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Customize your learning experience in our Applied and Professional Studies, Arts and Science, and Education degree programs.
Located within driving distance of Orillia and Barrie, programs include Child and Family Studies, Culture and the Arts, Liberal Arts and teaching options.
Earn a BA (Honours) in Contemporary Studies from Laurier and a BEd from Nipissing as well as practice teach in the Public or Catholic schools near Brantford.
Our annual Summer Transition Program (STP) is a program designed to introduce new students with disabilities to the services and resources available to them at Nipissing University.
For more information regarding the Summer Transition Program please contact:
Haleigh WigginsSummer Transition Program AssistantPhone: 705-474-3450, Ext. 4588Office: A201FEmail: stp@nipissingu.ca
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Note: this schedule is subject to change.
Monday August 29, 2011
Tuesday August 30, 2011
Wednesday August 31, 2011 WELLNESS DAY “It's All About Balance”
Thursday September 1, 2011
Friday September 2, 2011
Accommodations: Rights and Responsibilities: As a person with a disability you are entitled under the Ontario Human Rights Code to academic accommodation specific to your disability-related needs. However, with these rights also come certain responsibilities to your professors, support staff, and fellow students – you need to know!
How We Learn: Let us introduce – your brain! In this seminar we introduce the learning model and demonstrate the various processes involved with learning, such as attention, processing and memory. Understanding how you learn will help you study more effectively.
Academic Integrity: With increased academic freedom and choice comes greater personal responsibility. You need to ensure that your work — from homework to essays to labs — is completed on your own and that resources and sources are properly cited and referenced. Failure to do so results in serious academic censure. Learn how to avoid plagiarism and academic dishonesty.
Essay Writing: It is challenging for many first year students to make the necessary changes to their writing as they transition from high school to post-secondary education. Learn about what to do and what not to do when writing an essay at the university level.
Time: The Key to Success: Recent research indicates that good time management is the most important skill demonstrated by academically successful students. This workshop focuses on academic and life organizational skills such as how to set goals and commit to working towards them to help keep you on track.
How You Learn: In this personalized learning workshop you will complete several learning style, personality and study strategy inventories which will form the basis of your personal learning profile. Understanding your own personal learning preferences can help you choose which learning approaches and strategies may work best for you.
Living at School Panel: From paying for tuition, deciding which courses to take, dealing with homesickness, or your own increased personal freedom, university living presents both new opportunities and new challenges. In this interactive workshop, you will meet a variety of people from different departments around the university, and you will have all of your questions answered.
Academic Skills – Math and Science: Many degrees require students to take a math or science course as part of their requirements, and there are certain aspects with these courses that many students find challenging. This workshop will explain common issues that students have, and will explore ways to get over those hurdles.
Learning & Disabilities: Many disabilities can seriously interfere with the most fundamental learning processes. We will address the challenges presented by learning disabilities, as well as physical, medical, and mental health disabilities to provide you with a better understanding of how to cope with these challenges in the learning environment.
Note Taking: Taking notes in university can be a lot different than what you are used to in high school. In this workshop you will find out tips on how to take good notes in class, how to create effective study notes, and your roles and responsibilities if you have a note taker.
Time Management Tools: Agendas, calendars, electronic schedulers, to-do lists – what are the best time management tools? This workshop will examine many time management strategies and tools including some great free electronic and online resources, such as the Assignment Calculator, which can keep you on track and on time.
Study Skills, Master Notebook, and OneNote: Building upon other workshops, we will introduce learning skills, reading and study techniques to give you the tools you need to survive university learning. The Master Notebook will be presented as a model for organization, planning and time management, and Microsoft Office OneNote will be presented as an alternative way to stay organized.
Technology Workshops: In this workshop we will introduce a variety of adaptive technologies, demonstrate how they work and explain how they help students with their studies. The workshops include an overview of hardware and software such as Kurzweil 3000, textHELP, Dragon Naturally Speaking, and many more! You will have some time to explore the programs yourself, with the guidance of student mentors.
STP Registration form (MS Word 2003 form-fill)
STP Registration form (MS Word 2011 form-fill)
STP Registration form (.pdf)
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