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Office of Academic Services' Menu Series
Workshop Schedule - Fall 2009
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September
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9/17 Thursday
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Improve Your Time Management |
6:00 |
Library 223 |
| 9/23 Wednesday |
What Type of Student Are You?
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4:00 |
Library 223
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| 9/29 Tuesday |
Note Taking Strategies
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3:00 |
Library 223 |
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October
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| 10/19 Monday |
How to Succeed in DWC
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5:00 |
Moore II |
| 10/26 Monday |
Improve your Time Management |
5:30
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Library 223 |
| 10/28 Wednesday |
Reading to Remember |
4:00 |
Library 223 |
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November
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| 11/4 Wednesday |
Note Taking Strategies |
6:00 |
Library 223 |
| 11/10 Tuesday |
Sharpen Your Memory |
3:00 |
Library 223 |
| 11/16 Monday |
Test Taking Strategies |
6:00 |
Library 223 |
| 11/18 Wednesday |
Public Speaking |
6:00 |
Library 223 |
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December
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| 12/1 Tuesday |
Preparing for Final Exams |
6:00 |
Library 223 |
Note: Date and times may change. Weekly emails will be sent with the most up to date information. If you have any questions, please contact Jill Kopicki at 865-2667.
Academic Skills Workshop Descriptions
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- How To Succeed In D.W.C.: Academic strategies presented by tutors and professors specifically for D.W.C.
- Improving Your Test Taking Strategies: Learn special test taking strategies for each type of test: objective, subjective, and essay
- Improving Your Time Management Strategies: Organize your responsibilities to enhance your productivity
- Improving Your Public Speaking: Learn effective strategies for oral presentations
- Note Taking Strategies: Learn how to improve your note taking abilities
- Preparing for Final Exams: Learn some anxiety management techniques and strategies for final exams
- Reading to Remember: Improve your retention and increase your reading rate
- Sharpen Your Memory: Learn long-term and short-term strategies for using your memory more effectively
- What Type Of Student Are You?: Take a computerized inventory that will assess your academic strengths and weaknesses
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The Writing Center's "Tea Time" Workshop Descriptions
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- Beating the Clock: Writing Essay Exams with Time to Spare: Using the one-hour DWC exam as the primary exam situation, this session offers strategies for managing your time, minimizing your anxiety and performing your best under time constraints.
- How Stylish Are You?:This session offers a variety of activities to help you develop better "sentence sense," improve your sentence variety and spruce up your overall writing style.
- Selling the Sizzle: Crafting Effective Cover Letters:This session, which is co-sponsored by the Writing Center and the Career Center, can help you transform your cover letter from one among many to one among the chosen few .
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To Cite or Not to Cite: Using Research Skillfully and Responsibly: This workshop aims not only to clarify the rules for citing research, but also to help students utilize research more effectively in their own writing. Basic guidelines for some of the more popular documentation styles (i.e., MLA, APA, etc.) will be introduced.
If you have questions, or if you would like to schedule an individual meeting on one or more of these topics, please contact Jill Kopicki, Assistant Director for Academic Skills/Programs, OAS jkopicki@providence.edu
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