Success Coaching and Learning Strategies Workshops

Workshops are a great place to start! Success workshops are interactive and participatory, so you can expect to compose reflections, set new intentions, and draft actionable plans.

All workshops are 50 minutes. No sign-up/RSVP is required to attend. Success workshops are offered on campus in 114 South Hall, in addition to Zoom-based workshops.

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Time Management

Designing a Quarter Calendar

Take control of the quarter system! By identifying project-level assignments and exams early, you will learn how to better manage your workload.

Designing a Weekly Schedule

Learn about time management strategies through designing a weekly calendar or making improvements to an existing schedule. Feel good about your 24 hours, 7 days a week!

Focus and Concentration

Explore ways to increase focus and concentration, including strategies to help you stay on task. You will have a chance to reflect on your common distractions and problem solve.

Task Management

Having trouble juggling competing responsibilities and tasks? Let’s discuss how to strike a better balance through prioritization and to-do lists.

Study Strategies

Communicating with Professors

What are best practices for communicating and building relationships with professors? We will discuss e-mail, office hours, and mentorship.

Take Charge of the Reading

Read to remember! Explore active techniques for engagement and efficiency. We will practice concept mapping as a way to capture and organize the information we read.

Maximizing Lecture

Let’s analyze the role of lecture—expectations, challenges, and opportunities—in our learning. We will discuss strategies to use prior to, during, and after lecture.

Study Smarter, Not Harder

How do you know what you know? How do you prepare for exams? Let’s discuss strategies that can help make study sessions more effective and efficient.

Strategies for Test Taking

How can I become a better test taker? Join us to discuss strategies for maximizing your test grade, including managing test-induced anxiety.

Designing and Delivering Presentations

Presentation skills are useful in and outside the classroom. Come learn techniques for creating an effective presentation, as well as best practices for public speaking.

Your Goals, Your Plans

Goal Setting

Practice using the SMART goal framework to design a goal. We will also explore the power that positive emotion holds in helping us take action toward and achieve our goals.

Thrive Versus Survive

Let’s examine our behaviors and habits to design action plans to strengthen our study system. What’s working, what could be working better?