The building in which Academic Advising, the Counseling Center and Financial Aid are located.
What is the SSB (Student Success Building)?
100
This document is like a contract between the professor and the student which describes what students can expect from the course and explains what they need to do to successfully complete the class.
What is the Syllabus?
100
To do this effectively, you must organize your activities around your priorities so that the important things get done.
What is Time Management?
100
Each chapter of the textbook begins with these as a way to focus your learning on the big ideas and provide a framework for the chapter topic.
What are Fundamental Questions and Essential Principles?
100
These classes, which are drawn from all the academic disciplines, are required courses which provide you with a broad base of liberal arts knowledge.
What are General Education (or Gen Ed) courses?
200
The office that can assist you with questions and difficulties when signing up for classes. They also keep your academic transcript.
What is the Registrar's office?
200
The manner in which you place the responsibility for events that occur in your life.
What is Locus of Control?
200
Changing the environment, controlling distractions, breaking big tasks into smaller pieces, and giving yourself rewards are all strategies for overcoming this time management problem.
What is Procrastination?
200
Eliminating distractions, choosing the optimal study conditions, using your best time of day, and taking regular breaks all help to improve this.
What is Concentration?
200
Such things as good written and verbal communication, problem-solving techniques, critical thinking, research
methods, and the ability to work well with others - all valued by employers - which can be obtained from a Liberal Arts curriculum.
What are Transferable Skills?
300
The place for on-campus students to go with computer issues and internet connection problems.
What is ResNet?
300
This "voice" characterizes the thoughts and reasoning processes of an individual who has an external locus of control, in which responsibility for things that go wrong is placed on someone or something else.
What is a Victim?
300
Students can improve their level of this, by establishing & focusing on goals, and by making connections to things that are important to them.
What is Motivation?
300
A strategy for getting the most out of lectures and discussions. It includes where you sit, how you sit, and a process of preparing yourself mentally to receive information.
What is Active Listening?
300
In the analogy of the can opener and the swiss army knife, the multi-purpose and versatile knife is used to represent this type of education
What is Liberal Arts?
400
A group of students in-the-know who have a wealth of knowledge about campus and can provide homework help in a variety of subjects.
What is the GURUs?
400
A policy which permits faculty at EKU to disenroll students who do not attend on the first day of class.
What is "Use It Or Lose It"
400
Academic success can be increased by using this strategy, which is a prioritized itemization of everything you need to do for a specific amount of time.
What is a "To Do" List?
400
This method of organizing information involves creating diagrams or other visual tools within your notes.
What are Concept Maps or "Mind Mapping"
400
History, Languages, Science, and Art are examples of these, which teach you to THINK in a specific and structured way about a particular topic.
What are Disciplines?
500
The location of Student Health Services, where you can see a doctor or nurse and receive general medical & preventive health services Monday through Friday.
What is the Rowlett Building?
500
This website contains all important policies, procedures, dates and deadlines related to Registration at EKU.
What is Colonel's Compass?
500
This strategy includes showing up prepared, staying attentive, asking questions and participating in class discussions.
What is Active Learning?
500
Information that you record on paper outside of class to increase your learning as you use your textbooks.
What are Reading Notes?
500
This skill, obtained through a liberal arts education, allows you to become a good citizen of your community, make sound, justifiable decisions, be a self-directed learner, and reason out solutions to problems.