Category Archives: Personal Enrichment

These are workshops geared toward helping students balance, prioritize and navigate their college and home lives. Examples of workshops are Managing your Relationships, Coping with Procrastination, and balancing time on the internet!

Managing Relations

On Thursday October 8, I attended a personal enrichment workshop on Managing relationships. This workshop was designed to tell people the importance of staying in touch with people close to you such as parents and relatives. One thing that I … Continue reading

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Suicide Prevention

On November 19th I attended the Suicide Prevention workshop, which consisted of a student made  30 minute documentary about the dangers of depression and suicide. This was a very powerful workshop in my opinion because it did not simply give … Continue reading

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Conflict Mediation Workshop

On Thursday, November 12th, 2009, I attended a workshop entitled “Conflict Mediation.” The workshop began with very basic questions like why problems occur and how we react to them. One clever gentleman at the workshop cited that conflicts occur because … Continue reading

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Suicide Prevention Awareness

This workshop consisted of a video and a class discussion. The video is an original work that college sudents created in order to reveal what suicide is, how depression leads to suicide and how one can take action to prevent … Continue reading

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Suicide Prevention

On November 19 I attended my last workshop called Sucide Prevention in room 3-195 at 1:00. We were shown a short video that a few students made to honor students that had died from suicide and to help raise awareness of suicide so that … Continue reading

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Suicide prevention

On November 19 2009, I attended a suicide prevention workshop. This workshop was created since it was suicide prevention week, it taught us the importance of helping people that want to commit suicide. At the beginning of the workshop the … Continue reading

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Managing Relationships

On October 8, 2009, I attended a workshop called Managing Relationships. This was by far the best workshop that I had attended. We were lectured on how to handle the many relationships that we encounter during college. I was able … Continue reading

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Study Abroad Fair

Immediately following the freshmen reception, me and my friends went to the library to print something out.  Once we got into the library building, we saw a sign in the lobby that caught our eyes.  It was a sign for … Continue reading

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Avon Breast Cancer Walk

On Sunday October 11th, we went out and cheered on the people participating in the Avon Breast Cancer walk. Although it was a rather cold morning the experience was very rewarding because we went out and supported a worthy cause … Continue reading

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Managing Relationships

On October 8, 2009, I attended a personal enrichment workshop on managing relationships in room 1-107 at the Vertical Campus from 12:30 to 2:00 p.m. This workshop is held with the purpose to assist college freshmen to transit to their … Continue reading

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