Events this month on Campus:

How to Survive Finals Week:

Lesson number one, don’t

freak out! Stressing to the

max will only make things

worse, just calm down and

focus. Next, prioritize; know

your finals schedule and ad-

just study time accordingly. If

you know one final should be

particularly difficult, find more

time to study for it than may-

be a final that you are confi-

dent about. Also, don’t forget

to eat and sleep well; your

brain can’t perform to the best

of its ability if it doesn’t have

the amount of rest and nutri-

ents it needs. Another thing to

remember is to set some re-

minders; the last thing you

want to do is spend all your

time studying and then miss

your final! Set alarms and

reminders on your phone,

have someone call you, make

a note of it somewhere you

know you’ll see it and maybe

even have your roommate

double check to make sure

you’re up and ready on time.

Lastly, break time. It’s not

necessary to study every

available second of every

day. Sometimes it’s important

to take a break and do some-

thing you enjoy, just chill for a

bit and let yourself recover.

Twenty First Century Scholars

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. - Helen Keller December 3, 2012 Volume 1, Issue 2

Student Success at Pur-

due

Indiana Scholar Corp

Program for Twenty-

First Century Scholars

ENAD 212, 400 Centen-

nial Mall Drive

West Lafayette, Indiana

47907

Main Office: (765) 494-

9328

FAX: (765) 496-6752

www.purdue.edu/sats

Dec 3rd-9th Monday, Dec 3rd: Christmas tree arrives in PMU Great Hall around noon iPad and Tablets Users Group Meeting 1-2pm Lawson Computer Science Building RM 1142 Tuesday, Dec 4th Live music 10am-2pm PMU Great Hall Tree Lighting Ceremony 11:15-11:45pm PMU Great Hall Men’s Basketball vs Lamar 6pm Mackey Arena Wednesday, Dec 5th Live music 10am-2pm PMU Great Hall Holidays around the World 3-6pm PMU North Ballroom (Food, music, crafts) Thursday, Dec 6th Live music 10am-2pm PMU Great Hall Friday, Dec 7th NCAA Volleyball Regional 5pm & 7pm Holloway Gymnasium in Brees Center Tuba Christmas/Holiday Cheer & All that Jazz Purdue Bands and Orchestras 7pm Winter Dance Works, 7:30pm $11 purdue students Pao Hall, Nancy T Hansen Thea-tre Saturday, Dec 8th Breakfast with Santa, 8-11am PMU Great Hall, Room 118, & South Ballroom Pan-cake breakfast $3.50, $1 coffee/hot choco-late

Dec 10-16th Sunday, Dec 16th Wrestling 1pm & 3pm $5 Holloway Gymnasium in Brees Center Dec 17th-23rd Tuesday, Dec 18th Men’s Basketball vs. Ball State 7pm Mackey Arena Friday, Dec 21st Women’s basketball vs. IUPUI 12pm Mackey Arena Dec 24th-30th Saturday, Dec 29th Men’s basketball vs William & Mary 2pm Mackey Arena

Fun Facts: A famous North American landmark, Niagara Falls, is constantly moving backward. The rim wore down about 2 feet per year because of the millions of gallons of water that rush over it every minute. Attempts to control flow and divert the water has reduced erosion in recent years to 1 foot per year.

The Germans made the first artificial-Christmas trees out of dyed goose feathers.

The heaviest recorded snowfall in the United States was in Silver Lake, Colorado in 1921. The snowfall was recorded at 76 inches at it’s high-est and put the city out for several days.

College Success Advocates:

Leader: Ashley Ellis

Cortney Sweat

Sami Byrd

Hattie Collum

Allie Muhl

Ratanya Bowens

Brandy Selleck

Meet the people here

to help you: Preparing for Spring Semester As the end of the semester approaches and you head home for the Holidays,

don’t forget to come back prepared for the start of spring semester!

A few reminders:

Take everything you need, dorms will be closed over break

If you rented textbooks from the bookstore, return them before heading home

Don’t forget to confirm your enrollment for spring semester (Login to

mypurdue, look under the financial tab)

Make sure you are registered for your classes (You must have12 credit hours to

be a full-time student)

Last day to add/drop a class is January 21

Come back with warm clothes! Indiana winters are cold and unpredictable. Be

prepared by bringing a warm coat, gloves, hat, and winter boots.

Stay turned for a chance to meet your Mentor: We are planning a Meet your Mentor night. A chance where you can ac-tually talk and hang out with the person that is here for you! It will be sometime in the first couple of weeks that we are back on cam-pus. So please stay turned. You don’t want to miss the chance to meet with them!

How to handle stress around finals: Listed below are a couple tips to help you out: -Make a study schedule-- Find out all the dates all your papers, speeches, and final exams are. Estimate the time required to complete each task. And then prioritize what needs to be done each day. And start on the smaller tasks first, and the most urgent one that need to be done. -Be kind to your body-- I know sleep is a luxury during dead week and finals week. But really try to use your time wisely, and schedule at least 5-8 hours of sleep. You are what you eat, drop that yummy snickers bar, for a healthy delicious banana, or nuts, or a bushel of grapes, and whole grain crackers. And remember to stay hydrated, drink plenty of water, But if you are feeling low go for a healthy milkshake full of protein, or a smoothie. Go for a walk, or run on the ellipti-cal and watch tv at the same. -Relax-- try to find a relaxation technique, such as meditating or taking time to do something you like to do. This is an im-portant step for blowing off steam.

Have A Safe Break!!

If you have any questions or concerns

over break, please feel free to contact

Dominique at davaughn@purdue.edu