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Academic Success Week 2005 Schedule
Monday, Sept 19-Saturday, Sept 24
Academic Success Information Fair
Monday, September 19. Kick off
10 am-2 pm; Stauffer Flint Lawn
Would you like to learn more about academic resources at KU? Learn how to plan for your academic success by attending this fun-filled information fair. Offices participating:
- Freshman-Sophomore Advising Center-Take the Challenge
- KU Libraries
- Writing Center-Basketball Challenge
- University Registrar-Need a Date
- SES
- AAAC
- Student Involvement and Leadership Center
- Student Health Services
Manage Your Time/ Manage Your Life
4:30-5:30 pm; 158 Strong Hall
Do you need to manage your time better? This workshop will address setting goals, managing your time,and conquering procrastination.
Faculty Food for Thought
5-6:30 pm; Mrs. E's
Do you wonder what faculty are like outside the classroom? Do you have questions about academics at KU that you would like to ask faculty informally? Join us during dinner to hear faculty answer common questions students have and get answers to your questions.
SUA Film: Coach Carter
7 pm; Woodruff Auditorium, 5th Floor, Kansas Union
Come enjoy this FREE showing of the film based on famed high school basketball coach Ken Carter! Starring Samuel L. Jackson, this film shares the story of why a high school coach benched his undefeated basketball team until their grades improved.
Tuesday, September 20
10 am-3 pm; Wescoe Beach
University Career Center Screenings and Career Check-ups
The Career Doctors from the University Career Center will be at Wescoe Beach to assess your career wellness. By completing a short career history, our doctors can give you a prescription, which, if followed, can prescribe interventions to get you on the road to full recovery toward career health or give you a "clean bill of career health".
Stop by to get your free check-up!
Speaking to Be Heard: Women in the Classroom
Noon-1 pm; Centennial Room, 6th Floor, Kansas Union
As a woman student, have you ever "clammed up"when you've been called on in class or been "passed over" during discussion? This workshop explores expectations, attitudes and practices that can hamper women's participation and success in the classroom. Through discussion and interactive exercises, participants will explore
communication patterns, commonly-held attitudes and structural issues inhibiting involvement and identify options for speaking up to "be heard".
Developing Your Study Skills
4:30-5:30 pm;158 Strong
Do you need tips on studying? This workshop will provide methods on note taking, studying notes and textbooks, committing information to long-term memory, and more.
Faculty Food for Thought
5-6:30 pm; GSP Corbin/Olliver/Scholarship Halls
Do you wonder what faculty are like outside the classroom? Do you have questions about academics at KU that you would like to ask faculty informally? Join us during dinner to hear faculty answer common questions students have and get answers to your questions.
SUA Speaker: Coach Ken Carter
8 pm; Woodruff Auditorium
When famed high school basketball coach Ken Carter locked his undefeated state play-off bound team out of the gym and sent them to the library, he sent a powerful message on the importance of academic success. Drawing from his personal experiences in pushing student athletes to hit the books rather than depend solely on their athletic potential, Coach Carter scores with hard-hitting advice about accountability, integrity, teamwork, and leadership to succeed both on and off the basketball court.
Wednesday, September 21
18th Annual Wellness Fair
This annual event showcases health and wellness services at KU and in the Lawrence area. Stop by to enjoy the day with wellness tips, giveaways and interactive activities.
10 am-2 pm; Stauffer Flint Lawn
Beyond Google: Using the Libraries' Invisible Web
3:30-5 pm; Anschutz Instruction Classroom, Anschutz Library
3:30-5 pm; Anschutz Instruction Cl. A workshop designed to show students how to find electronic full texts to use for research assignments, papers and projects.
SES Academic Success Bash
4-6 pm; Courtside Room, Burge Union
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Are you a first generation college student? Do you receive financial assistance to attend college? Do you have received financial assistance to attend college? Do you have a disability? If so, this event is for you. Find out all about Supportive Educational Services and have fun in the process. This event will include a variety of activities related to academic success: study skills trivia games, stress reduction exercises, study skills survival kits, and the opportunity to interact with SES advisors and tutors, as well as fellow students. All activities will be focused on helping students achieve academic success at KU.