Offered by this office:
First-Year Pre-Orientation Program
How to Ace Your Next Test: Keys to Effective Test-Prep and Anxiety-Reduction
Time Management for Highly Effective People
Academic Excellence Workshop
Reading Speed, Comprehension, and Retention Mini-Course
Pre-Orientation Program for First-Year Students
Pre-registration required.
Contact: Dean Card X2158, x2156, or christopher.card@trincoll.edu
Trinity’s Pre-Orientation Programs are elective, early-arrival, small group programs that allow incoming students to meet other new students while exploring a topic of common interest. The Pre-Orientation programs:
- Provide an opportunity for new students to meet and interact with returning students, faculty, and staff members who share their interest
- Offer new students an opportunity to meet key administrators as well as discover resources on campus and in the greater Hartford community that may be important to their success
- Provide an opportunity for students to live and learn in a diverse community To offer students the best opportunity to get to know one another and make the most of this learning experience, program size is limited. Enrollment is available on a first-come, first-served basis. There is a cost for participating in a Pre-Orientation Program. Programs available to entering First-Year students this fall include:
- Camping with a Twist: Science on the Trail
- Community Service Program
- Diversity Orientation: Trinity Style!
- Hartford Parks and Bikes
- Outdoor Orientation Adventure
- Exploring the Arts and Creativity
- Two Days In, On, and Around the Connecticut River
- Spirit of the City The elective Pre-Orientation program occurs before the two-day First-Year Orientation program that is required of all incoming students.
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How to Ace Your Next Test: Keys to Effective Test Preparation and Anxiety-Reduction
Pre-registration required.
When: Dates and times of workshops are circulated via Trinity Exchange at the beginning of each semester.
Contact: Call or e-mail Dean Reuman for details. Dean Reuman x2154, x2156, or ann.reuman@trincoll.edu
Description: This workshop is for anyone who wants to learn effective ways to prepare for exams, to create effective test-taking strategies, and to reduce anxiety about the whole process. In this workshop we will discuss ways to:
- Avoid the top ten test traps.
- Predict test questions.
- Learn ways to boost brain power to increase performance on tests
- Write useful mock exams.
- Develop a 5-day plan to use the time before your exam the most efficiently and use the 24 hours before your exam most effectively.
- Create your own grids to quickly gather and organize your thoughts to respond to an essay question as fully and efficiently as possible.
- Analyze test results so that you learn from mistakes. Workshops will be limited to 15 students and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis, so call Dean Reuman to sign up in advance for one of the workshops offered this spring!
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Time Management for Highly Effective People
Pre-registration required.
When: Dates and times of workshops are circulated via Trinity Exchange at the beginning of each semester.
Contact: Call or e-mail Dean Reuman for details. Dean Reuman x2154, x2156, or ann.reuman@trincoll.edu
Description: This workshop is for anyone who wants to get work done effectively and efficiently and still have time to play.
In this workshop we will discuss ways to:
- Find extra time during the day to complete your work.
- Limit and prioritize daily, weekly, and semester commitments.
- Match types of work to energy levels, improve concentration, and maximize efficiency.
- Multi-task effectively.
- Plan a weekly schedule that maximizes your efficient completion of homework and increases options for free time. Workshops will be limited to 15 students and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis, so call Dean Reuman to sign up in advance for one of the workshops offered this spring!
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Academic Excellence Workshop
Pre-registration required.
When: Dates and times of workshops are circulated via Trinity Exchange at the beginning of each semester.
Contact: Dean Reuman x2154, x2156, or ann.reuman@trincoll.edu
Description: This workshop is for anyone who wants to accelerate his or her learning—a student going on to graduate school as well as a student who simply wants to get better results in his or her academic work in college. In this workshop we will discuss ways to:
- Assess your learning style and mobilize your “multiple intelligences,”
- Negotiate effectively through the maze of academia by building alliances,
- Take effective notes in lectures and on your readings for class,
- Study more efficiently,
- Squeeze more time out of your week and balance multiple commitments,
- Take tests with less anxiety, and
- Get the most out of your brain!
This is a single, one-and-a-half hour workshop. It is free for Trinity students. To facilitate discussion, workshops will be limited to 15 students and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis, so sign up in advance for one of the workshops offered this spring!
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