Summary: Students Matter
Information for the New College Student
By Chi Chi Okezie Networking is becoming increasing popular on the
collegiate scene and many students are taking advantage of its
valuable benefits. College students are networking at campus social
events, volunteer/community activities, lectures, conferences and
career fairs. College students can also branch out and start to
build social and professional relationships with their business
counterparts [...]
Date Published: Dec 30, 2008 - 10:14 am
By Patrick Austin Community colleges have become a staple of many
areas offering quality college-level courses for people unable to
attend a traditional four-year institution. However, many students
view community college in a negative light. Some believe its a
welcoming area for the mediocre and not good enough. There are
some drawbacks to attending community college, but [...]
Date Published: Nov 12, 2008 - 10:45 pm
By Jennifer McDuffee During recent years, data thieves have
compromised computer systems at a myriad of universities, including
Ohio University, Notre Dame University, Georgetown University,
Western Illinois University and University of Alaska-Fairbanks,
leaving many questioning the vulnerabilities of campus networks,
and challenging college Information Technology (IT) personnel to
find new approaches to securing the personal data [...]
Date Published: Oct 03, 2008 - 6:02 pm
Get more tips: http://www.fafsaonline.com In this video, Financial
Aid Podcast host Christopher Penn discusses 6 tips for filing your
FAFSA for the 2008-2009 financial aid award year, from navigating
the Department of Education web site to paid help. Tune into the
Financial Aid Podcast daily free financial aid internet radio:
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Date Published: Sep 14, 2008 - 2:02 am
This is a video we made for a class in which we interview college
students (mostly) about general science questions. IMPORTANT: The
purpose of this video is not to make people look stupid. Rather, we
wanted to probe how much a rather well-educated group knew about
basic science questions. I believe we [...]
Date Published: Sep 14, 2008 - 2:02 am
This is a video dedicated to the victims and families affected by
the tragedy that occurred on April 16, 2007. Music in Background:
“A call to courage” from Ladder 49 soundtrack Duration : 0:4:54
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Date Published: Sep 03, 2008 - 11:55 am
By Darrell Causey Our modern society is an information based
society and the amount of information being made available is
growing at an alarming rate. It is no longer possible to study
everything your teachers present. If you try to absorb everything,
you will be overwhelmed by information overload and fail. What you
need are strategies or a [...]
Date Published: Aug 18, 2008 - 1:33 am
By Chris Stout The difference between a Zen-like test experience
and an anxiety-ridden test experience is pretty clear. You either
know what youre doing, or you dont. You either have confidence in
you abilities, or you have doubt creeping in and clouding you
response to every question. Test taking doesnt have to be
traumatizing. If you prepare [...]
Date Published: Aug 09, 2008 - 3:41 pm
By Carol Eiseman If you are the parent of an up and coming college
freshman student, you will soon be inundated with mailers for dorm
room shopping. Some will come from the big box stores like Bed,
Bath and Beyond, others will come direct from an “approved” college
service. In addition, your student will have a [...]
Date Published: Aug 08, 2008 - 1:02 pm