1. What’s the Deal with Getting it Together During Freshman Year? A Joint Presentation by the Office of Student Support & Family Engagement and GW Libraries

2. What I wish I had known freshman year….  What are two things you learned by the end of your first year that you wish you had known when you arrived on campus?

3. Adjusting to GW  How is college different from high school?  Independence  Accountability – Choose your own adventure  No parents  Advocating for yourself  Taking care of yourself

4. Life as a GW Student  What types of commitments might you have at GW?  Classes and Studying/Homework  Student Organizations  Health and Wellness (grocery shopping, going to the gym, doctor’s appointments)  Jobs  Social Commitments  Community Service  Sports  Sleep!

5. How do you avoid this?

6. Academic Resources: Academic Advisors  How is your academic advisor at GW different from your high school guidance counselor?  When (and why) should you contact your academic advisor?

7. Academic Resources: Faculty Members  Your faculty members are experts in their fields, and want to you to take advantage of their wealth of knowledge  Faculty Guides & Faculty-in-Residence  9 Faculty Guides & 9 Faculty-in-Residence  Goals of the program:  Make faculty more approachable  Show students how to engage with faculty  Demonstrate the value of extracurricular learning

8. Academic Resources: Talking with your professors  Advice from cabinet  When do you go to office hours?  What should you talk about?  What are some tips for emailing a professor?

9. Academic Resources: GW Libraries  Big Picture  Gelman is open 24/7  Yes, you can bring in food!  More than 300 databases and 40,000 electronic journals  Access to nearly 11 million things via the Consortium  Interlibrary Loan  We’re here to help!  Instant message your question  Make a research appointment  Check out our website  Personal librarian in UW 1020

10. Success in the Classroom  Tips from cabinet and then supplement with our own

11. Student Success Workshops  The Office of Student Support & Family Engagement offers workshops throughout the academic year  Topics include:  Time Management  Managing Stress  Decision-making and academic consequences  Organization  Self-care and Self-Advocacy  Success and Failure  Learning Resilience

12. University Support Programs  The Writing Center  The Tutoring Initiative  The Language Center  Disability Support Services  Residence Advisors  Colonial Health Center  https://students.gwu.edu/finding-support-gw https://students.gwu.edu/finding-support-gw

13. University Support Programs: The CARE Network  What is the CARE Network?  Who submits a CARE form?  Who is in the CARE Network?  What happens next?  Visit: http://students.gwu.edu/carehttp://students.gwu.edu/care

14. Success Outside the Classroom  Why did you choose GW?  How do you take advantage of DC?  Tips from Cabinet  #OnlyAtGW

15. Managing the College Transition  How do you manage feeling overwhelmed?  College is a unique time, everything changes!  Flexibility  What happens when things get off-track?  Care for yourself, and look out for your community

16. Summer Success Tips  Set up a sleep schedule once you have your class schedule (remember to get sleep)  Talk with your family about expectations about money  Learn how to make travel reservations to travel to and from home  Talk to your parents about how you’ll get medical care in DC if you need it  Talk to your support network at home about how you’ll manage big emotional changes

17. Do you have questions? We have answers!  For more information, feel free to contact students@gwu.edu students@gwu.edu  Good luck for a fantastic and successful year ahead! Welcome to GW, Class of 2020!