NOV 2009 |
VOL 5 ISSUE 6
|
|
|
|
|
|
Freshman Profiles About Staying Connected |
IN THIS ISSUE From the Dean of Students' Desk
By the time you are reading this newsletter, your son or daughter will be well into the 2nd half of their first semester of college. Time sure does go by quickly. Thanksgiving will be here shortly. Soon, students will be preparing for those end-of-the-term projects and studying for final exams. It is during the second half of the semester when new students start experiencing higher levels of stress. All of the projects, papers, and presentations start to really pile up in their courses and they sometimes find themselves struggling to keep up with the work load. It may also be the time when they get a lower-than-expected grade on an assignment. This is especially true for writing assignments and oral presentations because this is where many students find the greatest difference from what was expected in high school. You can help by being supportive, and encouraging your son or daughter to use the resources at the University, especially the Academic Resource Center and Writing Center. In many classes, professors may be urging students to keep abreast of world news. Webster’s Student Government sponsors a readership program on campus that provides free copies of USA Today and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch to students every day. Students can pick up a paper at one of many newspaper racks around campus. |
|||
| Academic Matters Ted Hoef, Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Registration for spring semester begins the week of November 2. Full undergraduate registration begins Wednesday, November 4. As usual we will have a staggered start. Advanced registration for seniors (90 credits at the end of the semester) begins Monday, November 2. Advanced registration for juniors (60 credits at the end of the current semester) commences on Tuesday, November 3. All undergraduates will be eligible to register on Wednesday, November 4. Each day online registration will begin at 5:00 a.m., CST. However no telephone help for problem registrations will be available until the Registrar’s Office opens at 8:00 a.m., CST. MORE |
||||
| Note About Student Health Services
In the Campus Link portion of this newsletter, there is a good article entitled Supporting Sick Students. In the article, there is a paragraph which encourages you to push sick students to go to the health center. This includes a suggestion that they might get a prescription at the health center. At Webster University, our Student Health Services is a nurse-directed facility and therefore cannot prescribe medication. If a student needs to see a doctor to get a prescription, our staff can assist with making this referral. For more information about Student Health Services at Webster University, please visit this webpage: http://www.webster.edu/students/health/index.shtml MORE |
||||
 |
 |
|
||
