Download or read book The Real Freshman Handbook written by Jennifer Hanson and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2002 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides advice from twelve college students on how to survive freshman year, discussing roommates, course selection, money, health, jobs, sex, drinking, and other issues.
Download or read book The Freshman Survival Guide written by Nora Bradbury-Haehl and published by Center Street. This book was released on 2024-03-26 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A completely revised and updated values-based guide to navigating the first year of college that speaks to college students in their own language and offers practical tools that readers need to keep from drinking, sleeping, or skipping their way out of college. In the four years since its initial publication, The Freshman Survival Guide has helped thousands of first year students make a successful transition to college life. However, much has changed on campuses. The explosion of technology, ubiquity of social media, and culture changes have all added new layers of complexity to the leap from high school to college. The Freshman Survival Guide's updated edition features new research and advice on issues such as mental health, sexual assault, and finding balance. It also features expanded sections on dating, money management, and an increased focus on how the over 1.5 million incoming freshman can prepare themselves for the biggest change they've encountered in their lives: heading off to college.
Download or read book How to Survive Your Freshman Year written by Frances Northcutt and published by Hundreds of Heads Books, LLC. This book was released on 2013 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now revised and updated, this guide offers incoming college freshmen the experience, advice, and wisdom of their peers: hundreds of other students who have survived their first year of college and have something interesting to say about it.
Download or read book The Real High School Handbook written by Susan Abel Lieberman and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1997 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to getting through high school and deciding what will come next, providing information about courses, grades, testing, communicating with teachers, and postgraduation options.
Download or read book The Freshman written by Monica Murphy and published by Em Publishing. This book was released on 2022-08-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I started flirting with a guy while waiting for my car to be serviced. Now granted, he wasn't just any guy. Tall. Dark. Hot. Mysterious. Can you blame me for wanting to talk to him? He's in town visiting his parents. So am I. He goes to the same college as I do. Such a coincidence. Almost as if our meeting is destined... But I shouldn't believe in that sort of thing. I am single as a Pringle and always ready to mingle. Until I keep running into Mr. Tall, Dark and Mysterious everywhere I go. Tony Sorrento. Turns out he's on the football team. I mean, I'm not one to chase after a sexy jock but, okay. I'm down. And did I mention he's only a freshman? Our fathers are business rivals, and they forbid us from dating. We need to keep this on the low. Can we remain friendly? Sure. Maybe turn our friendship into friends with benefits? Most definitely. Here's the thing though. I didn't plan on catching feelings for him so quickly. Seems like he's falling pretty hard for me too. Defying our fathers' wishes is only asking for trouble, but is being with Tony worth the risk?
Download or read book The Ultimate College Student Health Handbook written by Jill Grimes and published by Skyhorse. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2021 Gold Medal Florida Authors & Publishers Association Presidents Award: Health Category 2021 Gold Medal Winner of the International Book Award: Health Category 2021 Silver Medal Winner of the Nautilus Award: Health, Healing, Wellness & Vitality 2021 Independent Press Award Distinguished Favorite: Health & Fitness 2021 New York City Big Book Award Distinguished Favorite in the Health & Fitness category 2021 Firebird Speak Up Talk Radio Winner 2021 Readers’ Favorite Gold Medal: Young Adult Nonfiction 2020 Gold Medal Winner of the Literary Titan Award 2020 American Book Fest Best Book Awards Winner: College Guides Consider this College Health 101—an award-winning guide to what students really want (or need) to know about their mental and physical health when they're away from home. College students facing their first illness, accident, or anxiety away from home often flip-flop between wanting to handle it themselves and wishing their parents could swoop in and fix everything. Advice from peers and “Dr. Google” can be questionable.The Ultimate College Student Health Handbook provides accurate, trustworthy, evidence-based medical information (served with a dose of humor) to reduce anxiety and stress and help set appropriate expectations for more than fifty common issues. What if you can’t sleep well (or can’t sleep at all) in your dorm room? What if a pill “gets stuck” in your throat? What if your roommate falls asleep (or passes out) wearing contacts, and wakes up with one painfully stuck? Your friend’s terrible sore throat isn’t Strep or Mono? What else could it be? What should you do for food poisoning? When do you really need X-rays for a sprained ankle or injured toe? What helps severe test anxiety or fear of public speaking? Dr. Jill Grimes has the answer to these questions and many more. Her guidebook is designed to help you: Decide if and when to seek medical help Know what to expect when you get there Plan for the worst-case scenario if you don’t seek help Learn how you can prevent this in the future Realize what you can do right now, before you see a doctor Understand the diagnostic and treatment options Got questions about tattoos, smoking, vaping, pot, and piercings? No worries, Dr. Grimes has covered those topics, too, as well as a few things you might not know about the use and abuse of stimulant (ADD) prescription medications. Pair this book with the DIY First Aid Kit detailed in the bonus section to help you, your roommates, and your friends have a healthier, happier semester!
