Seminar Series on Academic Success
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Description
The Center for Academic Enrichment and Excellence (CAEE) offers a series of weekly, one hour seminars on a variety of topics related to academic success. The program is designed to provide students with a low pain, big gain opportunity to learn strategies to develop the academic skills and personal attributes needed to be successful at the college level. In addition to providing information on a select topic, the seminar atmosphere offers students the opportunity to interact and ask questions related to their individual concerns about the subject. Most seminar topics are offered two times a week for a two week period, allowing students different times to attend.
All seminars are free!. No pre-registration is necessary, however space is limited so students should plan to arrive early.
NOTE-If you are a Virginia Tech Student Organization, Resident Advisor, or Department and would like to schedule a Seminar on Academic Success for a time other than those listed below, you will need to submit an on-line Request Form at least 2 weeks prior to the proposed seminar date.
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Location
111 Femoyer Hall
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Fall 2009 Schedule
Name and Description of Seminar |
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| Time Management Time management is an ongoing challenge for many students. If you feel like time is controlling you, attend this seminar to learn how to use your time more effectively. Bring your daily planner (or buy one from CAEE) and your syllabi and let us help you get organized. You'll learn how to manage your time wisely, leaving time for both school and fun! Students attending this seminar will be entered into a drawing for a free CAEE Daily Planner. |
Tuesday, 8/25 from 1-2 pm |
| Test-Taking: The 3 Steps to Success This seminar presents a 3 step approach to successful test taking. Learn what to do before a test to be better prepared, during a test to reduce anxiety and increase performance, and after the test to learn from your mistakes. |
Dates for Test-taking: The 3 Steps to Success: |
| Tackling Your Textbooks and Lecture Note-Taking Do you spend a lot time reading your assignments but not remembering what you read? Does your mind wander or do you doze off when you’re trying to read? How about note-taking, either from your book or from lecture? Do you have a hard time knowing what to write down in your notes? If you answered yes, attend this seminar! You’ll learn techniques for keeping up with your reading assignments, staying focused, increasing your reading comprehension, memory recall, and note-taking (for both in class notes and notes from your reading). |
Tuesday, 9/15 from 1-2pm |
Procrastination Holding You Back? Can you make this seminar? Maybe later? If you find yourself saying "later" a lot, then this seminar is for you. Time and again, students cite procrastination as holding them back from doing as well as they would like. Attend this seminar to learn strategies for fighting procrastination. |
Tuesday, 10/27 from 3-4pm
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| Making It Through The Final Stretch Are you stressed out over all the exams, papers, and group projects that seem to be taking up your time? Learn how to stay motivated, manage the stress, and find the time to do all of the things you need (plus some time for fun!). |
Wednesday, 11/11 from 11am-12n |
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Contact
If you would like more information, please contact Julie Hopkins at 231-5499.