Journey Success Center Workshops

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Summer Workshop Series on Wednesday nights (5:30-7:00pm)

July 9th - A BALANSE-d Approach to College Life — Introduces Journey’s BALANSE model  which will lead you through the seven most impactful elements of being an undergraduate student, including meeting people, college-level academic skills, planning for the future, cultivating physical and mental well-being, and managing your finances.

July 16th - Systems of Success — This workshop will assist you to build time management systems using research-based approaches and systems thinking to management all the activities you want to be involved with, reduce stress, and increase intentionality.

July 23rd - Note-taking and Note-making — What do you do before, during, and after class (especially in larger lecture courses and challenging courses). This workshop will equip you with evidence-based methods to prepare for class, make use of class time, and effectively prepare for exams.

July 30th - Task and Communication Management — Builds on earlier workshops to develop effective task systems and communication strategies for academic life, including long-term project management and how to effectively use the communications systems including email and course management programs.

Throughout the month of July, on Wednesday nights, the Journey Success Center will be offering a series of workshops. In these workshops, you’ll work collaboratively to learn research-based methods for creating successful systems.

On Wednesday, July 9, we’ll dive into the BALANSE model of student success and look at the different dimensions and how they relate to your life and goals.

Then, on July 16, there’s a workshop on time management, where we’ll explore methods and technology to help you keep track of your courses and the other activities you’re involved with.

On July 23, there’s a special workshop on how to prepare for class, what to do during class, and what to do after class in order to do well in your courses—especially in larger lecture-style courses that you might not be as familiar with.

And finally, on July 30, the workshop is on task and communication management. University courses often include long-term projects and use a number of different communication tools and systems to communicate with students. In this workshop, we’ll explore how to break those assignments down into manageable parts and how to navigate all those systems of communication—like email and Canvas—so they aren’t overwhelming and you don’t miss anything.

All of these workshops are free and open to all Penn State students, but they were designed with College of Education students in mind.

There is no need for you to figure all this out on your own.

These systems can help you throughout your college journey.

You can attend any or all of these workshops.

The registration forms for each of the workshops are on the Journey Success Center website, so bookmark the site now.

They’re also a great way to meet some of your College of Education peers and connect with others in the college.

Register:

Scan the QR code above or click here to view the Registration form.