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Digital Natives Guide to your Online Reputation
Growing up in the digital age has its benefits. The Millennial Generation is the first generation to be able to communicate nonstop with their friends twenty-four hours a day, listen to music on-demand, rewind television shows, never have to consult…
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Gaining Momentum- Balancing Work and School Life
Managing your academic and personal time during college is a major challenge in itself. Throw a part or full-time job into the mix, and you can easily become overwhelmed trying to keep up with and accomplish all the tasks laid…
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How to Build Credit as a College Student
Setting the foundation for a strong credit history while you’re in college is a great way to get a jumpstart on a lifetime of smart money management and living debt-aware. Many college students don’t realize that there are a plethora…
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Funding College – A Financial Aid Guide
The cost of a college education in America is greatly increasing more than ever today. Once a leader in higher education, America is rapidly slipping behind other first-world counties across the globe. Read on in this Financial Aid guide to…
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Party Smart – Navigating the College Party Scene
Although it may be hard to accept for some students, and probably most parents, part of the college experience is enjoying the social life that comes along with being enrolled in university - and this social life includes partying from…
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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…
