Seminars and Workshops

Upcoming Workshops

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Workshop Descriptions

• College Writing 101

  The transition from high school to college includes more than just roommates and Ramen noodles! Make the change easier as you gain a better understanding of college-level writing. We’ll cover topics such as professors’ expectations, the writing process, avoiding plagiarism, effective outlining, and successful revision techniques.

• Communicating With Your Professors

  Being able to communicate effectively with your professor both in and out of class can significantly impact your learning, and ultimately your success. This interactive workshop will give you opportunities to ask questions and get tips on building a professional network.

• Conquering the Essay Test

  Are you lost if your exam doesn’t come with an Opscan sheet? Do you shudder at the thought of your professors’ essay questions? Come to this workshop to gain skills to help you ace your next essay test. You’ll learn how to read test questions, organize your thoughts, and work efficiently under stress.

• Active Reading Strategies

  I have NO idea what I just read! This is the third time I’ve reread this paragraph and I just don’t get it. When I try to answer the chapter questions it seems like they are asking questions about topics they didn’t even cover. It’s hard to stay focused on the material in the book. Do any of these sound familiar? Reading is not a passive activity. You have to be actively participating with the reading to get the most out of it—but how? This interactive workshop will teach you some helpful strategies to get the most out of your reading, helping you become an active reader. Not only will you learn how to read more efficiently but also how to apply that knowledge to the class discussions and lectures.

• Manage Your Time to Manage Your Goals

  This workshop will help you create a schedule that works for YOU. Find when you work best, what your biggest challenges to time management are and how to prioritize. This workshop will also help you make SMART goals, learn the difference between long term and short term planning and let you see that big picture.

• Navigating Online Learning

  Having difficulty navigating the online class environment? Uncertain about netiquette? This interactive workshop will provide an overview of how to navigate online learning and tips to be successful in the online class environment.

• Navigating Your Syllabus

• Class is now in session! This workshop will set you up for success in your new courses by explaining the uses and benefits of your syllabus. Learn how to utilize syllabus content to your advantage.

• Navigating your basic course infomation and professors' expectations can be tricky at first, but we're here to help! Bring your class syllabus and/or laptop to receive help identifying course requirements, grading policies, and deadlines.

• Note Taking

• Note Taking and Textbook Reading discuss strategies on how to take effective notes based on your class environment and how to stay active while reading your textbook. Explore different methods of organizing your notes and deciding what is important to write down.

• Overcoming Test Anxiety

  You’ve studied for the exams, you know your materials, you even tutored your roommates but you got to the exam hall and you just blanked out. You could not remember anything!! Test Anxiety is common to many students. While everyone feels some degree of anxiety during tests or exams, it becomes an issue when anxiety makes you feel anxious, ill or develop brain freeze during an exam or test. This interactive workshop will explore the issue of anxiety from the students’ perspectives, what it is and how to overcome it.

• Preparing for Finals

  It’s almost over! You need one last effort to finish strong this semester. This workshop will help you develop a successful study strategy for final exams, including how to make the most of your study tools, how to manage stress, where you can study most effectively, etc.

• Procrastination Domination

  Do you find yourself putting things off to the very last possible second? Are you often scrambling to turn in quality work because you waited too long to start? Don’t know how to break your bad procrastination habits? Learn some strategies to help you prioritize, motivate yourself and dominate procrastination!

• Research and Presentations

  Fear of public speaking is the number one phobia in the United States. Learn how to research and prepare your projects so that you can present with confidence. We’ll discuss working with research materials, avoiding plagiarism, and preparing a paper for presentation. You’ll also learn some helpful tricks to fight the pre-speech jitters, so you can calm your mind and go back to just being afraid of spiders.

• Study Tools and Test Taking

  Multiple choice, essay, true/false, or short answer? This interactive workshop is designed to discuss strategies for creating your own study tools to prepare before your test, during a test, and how to respond after a test.