Being a peer resource and making an impact to first year and transfer students is an amazing process to be apart of. Giving students information about what Sacramento State is important to me. As a first year student, I had an overwhelming transition to college and had to find out several resources Sacramento State provides on my own. Being involved has allowed me to see the impact you can make on a student. Now being a Peer Health Educator I am being a resource for students and sharing valuable information that can benefit them. Now I want to challenge myself in a different environment and help students when it comes to advising, assisting students with schedule planning, and general education. Being an Orientation leader will allow me to work with other populations of the student body and challenge myself in different areas when it comes to the responsibilities being met.
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It is important to optimize your time and be efficient when it comes to tasks being done. Being a college student we have several roles we balance: college student, work, volunteering, and internship. It is important to be detailed organized and balanced when it comes to daily tasks that need to be completed. Every semester I print out all my syllabus, write in my planner, color code them from which class is which of due dates of papers, exams, and assignments. From there I can see which weeks are hectic, not double book myself, and be balanced on what I can do for certain days. Time management involves a lot of different areas to be successful. Being detailed organized and being realistic what you can achieve is important. Being a Peer Health Educator we give presentations about limiting your stress and one topic we address heavily is time management. I utilize time management in my daily life to limit stress and to accomplish what I need to do as a college
My time at Ashford University was well spent, it was strong and long however merited. I testify that my major of Liberal Arts was the best alternative for me. How you would enhance the Liberal Arts major. That is 100 dollar question, enhancing the Liberal Arts experience. I have discovered that while assisting you with using your basic learning and basic considering, you learn to think with a critical mindset.
Our Lady of the Lake University (OLLU) is a private Catholic liberal arts and science university that was founded in 1895. The main campus is located in San Antonio, Texas with two additional campuses, The Woodlands, in Houston, and, La Feria, in the Rio Grande Valley. The close proximately to downtown business districts provides students with ample opportunity to pursue experiential learning. The university is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and offers day, evening, weekend, and online formats. OLLU has degrees in pre-professional and professional programs, including 33 undergraduate, 14 master’s, and 3 doctoral degree programs.
In addition, I have to think about a schedule that will allow me to get to a job on time if I decide to work during the semester. Another challenge is time management. For example, getting to class
Brenau University is a well-known school for its academics and sports. The all-girl university has many sports like soccer, volleyball, cheerleading, and swimming and cross country. The standards to play in this particular private school are high and the coaches have high expectations. I ran in cross country, but I didn’t qualify for full tuition scholarship in college. I have many classmates that played a sport in high school and didn’t get a scholarship.
This year I set out to improve this very important skill. Time management is a skill that will be important all throughout your life. In the past I use to just barely turn my assignments in by the deadline or even sometimes past it. I used a planner and reminders on my phone to help me with this. I was tired of always feeling rushed to finish assignments or even chores around my house that I googled ways to improve on not being distracted which contributed to my time management.
Maintaining an accurate schedule will facilitate the use of my time and process strategies by, accessing and planning a weekly program. A master list of writing everything down in an orderly, meticulous way, so that I can do a better job of staying on top of tasks is a fundamental principle. Making to-do-list of what I must be accomplished during the upcoming week, including class assignments and class participation. Being all-inclusive are curricular activities, personal daily tasks, errands, meals and time with friends on my list of things to do for the
As a first generation college student I believe that it is important to help our youth to become more successful individuals. As a college counselor I would be able to build healthy relationships with the students to ensure that that are becoming college ready and are being assisted in every way so that they can continue their education. As a high school student I did not have the resources to effectively help me get into college, but once I was accepted I wanted to make sure that I always helped out as many people as I could. I have helped plenty of high school students with not just finding any school that will accept them, but also finding a school that will fit them. In some cases I have even helped a couple students obtain scholarships
Being a first generation college student was a big challenge for me. A new life ahead of me had just started, it was like a new book with a new page on it. I started off going to community college which was such a big impact in my life, I was able to learn many valuable things that at the beginning I wasn't prepared for. I want to make a bigger impact not only for my self but for others as well. I want to motivate people that no matter what gets in the way, or the circumstances we are facing, we can all fight for what we want.
Entering Rutgers University, I thought my most difficult challenges were going to be reading, writing, and public speaking. However, reflecting on my experience leading up to my graduation, the challenge that comes to mind most frequently, is time management. Learning how effectively prioritize, manage, and balance a schedule comprised of countless assignments, tasks, appointments, familial responsibilities, classes, internships, personal life, and relationships can be intimidating and challenging for those lacking strong organizational skills.
According to Cohen, Brawer, and Kisker (2014), in The American Community College Book, colleges were established to train workers to operate the nation’s expanding industries. In addition, business people supported community colleges in order to ensure workers were trained at the public expense to work for their companies. Community colleges were committed from the beginning to serving the needs of their local communities (Cohen, Brawer, Kisker, 2014). However, O’Banian contends that although the community college still serves the community’s needs, the needs of the community has changed and the community colleges are evolving to meet the demands of a more complex community.
During this semester at Central Michigan University, I can defiantly say that this semester has probably been my best semester here at CMU. Also the reason why I said this is because of my academics, my social life, and connection I had made during this semester. My first year was a struggle for me, not taking the initiative to seek help or go to SI session. While evaluating, over the summer, I knew I must work hard in order to stay at Central Michigan University and also to graduate on time. This semester, I feel like I am ending on the right note.
Going away to college for the first time, I would say will have to be the most memorable aspect of my life as a student. The thought of just going away excited me and scared me at the same time. Going away excited me because I was finally going somewhere that I know would lead me further in my life. I knew that I was on the road to success. The thought that scared me was that I was finally going to be on my own as an adult, which meant more responsibility for me.
Working as a team member rather than an individual. Using computers to set appointments and priorities and having good time management, Good Time management can be achieved by understanding how time is spent each day? Making work schedules (to-do-list).Keep track of your to-do-list, defining the workload, prioritizing tasks in order of deadlines, complete the worst task first and those with looming deadlines. Keep a work log. Find out how much time is spent on tasks
College is full of experience and to get that experience students need to get involved in campus and use all the resources that their campus offer. For my first semester at university I learned lots of information that helped me go through my first semester and I will keep using this resources until I graduate. and these resources are not just for school but also for my personal life. The first thing I have learned in college is how to manage my time and it's important to know that skill so that I would not waste time doing nothing and get schoolwork done and it won’t make me stressful because I have many assignment and project to do. and to always get done with my priority first which is my school work.
Time management: Time management is a very crucial component if you are willing to have a productive lifestyle. To be honest, I have always had issues with managing my time efficiently. This problem had become a huge obstacle once I got into college. Thus, attending a lecture that focuses on time management helped me a lot with this problem by introducing me to different aspects related to time management: planning, SMART goals, and important/urgent matrix. Learning to make a specific plan for my daily tasks and make a to-do list to make my day as productive as possible is something very helpful which was advised to me by the instructor of this lecture Mr. Irfan.