Center for Student Success
Our doors are always open - before you even have your first class! We recognize that medical education requires stamina and acute studying skills, so one of our biggest priorities is to help students identify their best strategies for approaching and learning material. This is something that we emphasize and work on through individual sessions with each student during their education at SOM.
Throughout your time here, you may visit us for a variety of reasons, including:
- Academic Advising and Coaching
- Learning and Test-Taking Strategies
- Study Skills and Time Management
- Board Exam Guidance and Preparation
- Career and Match advising
- Academic Tutoring
Ferin Speaks
Associate Director
Ferin provides advising and academic support to 1st and 2nd year students on the Sewell campus, oversees the SOM Tutoring Program, and coordinates the Pre-Matriculation Program.
856-566-6792
Stephanie Dearden
Program Coordinator
Stephanie provides advising and academic support to 1st and 2nd year students on the Stratford campus and oversees the SOM Learning Groups program.
856-566-6076
Kashonna Garcon
Program Coordinator
Kashonna provides advising and academic support to 1st and 2nd year students on the Stratford campus.
856-566-6905
Nick LaTorre
Program Coordinator
Nick provides academic and career advising to 3rd and 4th year students. Nick also coordinates the Road to Residency Program for 3rd year students and the Fundamentals of Medicine II block for 4th year students.
856-566-6976
Mary Sylvester-Pegues
Program Coordinator
Mary provides advising and academic support to graduate students enrolled in the SOM Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.
856-566-1998
Danielle Baer
Staff Assistant
Danielle oversees the Rowan-Virtua SOM Peer Tutoring Program and provides administrative/technical support for the Rowan-Virtua SOM Student Success Network.
856-566-6013
Coleen Tenuto
Staff Assistant
Coleen provides administrative support for CSS and the Student Academic Progress Committee.
856-566-6852