Scroll thru the college themed books, take a coloring break, and/or check out some of the book and/or movie recs at the Circulation Desk!
Call #: LB 2343.32 .N57 2011
Summary: An updated and expanded edition of a college survival primer by two college professors shares essential advice and strategies on topics ranging from stress management and test preparation to staying motivated and balancing academics with a social life.
Call #: TX 833.5 .K83 2014
Summary: The book comprises 75 recipes that college students can make (and customize) on the fly, using only the ingredients and equipment found in a dining hall. Summary source
Call #: LB 2343.3 .A55 2003
Summary:
Benefit from their wisdom...
All roommates are weird. The key is realizing that your roommate is weird...and deciding to get along with her anyway"
-- Senior, Biology, Seattle Pacific University
...and learn from their mistakes:
After a semester of eating in the dining hall, I quickly learned to steer clear of anything with "medley," "hash," or "casserole" in the name; anything "over rice;" and meat with gray sauce.
-- Senior, Biology, Oberlin College
I regret not changing my major. I thought I had to know what I wanted to do when I got to college, so I stuck with it even though I wasn't satisfied...
-- Senior, Film, Northwestern University
Call #: LB 2328 .C77 2011
Summary: From the Publisher: They're not the students strolling across the bucolic liberal arts campuses where their grandfathers played football. They are first-generation college students-children of immigrants and blue-collar workers-who know that their hopes for success hinge on a degree. But college is expensive, unfamiliar, and intimidating. Inexperienced students expect tough classes and demanding, remote faculty. They may not know what an assignment means, what a score indicates, or that a single grade is not a definitive measure of ability. And they certainly don't feel entitled to be there. They do not presume success, and if they have a problem, they don't expect to receive help or even a second chance.
Rebecca D. Cox draws on five years of interviews and observations at community colleges. She shows how students and their instructors misunderstand and ultimately fail one another, despite good intentions. Most memorably, she describes how easily students can feel defeated-by their real-world responsibilities and by the demands of college - and come to conclude that they just don't belong there after all. Eye-opening even for experienced faculty and administrators, "The College Fear Factor" reveals how the traditional college culture can actually pose obstacles to students' success, and suggests strategies for effectively explaining academic expectations.
Call #: LC191.94 .D58 2008
Summary: "The Diversity Challenge" - the largest and most comprehensive study to date on college campus diversity - synthesizes over five years' worth of research by an interdisciplinary team of experts to explore how a highly diverse environment and policies that promote cultural diversity affect social relations, identity formation and a variety of racial and political attitudes. The result is a case study of the ways in which individuals grow and groups interact in a world where ethnic and racial difference is the norm."--Jacket.
Call #: LC 1756 .P47 2006
Summary: From her first appearance in the mid-nineteenth century, when the age-old conflict over educating women was finally laid to rest, the college girl has attracted criticism, advice, and regulation from her elders--not to mention some enduring images in popular culture. Is she a geek in glasses? Or a sex kitten in a teddy? This book brings together women's history and popular culture in a readable blend of information, insight and humor, peppered with photographs and other femoribilia from the turn of the twentieth century through the 1970s.--From publisher description.
Call #: RC 553.A88 P356 2006
Summary: "Realizing the College Dream with Autism or Asperger Syndrome" is both a practical and a personal account of one ASD student's successful experience of going to college.
This accessible book focuses on how to get there and stay there: deciding to go, how to get in and how to get the most out of it. Ann Palmer advises parents and professionals how to prepare the student for the transition from school and home life to a new environment and educational challenge, and how to support them through potential problems such as academic pressure, living away from home, social integration and appropriate levels of participation in college. She offers helpful strategies that will encourage and inspire parents and students and show that college can be a suitable option for students with an autism spectrum disorder, as well as the basis for a successful independent life later.
This book is essential reading for any parent considering college as an option for their child, disability service providers in colleges and for ASD students themselves. Summary source
Call #: LB 2343 .S45 2016
Summary: "From the bestselling author of "College Unbound" comes a hopeful, inspiring blueprint to help alleviate parents' anxiety and prepare their college-educated child to successfully land a good job after graduation. Saddled with thousands of dollars of debt, today's college students are graduating into an uncertain job market that is leaving them financially dependent on their parents for years to come--a reality that has left moms and dads wondering: What did I pay all that money for?
"There Is Life After College" offers students, parents, and even recent graduates the practical advice and insight they need to jumpstart their careers. Education expert Jeffrey Selingo answers key questions--Why is the transition to post-college life so difficult for many recent graduates? How can graduates market themselves to employers that are reluctant to provide on-the-job training? What can institutions and individuals do to end the current educational and economic stalemate?--and offers a practical step-by-step plan every young professional can follow. From the end of high school through college graduation, he lays out exactly what students need to do to acquire the skills companies want. Full of tips, advice, and insight, this wise, practical guide will help every student, no matter their major or degree, find real employment--and give their parents some peace of mind"-- Provided by publisher.
Call #: LB 2343.32 .H68 2010
Summary: "How to Survive Your Freshman Year" offers incoming college freshmen the experience, advice, and wisdom of their peers: hundreds of other students who have survived their first year of college and have something interesting to say about it. Based on interviews with hundreds of college students at every type of higher-learning institution across the country, this book has insights on every aspect of college life, including, what to take to the dorm, living with roommates, Facebook and other social networks, extracurricular activities, choosing classes, studying, going abroad, finances, food, the social scene, doing laundry, staying in touch with friends and family, and much more. Highly readable, much of the book consists of short snippets with some interesting insight and advice from the college students interviewed. The book also includes expert input from college advisors and officers.