Download or read book Freshman written by Mark Matlock and published by Th1nk Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The popular youth speaker and author of "Dirty Faith" and "Not of This World" explains to graduating seniors and college freshmen the importance of being wise in all aspects of life.
Download or read book Freshmen written by Tom Ellen and published by Ember. This book was released on 2019-06-18 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A laugh-out-loud, realistic portrayal of a freshman year in college for fans of Emergency Contact, Broad City, and The Bold Type. Getting in is just the beginning. Phoebe can't wait to get to college. On her own, discovering new things, no curfew . . . she'll be free. And she'll be totally different: cooler, prettier, smarter . . . the perfect potential girlfriend. Convenient: the only person from her high school also going to York is her longtime crush, Luke. Luke didn't set out to redefine himself, but as soon as he arrives on campus, he finds himself dumping his long-term long-distance girlfriend. And the changes don't stop there. . . . Just when things start looking up (and Phoebe and Luke start hooking up), drama looms on the horizon. Rumors swirl about the Wall of Shame, a secret text chain run by Luke's soccer team, filled with compromising photos of girls. As the women on campus determine to expose the team and shut down the account, Luke and Phoebe find themselves grappling with confusing feelings and wondering how they'll ever make it through freshman year. "Flirty, bawdy, sloppy, and buckets of fun." --Booklist
Download or read book Challenging and Supporting the First Year Student written by M. Lee Upcraft and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2004-10-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authoritative, comprehensive guide to the first year of college, Challenging and Supporting the First Year Student includes the most current information about the policies, strategies, programs, and services designed to help first-year students make a successful transition to college and fulfill their educational and personal goals.
Download or read book Required Reading for the Disenfranchised Freshman written by Kristen R. Lee and published by Crown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2022-02-01 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A striking debut novel about a college freshman grappling with the challenges of attending an elite university with a disturbing racist history, which may not be as distant as it seems. "A searing debut.” –Entertainment Weekly Savannah Howard thought everyone followed the same checklist to get into Wooddale University: Take the hardest classes Get perfect grades Give up a social life to score a full ride to a top school But now that she’s on campus, it’s clear there’s a different rule book. Take student body president, campus royalty, and racist jerk Lucas Cunningham. It’s no secret money bought his acceptance letter. And he’s not the only one. Savannah tries to keep to head down, but when the statue of the university’s first Black president is vandalized, how can she look away? Someone has to put a stop to the injustice. But will telling the truth about Wooddale’s racist past cost Savannah her own future? First-time novelist Kristen R. Lee delivers a page-turning, thought-provoking story that exposes racism and hypocrisy on college campuses, and champions those who refuse to let it continue.
Download or read book Student Handbook written by Southwestern and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 1672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Student Handbook is designed to provide students with ready access to information, with problem-solving techniques and study skill guides that enable them to utilize the information in the most efficient manner."--Amazon.com
Download or read book Student Services written by John H. Schuh and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-10-19 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in its fifth edition, Student Services: A Handbook for the Profession has been hailed as a classic reference in the field. In this important resource, a new cast of student affairs scholars and practitioners examine the changing context of the student experience in higher education, the evolution of the role of student affairs professionals, and the philosophies, ethics, and theories that guide the practice of student affairs work. The fifth edition covers a broad range of relevant topics including historical roots and development of the profession, philosophies and ethical standards, legal issues, theoretical bases of the profession, organizing and managing student affairs programs, and essential competencies: leadership, multiculturalism, supervision, teaching, counseling and helping skills, advising and consultation, conflict resolution, community development, professionalism, and developing institutional partnerships. It also addresses the future of student affairs practice and how it is informed by student learning outcomes and technology. "The painstakingly thorough coverage of topics important to the profession of student affairs makes this handbook a valuable resource to the scholarly and practice communities of the profession." —John M. Braxton, professor, Higher Education Leadership and Policy Program, Peabody College, Vanderbilt University; editor, Journal of College Student Development "Continues three decades of excellence in providing a comprehensive set of resources that provides firm grounding for the higher education student affairs community in all aspects of our profession." —Michael J. Cuyjet, professor, Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology, University of Louisville "Casts an impressively wide net, thoroughly capturing critical topics and offering a deeply nuanced and technical, yet readily accessible narrative trajectory and study of student affairs in higher education." —Theresa A. Powell, vice president for student affairs, Temple University
Download or read book The Unofficial High School Freshman s Handbook to Success written by Dawn Lucan and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-02 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You are about to start the biggest adventure in your life which is high school. You have many questions. However, you are not finding many answers through your guidance counselor, parents, school district website, or high school handbook. Dawn Lucan will share 16 tips with you regarding high school along with great resources to help you on your new adventure.
