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PURSUE RESOURCES PURSUE RESOURCES

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Clarify Expectations

Develop Competence

Manage Life

Connect & Communicate

Build a Bright Future

HOW TO USE CAMPUS RESOURCES HOW TO USE CAMPUS RESOURCES

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CLARIFY EXPECTATIONSCLARIFY EXPECTATIONS• Get to know your campus

•Bookstore, •Student Health Center• Tutoring Center

• Get the help you need• Ask for help confidently• Do your homework to find who can help you

best• Be clear, specific, and enthusiastic

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CLARIFY EXPECTATIONSCLARIFY EXPECTATIONS• Exploit Library Resources

• Take a tour• Ask for help• Learn to use the library effectively

• Success Strategies• Ask as though you expect to get help• Ask someone who is in a position to help you• Ask clear and specific questions• Ask with passion, civility, humor, and creativity

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DEVELOP COMPETENCEDEVELOP COMPETENCE

• Success Strategies• Trust your adviser

• Meet with your adviser regularly

• Get to know your college catalog• Policies•General Education Courses• Core courses• Prerequisites• Corequisites • Electives

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• Forge an academic plan• Select the right courses

•What are your constraints?•What are your interests?•Study your options•Register for a reasonable course load•Take the right mix of courses•Ask students who are already in your

preferred program

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• Choose or change your major• Review your interests, values, and goals• Double your major

• Complete your degree• A certificate or an AA degree

• Includes general education courses that facilitate transfer to a four year institution

• Baccalaureate•A four year degree that includes general

education and core courses• Graduate degree

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MANAGE LIFEMANAGE LIFE

Success Strategies• Stay healthy

• Visit the medical centers on campus for care, screenings, flu shots, etc.

• Practice safety• Keep valuables in sight• Exercise good judgment about the risks you

take• Maintain Balance

• Be aware of mental health services, support groups, and spiritual assistance on campus

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MANAGE LIFEMANAGE LIFE

Overcome Limitations• More than 10% of students on campus have

some form of physical or mental impairment • Determine what level and kind of support you

need• Minimal support• Moderate support• Intense support

• Ask for help• Referrals for testing• Registration assistance• Accommodations for taking tests

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CONNECT & COMMUNICATECONNECT & COMMUNICATE

Success Strategies• Participate in extracurricular activities

• Develop leadership skills• Reconnect with loved ones• Consider going Greek• Join a learning community

• Enrich your cultural life• Visit on campus art gallery• Go to live performances• Visit museums, theaters, political gatherings

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• Invest in your community • Participate in service learning opportunities

• Connect through technology• Use up-to-date computer programs• Explore the web• Network appropriately

•Use your college e-mail address if you have a choice

• Explore online learning• Technological advances have enriched online

learning communities

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• Expand your technology knowledge• Learn to use research databases• Enhance your presentations with graphics

• Use technology responsibly• Avoid computer addiction • Use social networking sites appropriately

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BUILD A BRIGHT FUTUREBUILD A BRIGHT FUTURE

Success Strategies• Link campus resources to your career

• Become an expert• Talk to your adviser• Participate in extracurricular activities that

broaden your interests• Find a mentor

• Enhance opportunities for college success• Think about people you admire whose

advice may benefit you

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BUILD A BRIGHT FUTUREBUILD A BRIGHT FUTURE

• Consider transferring if needed• Find the right fit• Find out the minimum admission criteria to

gain admission• Find out the minimum grade point average• Talk to a representative about transferring to

their college• Consult reference guides to college• Plan visits to several different campuses• Be clear about your expectations and needs

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