Free Tutoring. For Students. By Students.
Greater University Tutoring Service, or GUTS, provides students with free, on-campus tutoring and study support. GUTS was developed in 1974 as a student organization dedicated to empowering students to be active, independent learners and to cultivate a prosperous educational environment. Students, peer tutors, and staff work together through a system of cooperative learning to foster personal and academic growth.
GUTS Mission:
- To provide UW-Madison students with free tutoring and academic support in a variety of subjects, and encourage their personal and academic growth.
- To provide volunteer, peer-tutoring, and leadership opportunities for students.
- To provide opportunities for staff members to develop leadership skills by administering and coordinating GUTS programs.
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GUTS History
Interested in more GUTS history? Check out this article about GUTS evolution through the years, while still remaining true to its core mission.
- 1974 | A housefellow in Sellery Hall began Help at Student Housing, also known as HASH, a program through which volunteer tutors provided academic assistance to fellow residence hall students.
- 1976-79 | The Greater University Tutoring Service was established with a grant from WSA as a parallel tutoring service to HASH for students living off campus. GUTS and HASH were unified under one administrative staff with a Board of Advisors, known as GUTS-HASH.
- 1992 | The name GUTS-HASH was shortened to GUTS to more accurately reflect the university-wide services offered by our programs.
- 2018-19 | GUTS transitioned from a Registered Student Organization (RSO) funded by allocable segregated fees to an RSO funded by non-allocable segregated fees. In addition to this funding change, GUTS hired a full-time professional staff member to manage the transition, oversee GUTS administrative operations, and maintain relationships with the larger learning support community across campus.
- 2022-23 | GUTS moved into the Office of Academic & Career Success in the Division for Teaching and Learning and transitioned to a RSO funded by the University. In addition to this funding change, GUTS is now supported by two professional staff members in the Office of Academic & Career Success.