closed, with the exception of designated faculty proctored examinations. For more information, e-mail [email protected]. 

Omnilert – College’s Emergency Communication Test/Email System

Go to https://bhsu.omnilert.net/ and create your account. Be sure to sign up to receive minute-of campus alerts and emergency communications.

Quick Access to College services

Below is a quick glance of resources and contact info:

Academic Success & Wellness

As you are hard at work completing your courses online, the Center for Academic Excellence team, along with Mellody Selph, Caryn Schmitz and Karen Smith, created an area for resources on Moodle entitled "Academic Success and Wellness". The resources included are to best equip you with the tools that you need to be successful during the transition to online learning. 

The following topics are addressed:

  • ​​Online Learning: misconceptions, best practices, and information management techniques
  • ​​Netiquette: the do’s and don’ts of virtual conferencing, discussion board posts, etc.
  • ​Library Resources: retrieving online journal articles, e-books, and streaming video collections online
  • ​Research and Writing Resources: learning how to take advantage of citation management tools, information literacy modules, and online tutoring services
  • ​Academic Success Coaching: implementing short and long-term goals, time management skills, and communicating expectations and boundaries to your loved ones
  • ​Personal Counseling Services: practicing anxiety and stress management, mindfulness techniques, and self-care​
  • And more! We will continue to add information to this section. Please feel free to reach out with any suggestions.

Your success is extremely important to us all. We are here to assist you. In order to access these resources, please visit https://bchs.ethinksites.com/course/view.php?id=5276 and log into Moodle. After doing so, you will be able to self-enroll, and no enrollment key is necessary in order to view the Moodle resource.

Student Activities

Follow @baptiststudentactivities on Instagram to stay connected and to see our weekly Staff Spotlight videos and Student Story takeovers called “Quarantine Chronicles."

Many activities will be posted on the Student Activities Moodle shell if you can't catch them live. Announcements, new activities, and updates will be posted on Moodle as well. Here's the link: https://bchs.ethinksites.com/course/view.php?id=6144  If you have any questions, please email [email protected].

Counseling/Mental Health

The Blue Healers Wellness Lounge is a community dedicated to creating an environment that includes tips for surviving and thriving during this difficult time.  Tips will include how to manage your stress and anxiety, maintaining your mental health, strategies for working from home, gratitude and managing your mental and emotional wellness.  There are also forums for discussion and interacting with others. 

For information on community resources, counseling services, Let’s Zoom Consult sessions, free work outs, meditations, yoga and much more, please enroll in the Counseling Services Moodle page.  It is updated frequently.  https://bchs.ethinksites.com/course/view.php?id=6148

If you would like to learn more about counseling services and/or schedule a consultation session using video conferencing, please email [email protected] with your availability and phone number. 

Zoom Backdrops/Branding Resources

We've created a webpage to host branded virtual meeting backdrops for all your online web meetings that will make you look and feel like you're still at your favorite places on campus. Please visit https://www.baptistu.edu/brandingresources to download the backdrops and for instructions on how to use them. We hope you enjoy them!

Online Learning Resource Center on MyCampus

https://mycampus.baptistu.edu/ICS/Online_Learning_Resources.jnz

We have created a quick links resource page on MyCampus to help you adjust to online learning. We understand there has been a lot of communication coming to you and here is a recap of things all in one location. Resources include a collection of links to outside webpages and internal webpages that provide quick access to free internet sources, bandwidth testing, academic success coaching, counseling services, research and writing sources, and much more. Additional resources are being developed and will be added often.

God's Blessings

For the Lords gives wisdom; from His mouth comes knowledge and understanding

Proverbs 2:6