Time Management/Organization
Wednesday, January 16th, 1:00-2:00 pm OR Wednesday, January 23rd, 1:00-2:00 pm
**Please bring your course syllabi and your academic planner!!!
Students identify strategies and barriers to effective time management. In this applied workshop, students demonstrate their understanding of effective time management by creating their own schedules and prioritizing tasks. Students should come prepared with their course schedule and syllabi.
Location: Special Collections Room, 2nd floor of Griswold Library
Balanced Lifestyles
Wednesday, January 16th, 2:00-3:00pm OR Wednesday, January 23rd, 2:00-3:00 pm
This workshop will explore how to balance your schoolwork with other aspects of your life, including the social and extra curricular activities that are available to you at GMC. Students will use the “Life Wheel” to look at the different pieces of their life and how their wheel may or may not be as balanced as they would like. We all know that a wheel must be balanced in order for it to roll. The same applies to our lives. As a group, we will explore the pieces of our lives and see how they fit into our wheel. We will then look at other ways of making our lives more academically and socially balanced.
Location: Special Collections Room, 2nd floor of Griswold Library
Note Taking
Wednesday, January 30th, 1:00-2:00 pm
Students review tips and strategies for notetaking. The map method and Cornell method for taking notes are also briefly introduced.
Location: Special Collections Room, 2nd floor of Griswold Library
Getting the Most Out of Your Reading in the Least Time
Wednesday, February 6th, 1:00-2:00pm
Through interactive activities, students explore what it takes to be an effective and efficient reader at the college level. Individuals identify their own reading challenges, and appropriate strategies to address those challenges are discussed.
Location: Room 003, lower level of Griswold Library
Test Taking and Study Skills: How to Show What You Know
Wednesday, February 13th, 1:00-2:00pm
Students discuss the importance of preparing in advance for a test by identifying effective study and test taking practices.
Location: Special Collections Room, 2nd floor of the Griswold Library
Effective College Writing
Wednesday, February 20th, 1:00-2:00pm
Students share their particular difficulties and frustrations in this multi-dimensional area of academic performance. Some basic guidelines are presented to help organize and monitor writing tasks. Students are encouraged to follow up with ongoing tutorial assistance.
Location: Room 003, lower level of Griswold Library
Research: Developing a Strategy and Identifying Peer-Reviewed Research
Wednesday, February 27th, 1:00-2:00pm
**Please bring with you a topic to research.
The Griswold Library staff collaborates to guide students through effectively utilizing the library’s electronic research databases. This is an interactive workshop. Students are encouraged to bring a topic that they are currently researching.
Location: Graphics Lab, 2nd floor of the Griswold Library
Managing Academic Stress
Wednesday, May 1st, 1:00-2:00pm
Are you stressed out or nervous about how much work you have to do? Are you overwhelmed with tests, papers, and projects? This workshop will focus on specific strategies to help you reduce anxiety and stress related to academics. Every workshop attendee will receive a FREE CD that includes a guided meditation and an academic success hypnosis session.
Location: Ackley Chapel/Meditation Room
How Do I get More Information?
Please contact the Learning Center at x8287 for more information!