Don’t forget the invitation to the Southern Studies tent beside the Grove—here outside Barnard Observatory—tomorrow, Saturday, September 1 (two hours before the game). Free food, fabulous live music, and new friends await!
You’re also invited to the tent for these other games so save these dates:
9/1 – Central Arkansas
10/6 – Texas A&M
11/10 – Vanderbilt
11/24 – Mississippi State
Ken Sufka, a University of Mississippi professor of psychology and pharmacology, has nine tips for students in his book, The A Game: Nine Steps to Better Grades. His book shows students that studying in college is not the same as studying in high school.
“For the past two years, we have distributed The A Game to all incoming Provost Scholars,” said Associate Provost Noel Wilkin. “The sensible and useful strategies are important for all students, even those who have been successful in high school. College is a different learning environment than high school and these easy-to-implement tools will be helpful to students who want to be successful in college.”
Sufka wrote the book in order to compile the information he had been giving students for years into a convenient form.
“I saw that students had truly horrible habits in preparing for class or exams, or some had habits that might have been successful in high school, but they weren’t working in college,” said Sufka. “I’ve seen huge gains in exam scores, and I’ve seen grades go from D’s and F’s to A’s and B’s.”
Class Thursday, August 30 will meet at the UM Career Center at 303 Martindale Center for a tour and presentation.
FEDEX RECRUITING TEAM OFFERS RESUME ADVICE, Wednesday, September 12, 4:30 PM
Fedex is sending their top recruiters to UM to teach students how to build a HIGHLY COMPETITIVE resume on September 12 in Connor Hall Room 111 at 4:30 PM. BLCOOPER@OLEMISS.EDU
STUDY ABROAD FAIR, Thursday, September 13,10:00 AM – 2:00 PM, in the Union. Study Abroad Office, 662-915-1508, blair@olemiss.edu
CAREER DAY, October 3, 1-4 PM, The Inn at Ole Miss, To register for an event, visit www.HireOleMissRebs.com and select employer login. If you do not have a login, Click Here to Register. If you have questions regarding an event or event registration for an event please contact Dr. Casey Cockrell at 662-915-7174.
CAREER CENTER INTERNSHIP FAIR, October 31, 1-4 PM, The Inn at Ole Miss, To register for an event, visit www.HireOleMissRebs.com and select employer login. If you do not have a login, Click Here to Register. If you have questions regarding an event or event registration for an event please contact Dr. Casey Cockrell at 662-915-7174.
So enjoyed meeting everyone this afternoon and look forward to seeing you at Freshman Convocation Thursday, August 23 at the Tad Smith Coliseum. Please arrive between 6:30 PM and 6:45 PM by the main entrance to pick up your ticket.
Just noticed this Common Reading Experience Essay Contest with a chance to win $150 from the Center for Writing and Rhetoric. Your EDHE 105 class assignment of 100 words about Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter author Tom Franklin‘s Freshman Convocation speech due to be submitted by midnight next Thursday, August 30 could be the first part of the 1,000 word essay required for the contest (it must be emailed to cwr@olemiss.edu no later than Friday, October 12. 2012).
Another invitation for Thursday! Learn about volunteer opportunities—and fulfill a class requirement—at the Service Organization Fair August 23 from 11 AM to 1 PM in the Ole Miss Union Lobby. Nearly 40 local organizations are registered to participate. You’ll receive a paper survey with additional information about the fair to tear off and turn in during class as proof of your attendance.
To keep up with other happenings and news, like the College of Liberal Arts on Facebook and follow us on Twitter @umlibarts.
Register for Rebel Run via your myOleMiss portal.
Please email your name suggestions to replace “Section 74” for this class blog. Also, email photos of events or college life that you take this semester and I’ll include them on the blog.
Don’t hesitate to contact me if you have questions about the assignments or anything else.
Enjoy your first week of college—and write about it somewhere—a piece of paper or a blog!!
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