Panther Academic Center for Excellence - PACE

Every Monday-Thursday, PACE Academic Coaches meet with students to explore new academic paths, set goals, work on time management or plan successful study strategies. Walk-ins are welcome, or schedule an appointment by emailing PACE@lagrange.edu or calling 706-880-8652. Faculty members are invited to recommend students for academic coaching via DropGuard or by contacting the PACE office.

Need a quiet place to study where knowledgeable help is immediately available? PACE offers weekly study halls in Math, Science, English and other subjects, all free and all staffed by LaGrange College faculty. Dates and times vary each semester. Check the LC website calendar, email PACE@lagrange.edu or call 706-880-8652 for a current schedule.

PACE houses an accommodation facility for private/extended, or make-up testing. To set up an exam, email PACE@lagrange.edu or by calling 706-880-8652.

Receiving Accommodation Approval

• Students will e-mail, fax, or bring their previously or recently assigned accommodation paperwork and diagnosis the Counseling Center located on the second floor of Smith Hall. Students must turn in initial paperwork 1 week prior to their exam to allow for processing.
• The Counseling Center evaluates the paperwork and provides students with an approval form to be signed by each of the instructors from whom the student plans on receiving accommodations.
• Instructors return the signed forms back to Pamela Tremblay via inter-office mail or in person in the Counseling Center located on the second floor of Smith Hall.

Scheduling Accommodation Testing

• Instructors must schedule a student’s accommodation testing with PACE no less than 1 week in advance of the test.
  • Instructors may schedule exams by e-mailing PACE@lagrange.edu, or calling 706.880.8652
  • Should instructors need to schedule an exam with less than one week’s notice, accommodations will be provided on a space available basis.
• Exams must be submitted to PACE no less than 24 hours before the scheduled test time.
  • Instructors may deliver exams in person, via inter-office mail, or contact PACE for alternate means of delivery.
  • All exams will be held in a locked room prior to the exam time, and delivered back to the individual instructors the same day of the scheduled test.
  • Instructors, if you have additional or special requirements regarding the exam (special calculator, etc.) please let PACE know at least 24 hours in advance of the student’s scheduled test time.

Testing Day

• Students' ID’s are required for testing services.
• Students are not permitted to keep cell-phones on their person during the exam.
• If the test is electronic, students will be required to use a PACE computer, they will not be permitted to bring their own.
• Any indication of student cheating will result in the exam being stopped immediately with notification of the student’s instructor.