Welcome to the Hot Topic Workshop site. Our mission is to connect students with resources that help them reach their educational, life, and career goals. Workshops are offered throughout the semester covering topics such as time management, test anxiety, and personal development issues. The workshops present information that facilitates learning and student performance. In addition, workshops are offered on topics and concepts presented in the SDV classes for the purpose of review and discussion.
Click here to pre-register or call (540) 857-7583 at least 24 hours prior to the sessions you plan to attend.
All sessions are at 1:00 PM in Webber Hall, Room 307 unless otherwise indicated.
The Spring 2012 brochure and schedule is now available. Click here to download in PDF Format.
Jan 25 |
How to Use Blackboard in Your Courses - Tips and Tricks!* Blackboard is a Web-based course-management system designed to allow students and faculty to participate in online classes or use online materials and activities to complement face–to-face teaching. This workshop will present information about how to use Blackboard to access course features, such as course syllabus, customizing your entry page, downloading course documents, participating in discussion boards, using the new assignment submitting feature and taking online quizzes. |
Feb 1 |
Learning Styles This session will introduce the idea of learning styles, which are your preferred ways of taking in and learning new material. Once you identify your learning style, you can determine how closely it matches the traditional teaching modalities used in higher education. You may need to develop your weaker learning styles and adopt strategies for working in class, studying, and taking exams that maximize your strengths. |
Feb 8 |
Fragments, Run-Ons, and Comma Splices This workshop is appropriate for any student who struggles with sentence structure. It is especially relevant for ENG 01, 03, 07, and 111 students. |
Feb 15 |
Topic Sentences This workshop will provide students with practice in selecting topic sentences for paragraphs. This workshop is geared for students taking ENG 01, ENG 03, and ENG 07. |
Feb 22 |
Organizing Your Study System (with Style) This session will provide helpful tips for efficient, effective study time. It will include finding your motivation for studying, organizing your course materials, using your learning style, and setting up an appropriate workplace, setting and following a study schedule and getting more out of your textbooks. A handout on tips for studying with and around children will be provided. |
Feb 29 |
Dealing with Stress Stress is a part of our daily lives and it affects us all. How do we deal with the pressures? How do we cope with "good" stress and "bad" stress? Come to this Hot Topic as we discuss the "Top Ten Stress Beaters." |
Mar 14 |
APA Style of Documentation This style is used in writing class papers for biology, psychology, criminal justice, and human services. This workshop will enable participants to be able to use the correct parenthetical documentation inside the paper and to create the reference page. |
Mar 21 |
Career Premiere 2012 - Are You Ready? This session will help you prepare for the upcoming career fair on Wednesday, March 28. Career readiness discussion topics will include: resume writing, dressing for success, meeting and greeting employers, selling yourself, interviews, and follow-up protocol. You don't want to miss this session. |
Mar 28 |
Financial Aid Basics There is more to funding a college education than completing the FAFSA. Come to this workshop to learn your rights and responsibilities as financial aid recipients. |
April 4 |
Social Media at Brown Library Come to this session to find out about Brown Library's blog, "In the Stacks," the library's Facebook page, and more! |
April 11 |
Money Management/Budgeting Budgeting can be a challenging undertaking because many people consider the task to be boring and dry. They also believe that budgets are constraining and take too much time to actually create. This workshop is designed to encourage you to: create a spending plan, track your expenses, consider your wants and needs, recognize that money management is about making wise choices, and practice living within your budget. |
April 18 |
Study to the Test Questions This session encourages students to become "test confident." Confident test takers are prepared because they study "to the test questions." Techniques include: creating and following a study schedule for effective recall, dealing with test distractions, time limits and test anxiety, preparing study notes that match your learning style, finding a clearer understanding of what to expect on an exam, recognizing course material as either background or test material. The session includes a handout of test taking tips for different kinds of tests. |
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