Familiarize yourself with your Syllabus
Understand what your professors expect out of you for your classes, and look over major deadlines.
Attend the Using Your Syllabus for Success workshop on Thursday, September 15, 2021, 1-2pm: The syllabus is your guide to understanding your professor’s expectations throughout the semester, but it contains much more than deadlines and contact information. Your roadmap to success in your courses is the syllabus. In this workshop, we will learn how to use the information from the syllabus to achieve the best possible outcomes in all of your classes this semester.
Create connections with your faculty members
- Introduce yourself after class or by email, ask questions, and be engaged! Especially in this virtual world, it’s easy to see who is paying attention, active in class, and who is distracted or falling asleep.
- Faculty often know about resources around campus and can serve as future references.
Create connections with classmates!
- Introduce yourself to classmates! Send them an email or message in blackboard. Having a classmate to reach out with questions or just to review assignments with can be a huge help.
- See if others in your classes would be interested in creating study groups — they’re a great way to meet other students and stay motivated.
