Ferris State University Resources
Ferris State University Seminar (FSUS)
- Facilitating a smooth transition into college life
- Supporting personal wellness and responsibility
- Utilizing academic and personal support services
- Strategizing for academic success
COVID-19 and Virtual Student Resources
- ALC Tutor Strategies for Virtual Course Success
- Virtual Student Success Speaker Series: Spring 2020
- Tips for Students: Learning and Thriving in Quarantine
- Sleep Guidelines During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Goal Setting, Motivation, Time Management, and Environmental Control
- Ten Ways to Reduce Math Anxiety
- Reducing Test Anxiety
- APPS: Resources for Academic Support
Searching the universe for tools to optimize your academic life: http://iapps.web.unc.edu/
- Creating S.M.A.R.T. Goals for Academic Success
You stand a greater chance of achieving your goals if they are Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Tangible. Consult the following resources for more information: https://www.mindtools.com/page6.html (as found at MindTools.com)
- Motivation and Will
The link below provides a motivation quiz, as well as suggestions for getting back on track (as found on the web page HowToStudy.org coordinated by Lucy Tribble MacDonald): http://www.howtostudy.org/resources_skill.php?id=4
- Overcoming Procrastination
From the University of Illinois Counseling Center:
http://counselingcenter.illinois.edu/brochures/overcoming-procrastination - Practical strategies for preventing procrastination from the University of Texas-Dallas
Counseling Center: https://www.utdallas.edu/counseling/procrastination/
- Guidelines to Better Time Management
A questionnaire regarding your use of time complete with directions to help you in carrying through your resolve to manage your study time better – from the University Counseling & Consulting Services at the University of Minnesota: Checklist of Time Use Problems
- Perfectionism
Identifies causes of perfectionism and what to do about them – from the Counseling Center at the University of Illinois: http://counselingcenter.illinois.edu/
