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January 2017 Student Support Services/TRIO

University of Mary

WELCOME BACK!

Student Support Services/TRIO is excited to welcome you back for Spring 2017. The entire SSS/TRIO staff hopes you had a great Christmas break and we are looking forward to meeting with each and every one of you to hear your stories and adventures! Stop in to share, say hi, and let us know your plans for the semester.

Life After Winter Break—

How to Stay Motivated Winter break was fun while it lasted. Whether you were ready to escape your family and head back to college or you never wanted your vacation to end, all college students must face the fact that classes are back in session. Sleeping in, home cooking and hanging with the family—all are the positives that come with winter break. When the luster of all that starts to fade, you know it is time to pack up and head back to the dorms. Here are some valua-ble life hacks for paving your way back to college from winter break.

Establish a routine. “It may be difficult to adjust to a new class schedule, but try your best to keep your body balanced by waking up, eating, and exercising around the same time every day,” Kaitlyn Taylor wrote in “how to Get Back on Track After Winter Break” for college helper.com.

Eat right. Sticking with or renewing your efforts to consume a well-balanced diet, light on the junk food, heavy on the fruits and veggies, will help you stay healthy and focused in class.

Keep moving. Sure it may be cold outside, but make sure you keep up with your exercise routine. It will help you combat stress.

Have some goals. Think about what you would like to accomplish this semester. Maybe bumping up your GPA? Joining a campus group? Cutting back to one coffee a day?

Check the socializing. You’ve missed all your friends, but know when you have caught up enough, and don’t let yourself get behind in your classes because of too much socializing.

Winter weather gear. Don’t forget to bring some clothes for colder tem-peratures.

Gifts and gift cards. Did you get some cool gifts for Christmas? Don’t forget to pack them to take back with you. Same with any gift cards you received. If you don’t have them, you can’t use them.

Adapted from: http://blog.cengagebrain.com/blog/2015/01/life-hacks-going-back-college-winter-break/

DIRECTOR’S CORNER

It’s been fun to see stu-

dents bustling in the hall-

ways again! I hope you’re

all ready to begin the se-

mester with a positive atti-

tude and optimism that

you’re getting closer to your

degree goals.

We are excited that many

of you submitted Supple-

mental Grant applications

and essays. We should soon

have award information for

those recipients as well as

students who qualified for

the Book and Merit Awards.

Watch your emails for more

information.

—Brenda Nottestad

"Intelligence plus character--that is the goal of true education” —Martin Luther King Jr.

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT

TRIO student Kaytlin Lawrence is excited to be working with Strong Heart, the Missouri Breaks Industry Research Inc. Missouri Breaks Indus-tries is a small Indian-owned medical firm located on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation in South Dakota.

It is the mission of Missouri Breaks Industries to promote research as a tool that will create the opportunity for communities and individuals to choose a healthier quality of life through support, personal involve-

ment, education, self-disclosure, and connectedness to rural, tribal, scien-tific, medical, and psychological communities at large. Kaytlin was looking for funding for a research project about Native American preg-nant women. Her research project has been approved and she has be-gun work on this project.

The Strong Heart Study has made a significant contribution to the identi-fication of the health disparities of American Indians.

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Kaytlin Lawrence

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE DECEMBER

SSS/TRIO GRADUATES

IMPORTANT

SPRING

DATES

Jan. 23: Last Day to Add a

Spring Course or Directed

Study

Jan. 21: Last Day to Drop a

Spring Course With No Rec-

ord

Feb. 3: Fall Term Incom-

pletes Due

Feb. 20: No School, Presi-

dent’s Day

Mar. 3: Midterm Ends

Mar. 2-5: Spring Break

Mar. 6: Classes Resume

Mar. 13: Online Registration

for Summer & Fall Terms

Mar. 24: Last Day to Drop

with W for Spring Semester

Apr. 14: Last Day to Drop

with WP/WF for Spring Se-

mester

Apr. 13-17: Easter Vacation

Apr. 18: Classes Resume

Apr. 21: Last Day of Spring

Semester Classes

Apr. 24-27: Semester Exams

Apr. 29: Commencement

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LANSON BARTLETT

Major

University Studies

Minors

Psychology and Coaching

MERNA DOURI

Double Major

Business Administration

Healthcare Administration

“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to suc-ceed is always to try just one more time” —Thomas A. Edison

UPCOMING WORKSHOPS

TUTORING SCHEDULE

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