BALANCE is an acronym for
Being an Active Learner Among New College Experiences.
This is a series of free workshops, held every week during non–class times, that teach new students how to successfully "balance" the multitude of components of life as a university student including:
- Writing quality papers
- Successfully interacting with professors
- Managing time and stress
- Effectively taking notes and tests
- Competently reading textbooks
- Budgeting and using credit cards wisely
- Choosing a major
ESU's BALANCE program has been nationally recognized for the past 5 years as a "Best College Character Program" for first-year students by the Journal of College and Character.
All sessions are held in Stroud Hall, room 113, unless otherwise noted below.
| TITLE | DATE | TIME |
| January |
| "Rules of Engagement:" Managing Time and Stress in University Life |
29 |
10:00 - 10:50 AM |
| Get Your "Extreme Makeover" Improve Your Application and Presentations Skills for Scholarships, Honors, Awards, and Positions |
29 |
11:00 - 11:50 AM |
| February |
| Good Grades: Bag'em, Tag'em, and Take'em Home |
5 |
10:00 - 10:50 AM (Stroud 104) |
| Do Your Professors' Lectures "Stikwitu"? So Don'tcha Worry About Your Test Taking Skills |
5 |
11:00 - 11:50 AM (Stroud 104) |
| Note-Taking for Dummies and for You! |
5 |
7:00 - 7:50 PM (Stroud 104) |
| Sex & Chocolate: The Sweet & Bittersweet Aspects of Sexual Practice & STI's |
12 |
10:00 - 10:50 AM |
| It's Major! |
12 |
11:00 - 11:50 AM (Career Services, Top Level, University Center) |
| Who's Watching You Now? What You Neeed to Know About Facebook and Other Online Communities |
12 |
7:00 - 7:50 PM |
| Malice In Wonderland |
26 |
11:00 - 11:50 AM |
| March |
| Not So Trivial Persuit: Being a Student of Character |
4 |
10:00 - 10:50 AM |
| "Hung Up, Time Goes By So Slowly"...When You're Reading a Textbook? |
4 |
7:00 - 7:50 PM |
| You Make the Difference! Diversity and it's Impact on You! |
25 |
10:00 - 10:50 AM |
| April |
| Craving the Rave! Club Drugs and You |
8 |
10:00 - 10:50 AM |
| Get a Life! A University Life... Motivation is the Key... Find Yours! |
15 |
10:00 - 10:50 AM |
| Money Matter$! $tudent$, Prudence, Credit, and Ca$h |
15 |
11:00 - 11:50 AM |
| Romancing the Stoned |
15 |
7:00 - 7:50 PM |
DOOR PRIZES WILL BE PROVIDED!
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