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Value Your Time – Tips For Time Management
Getting the most value out of your college experience is important to all students, and although college is about more than your studies, at the end of the day, academics always come first. Maintaining grades, keeping up with assignments, and…
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College Comedy Improv: More Than Just Clowning Around
If you say you’re joining a comedic improv troupe, many people will look at you as though you’ve announced that you’re running away to join the circus. When that happens, puff your chest out proudly and inform them of the…
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Exploring the Campus Library
Whether you’re stepping through the doors of a college as a wide-eyed freshman, returning back to school after a hiatus, or going to school for the first time as a middle-aged adult, you want to take advantage of everything…
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Campus Support for LGBTQ Students
College can be a great experience for lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender, and queer students. Many campuses provide a supportive, open-minded environment where students are free to openly be themselves for the first time. Students who are questioning their sexuality or…
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Women in STEM: What You Need to Know Before Putting on the Lab Coat
Women first outnumbered men in college in 1979, and nationwide women make up 57% of college students. In the US population, women outnumber men by just short of 1%. Curious, then, that men outnumber women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and…
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Navigating Healthcare in College: A Guide
We know what you're thinking: if you are a typical American college student, in the traditional age range of 18-24, then you never get sick, are impervious to injury, and very well may be immortal. That's fine - we're not…
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Cheap Thrills: Substance Abuse on Campus
Young adults are particularly vulnerable to addiction. The part of the brain that controls impulsive behavior has not fully formed, yet they are producing more dopamine, the feel-good hormone than they were when they were younger. Since many commonly abused substances…
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This Is What Really Matters to Potential Employers
Over 22 million Americans are currently enrolled in colleges or universities. Every year the numbers grow as college becomes more accessible thanks to online schooling and the prevalence of community colleges and satellite campuses. During the 2015-16 school year 1.8 million bachelor's…
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Turn Your Internship Into A Career
Most college students dream of that perfect internship – you know, the one where you are taken in on a paid contract, starting out at the bottom and miraculously in four months to a year, you’ve worked your way up,…
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A guide to tutorial services
Perhaps the most misguided belief about tutoring services available to college students today is the idea that tutoring is only needed when a pupil is falling behind or failing a subject. On the contrary, obtaining a tutor, or using your…
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How to Pick A Major
For many to-be college students, picking a major can seem like the most stressful part of the entire process. For all intents and purposes, this decision will direct your future, and for good reason, most students feel the pressure. But…
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Find Your People On Campus
Arriving on campus and having to make new friends can seem like a daunting task, but it is easier to do than you might think. You are surrounded by like-minded individuals who have been organized into various groups already. You…