Download or read book The Student Loan Handbook for Law Students and Attorneys written by Adam S. Minsky and published by . This book was released on 2016-02-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Photo Student Handbook written by Garin Horner and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2021-08-30 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Photo Student Handbook is a collection of short, easy-to-read chapters filled with expert advice on enhancing image-making skills and launching a career as a professional photographer. Designed to help students grow beyond the technical aspects of photography, this book presents a variety of methods and strategies proven to strengthen visual awareness, engage creative thinking, and deepen the conceptual aspects of image-making. Topics include how to: - improve the ability to see actively - understand light as a main character - cultivate a creative mind - make a standout portfolio - unpack critical theory - find and develop a creative voice. Packed with valuable tips, insights, and advice from over a hundred instructors, professionals, senior students, and experts, this book is engineered to help instructors guide students step-by-step through the methods and strategies needed to achieve creative success both in the classroom and the real world. This book is ideal for intermediate- and advanced-level photography students and instructors alike. Visit the accompanying website www.photostudent.net for extra chapters, exercises, quizzes, and more.
Download or read book Navigating College written by Melody Latimer and published by Autistic Press. This book was released on 2013-07 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leaving high school and going to college is complicated for everyone. But if you're a student on the autism spectrum who is about to enter higher education for the first time, it might be a little bit more complicated for you. Maybe you're worried about getting accommodations, getting places on time, or dealing with sensory issues in a new environment. Maybe you could use some advice on how to stay healthy at school, handle dating and relationships, or talk to your friends and classmates about your disability. Maybe you want to talk to someone who's already dealt with these issues. That's where we come in. Navigating College is an introduction to the college experience from those of us who've been there. The writers and contributors are Autistic adults, and we're giving you the advice that we wish someone could have given us when we headed off to college. We wish we could sit down and have a chat with each of you, to share our experiences and answer your questions. But since we can't teleport, and some of us have trouble meeting new people, this book is the next best thing. So as you go back to school, check out a copy of Navigating College for yourself or your loved one. We ve done this all before--let us help you out.
Download or read book Your Freshman Is Off to College written by Ed D Laurie L Hazard and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-19 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your Freshman is Off to College offers a handy month-by month guide for parents as the first year of college naturally unfolds. This book, dealing with serious topics, reflects a fun, informative look at the first year for parents of new college students, making "tongue-in-cheek" connections between a child's first months of life to this newest important stage of development - freshman year. Early Praise for Your Freshman is Off to College "As the parent of a brand-new college freshman, I am thrilled to have received Your Freshman Is Off to College. The fears and anxiety of dropping off my child are gone after reading this book, which provides realistic scenarios, advice and problem solving solutions. It is organized, informative and on target, addressing many facets of college life. The month-by-month timeline and 'real-time' advice is essential insight into where my child is at in each stage, and how/when/if to help. This book has helped me to help my child help himself." -Shannon McAloon Merkler of Belmar, NJ, parent of a college freshman "This book is a must read for every parent and family member of a college-bound student. It is helpful, witty and engaging. Hazard and Carter provide excellent insight on how families can assist their student successfully navigate the transition into college and throughout the first year." -Krystal L. Ristaino, expert in university parent and family relations "Hazard and Carter have taken an adolescent development approach to help parents understand what's happening to their sons and daughters when they begin their college careers. With humor and compassion, the writers describe a variety of scenarios and offer important insights to parents. A highly instructive manual, it offers guidance to parents to help them transition from a hovering role to one that truly supports their young adult in the best and most productive ways possible. The authors' collective wisdom provides parents with the tools they need to facilitate their sons' and daughters' successful transition from high school to college." -Toby Simon, Former Vice President of Student Affairs, Marymount Manhattan College and Associate Dean of Student Life, Brown University
