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Hesse Learning Resource Center

Support for Engineering Success

The Hesse Learning Resource Center is here to help you thrive in your engineering courses. Offering drop-in peer tutoring and support sessions, the center focuses on 100- and 200-level math, science, and engineering subjects—giving you the tools and guidance to build a strong academic foundation.

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Are you looking to develop more efficient study strategies and improve your academic performance in engineering coursework?  The Hesse Center provides , course specific study sessions, individual tutoring appointments, and drop-in peer tutoring in 100 and 200 level math, science, and engineering courses required in the engineering program.

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Fall 2026 Study Sessions

Individual Tutoring

Hesse Learning Center Drop-In Hours

Fall 2026

DayCentral TimeLocation
Monday11:30 am – 5:30 pm
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm		GEM 121
Tuesday11:30 am – 5:30 pm
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm		GEM 121
Wednesday11:30 am – 5:30 pm
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm		GEM 121
Thursday11:30 am – 5:30 pm
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm		GEM 121
Friday11:30 am – 2:30 pmGEM 121
Sunday7:00 pm – 9:00 pmGEM 121

Fall 2026 Study Sessions

PHYS 141 Newtonian Mechanics

DaysCentral TimeLocation
Tuesday
7:00 – 9:00 pmWehrenberg Hall
Front Lobby Lounge

Wednesday 7:00 – 9:00 pm Brandt Hall
AC Lounge

MATH 253 Calculus III

DayCentral TimeLocation
Thursday7:00 – 9:00 pmBeacon Hall
1st Floor TV Lounge

CE 215 Mechanics of Materials

DayCentral TimeLocation
Tuesday7:00-9:00 pmGEM 124
CE 334 Fluid Mechanics
Tuesday
Thursday		6:00-8:00 pm
6:00-8:00 pm		GEM 224
GEM 224

ECE 221 Digital Logic Design

DayCentral TimeLocation
SundayTBDGEM 162

ECE 251 Computer Programming I

DayCentral TimeLocation
Monday
Wednesday		7:00 – 9:00 pm
7:00 – 9:00 pm		GEM 162
GEM 162

ECE 263 Linear Circuit Theory/ ECE 281 Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering 

DayCentral TimeLocation
Tuesday
Thursday		7:00 – 9:00 pm
7:00 – 9:00 pm		GEM 159
GEM 159

ME 209 Dynamics

DayCentral TimeLocation
Tuesday
Thursday		7:00 – 9:00 pm
7:00 – 9:00 pm		GEM 120
GEM 120

ME 355 System Modeling and Numerical Methods

DayCentral TimeLocation
Thursday7:00 – 9:00 pmGEM 150

Fall 2026 Individual Tutor Request Form
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Hesse Center

Function: The Hesse Center provides walk-in peer tutoring and study sessions in 100 and 200-level math, science and engineering courses required in the engineering program.

Appointments: No appointments necessary for drop-in tutoring in first-year classes. Fall and spring semesters only.

Director: Laura Sanders

Gellersen Engineering and Math Center, Room 121

laura.sanders@valpo.edu

219.464.5210

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