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Achieving Success Online, Brick by Brick

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Posted by Mary Beth Erskine on Wed, Feb 27, 2013

To be a successful online student, take advantage of academic resources early in your college career.

We all know what happened to the two little pigs who built their houses out of straw and sticks.

One puff from the big, bad wolf and “poof.”

Gone.

We also know that the third little pig built his house out of bricks.

He understood that a solid foundation would enable him to prevail when the wolf came knocking on his door. So he took a proactive approach. Even though it cost him more time and energy upfront, he believed the investment was worth it.

Be proactive: take advantage of academic resources.

The same principle applies to academic success. Build a firm foundation right from the start, and you’ll be able to withstand the winds of rigorous courses and stand triumphant, degree in hand.

Do that by taking advantage of academic resources early in your college career.

For example, before your first paper is due, do you know the best way to conduct research online? How to tackle one of those intimidatingly long and complex scholarly journals? Or how you can use Turnitin to help sharpen your paraphrasing, quoting, and stylistic skills?

To enable Saint Leo University students to answer “yes” to those questions, psychology faculty member Dr. Shannon Farris created eCOACH Online Learning.

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tCOACH Session Reminder

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tCOACH Session 

Anella Garness:

1/16 8PM – 9PM ET 

1/17 7PM – 8PM ET 

The following link will allow you to log into the session at the scheduled time: tCOACH 

We are here to help you!! 

We look forward to seeing you in a tCOACH session ~ Anella and Travis!!

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Share Your Holiday Greetings with iNKBLOT!

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Tis the season for holiday greetings.  Instead of doing the the boring mass holiday messages that every website does, we are inviting you to connect with the world.  Over the next couple of weeks we are going to post “Holiday Greetings” and “Hopes and Resolutions for the New Year” made entirely from reader submissions.  What we are looking for are videos, audio recordings, photos, written statements, and so on.  The more creative you can be, the better.

Some general guidelines:

  • The message should be a positive one.  
  • Videos should be 1-2 minutes top
  • Limit foul language in any video or audio recordings.
  • When emailing your submission, let us know if it is for the Holiday Greeting section, Hopes and Resolutions for the New Year, or both.

If you have a Holiday greeting or New Year Resolution that you would love to share with the world, send it to us at inkblotsubmission@gmail.com.

 

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Two Free Webinars on July 24 & 26: Using Turnitin & Other Online Resources. Register Today!

eCOACH Online Learning

Do you understand journal articles? Need help with APA or MLA formatting? What makes an effective PowerPoint or Prezi presentation? What’s the best way to use Turnitin and other online resources?ANSWER: As seen on Good Morning America’s Yahoo! NEWS and many other media sources, Dr. Shannon Farris presents eCOACH Online Learning webinar series.

eCOACH Online Learning presents two free webinars:

“Using Turnitin & Other Online Resources”

July 24, from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. ET & July 26, from 8:00 to 9:00 p.m. ET.
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A Look at the Graduating Class of 2012: Esther Garnier (Univ. Campus)

Saint Leo seniors share their plans for life after graduation:

Saint Leo University Campus student Esther Garnier has been accepted into the Nova Southeastern University‘s M.S. Mental Health Counseling Program in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

Congrats!!

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The Last Bastion: Religious Exclusion and the Invisible Minority

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It’s no surprise that our political polarization should break along religious lines, with Fundamentalist Christians, Jews, and Muslims and many Catholics gathering right, while more open-minded faith communities lean left. This is not new. Throughout history, hard times have brought out extremists of all kinds, with one side attributing our troubles to the “wrath of God” and the other disparaging those who oppose progress as Luddites and haters. Yet just because it’s so doesn’t mean it’s right. From both a religious and psychological perspective, this relentless battering takes its toll on our personal beliefs as well as our social values and mandates.

It is unhealthy, unproductive, and—okay, I’ll say it—unacceptable.

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Hypnosis “Jedi” style!

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In Star Wars, the Jedi were able to influence and control the minds of others by making use of the mysterious “Jedi mind trick.” What if you could move people in any direction using only the power of your words? What if this power was real? What if others knew about and used this power to manipulate the decisions you and the rest of mankind make every day? It sounds far too futuristic to be possible. However, that technology may be more real than you think. (more…)

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More Dads Staying at Home than Ever!

BabyCenter just released data about stay-at-home dads and their increased “job” satisfaction. According to BabyCenter’s research:

  1. 2 million dads are the primary caregivers;
  2. 61% of dads surveyed said that raising their kids is the best job they could ever have;
  3. 71% report being closer than ever to their spouse; and,
  4. 32% enjoy their stay-at-home lifestyle enough to consider maintaining it indefinitely.

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Household chores leads to psychological distress, study suggests.

Inequality of household chores leads to psychological distress.
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A new study discovers that when women are responsible for a majority of the household chores, they often perceive socioeconomic and gender inequality in the relationship with their partner which can lead to psychological distress. (more…)

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(VIDEO) 1 in 5 ‘Sexting’ like Politicians. Have we not learned anything?

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Since the Anthony Weiner’s Twitter scandal last year, there’s wasnt’ much attention on sexting. However, a recent poll suggests  that you don’t have to be like politician to ‘sext’ like one.  According the Crisis Intervention Center, ”sexting is a term coined (more…)

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