This is a continuation from yesterday’s post on Adjusting to your new University life beginning. It is a common cliché that “the college years are supposed to be the best years of your life.” If you are a freshman who is feeling upset and miserable, this can be a very confusing and scary expectation. It [...]

For many first-year students, the University is the first experience living away from home for an extended period of time. As a first-year student, your usual sources of support will no longer be present as you are adjusting to a new environment. Increased personal freedom can feel both wonderful and frightening. You can come and [...]

Students face a variety of difficulties on a daily basis and faculty, staff, teaching assistants and friends may often wonder how they can help those students and friends. The emotional and academic pressure of university life, while manageable and even exhilarating for most students, can be simply overwhelming for others. Such students may not yet [...]