Student Success Workshops
The Spring 2025 Student Success Workshop Series is offered in collaboration with Counseling Services. Sessions facilitated by Counselor Katie Tokunaga are noted below.
*Register by clicking on the name of the session. Registration links will be available soon.
January 16
11 a.m. | Starting Your Semester Strong & Syllabus Mapping 101
January 21
11:30 a.m. | Adjusting to College Change | Facilitated by Katie Tokunaga, Counseling Services
Being in college comes with change whether we like it or not. Small or large it’s scary and can hinder our academic and mental status. In this workshop we will discuss these fears and what to do when they arise.
January 23
11 a.m. | Time and Behavior Management Strategies for Success
January 28
11:30 a.m. | Providing Ourselves with Structure | Facilitated by Katie Tokunaga, Counseling Services
We can plan to have a schedule for the year that we want to follow, but somehow life has it’s way to get in the way of being able to follow this schedule. In this workshop we will learn how to be
January 30
11 a.m. | Active Reading + Learning Strategies
February 4
11 a.m. | Concentration/Distractions & Effective Study Sessions
February 6
Symposium on Inclusive Excellence
February 11
11 a.m. | Navigating Numbers: Your Roadmap to Quantitative Success
Unlock your potential in math, statistics, and data-driven courses! This high-impact workshop will change how college students approach challenging quantitative subjects. Designed to help students overcome quantitative anxiety and build confidence, students will be given tools and tricks to master study techniques for comple analytical courses, learn problem-solving methods that translate across disciplines, and develop a winning mindset for approaching this material in college and beyond.
February 13
11 a.m. | Learning from Past Exams & Normalizing Failure
February 18
11:30 a.m. | Checking in with Ourselves | Facilitated by Katie Tokunaga, Counseling Services
Productive work doesn’t get done when you’re in a bad mood/mental state. In this workshop we will be going over how to take a step back from our situations, taking a breathe, and assess what the next steps need to be
February 20
11 a.m. | Mind over Circumstances: Building Resilient Motivation by Strengthening your Internal Locus of Control
February 25
11:30 a.m. | Creating Healthy Boundaries | Facilitated by Katie Tokunaga, Counseling Services
Self-Success comes with needing to put up some boundaries along the way. Boundaries are meant to protect yourself not deflect everyone away from you. In the workshop we will go over what “healthy boundaries” are.
February 27
11 a.m. | Mid-Semester Check-in: What’s Working and What’s Not? Be prepared to work smarter, not harder.
March 11
11 a.m. | Turn Stress Into Success
March 13
11 a.m. | Time and Behavior Management Strategies for Success
March 18
11:30 a.m. | Dealing with Our Stress Storm | Facilitated by Katie Tokunaga, Counseling Services
Around mid-terms/testing time, it feels like there’s not enough time to study or complete all these assignments the professors assign all at once and we don’t know where to start. In this workshop we will focus on how to manage our stress.
March 20
11 a.m. | Pushing Past Procrastination
March 25
11:30 a.m. | Finding Self-Compassion | Facilitated by Katie Tokunaga, Counseling Services
Our negative self-talk can get the best of us, es[ecially around the time we get test results back. In this workshop we will focus on thought stopping/identifying and how to replace them with positive thoughts.
April 1
Advising Day/Career Fair
April 3
11 a.m. | Pre-Advising Session
April 8
11 a.m. | Pre-Advising Session
April 10
11 a.m. | Staying Motivated: Finish Strong
April 15
11:30 a.m. | Perfectionism Monster | Facilitated by Katie Tokunaga, Counseling Services
For some of us our natural drive is to be perfect, have high expectations for ourselves, and push ourselves to work hard. However, this habit can turn into a ugly monster. In this workshop we will focus on how to manage this mindset.
April 22
11:30 a.m. | Productive Self-care | Facilitated by Katie Tokunaga, Counseling Services
Finals week is right around the corner. Some of our ideas of self-care are”bed-rot time” or that self-care is unproductive/procrastinating. In this workshop we will talk about what self-care is and looks like.
April 24
11 a.m. | Finals Prep