Where can you find all your course information including: Syllabi, grades, ect?
Blackboard
100
What happens every Wednesday from 1:00-2:30
Campus Lifetime
100
What is a fixed mindset?
In a fixed mindset, people believe their basic qualities, like their intelligence or talent, are simply fixed traits.
100
Where is the Study Abroad Office located?
Melville Library across from the central reading room
E-1340 Melville Library
100
Yes or No: Rewriting passages (so they sound better) of a paper you're typing for a friend is ok
No
200
Where do you pay your parking ticket?
SOLAR.
200
What is Handshake?
It's an online portal that lists: on-campus, off-campus, long term opportunities & special service programs!
200
What is a growth mindset?
"in a growth mindset, people believe that their most basic abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work-brains and talents are just the starting point."
http://edglossary.org/growth-mindset/
200
True or False: It costs more money to go on a Study Abroad Program than to live on campus
False - Sometimes it's less expensive!
200
Yes or No: Studying from old exams are ok.
Yes
300
Name a software you can get for free with DoIt.
Microsoft Office (Word, Powerpoint, Excel)
Qualtrics
Google Storage
Adobe
Photoshop
300
How many clubs are there on campus?
Over 425!
300
What does the Academic Success and Tutoring center offer to help students develop a growth mindset?
Peer Academic Success Coaches
300
True or False - You can do internships abroad
True
300
Yes or No: Asking someone to proof read a draft of a paper is ok
Yes - As long as they don't edit/rewrite anything
400
Can you use Print From Anywhere off campus?
Yes!
"If you are trying to use Print From Anywhere from an off-campus location, you will need to connect to Stony Brook University's Work-at-Home Virtual Private Network by going here. Once you have connected to the VPN, you will be able to send your print jobs to the Pharos Queue."
https://it.stonybrook.edu/help/kb/using-print-from-anywhere-from-off-campus
400
Name three Traditions at Stony Brook
Roth Regatta, Strawberry Fest, Back to the Brook, Homecoming, Red Fridays, BrookFest
Yes or No: Working on homework with other students is ok
Yes - as long as you're not copying answers. Make sure to collaborate - not cheat!
500
How many SINC sites are there?
17
500
What are the two Student Associations for on and off campus students?
Commuter Student Association and Residence Hall Association
500
What are some ways you can improve your mindset?
Learn from your setbacks and try again, hear criticism and act on it, take challenges, try to think that everything is a growth mindset instead of a fixed one.
500
Do Study Abroad Credits count towards your GPA?
No - you just receive the credit
500
Which of the following information does not require a citation:
A. A personal diary entry that is integrated into a writing assignment
B. A table listing all of the instances in the US military that have been engaged in foreign countries during the 20th century
C. A paraphrased selection of the importance of Pythagorean's theory on the development of mathematics
D. A conclusion made by you on the strength and weaknesses of arguments made in favor of raising the speed limit to 70mph
D is the correct answer because it's the only one that does not rely on outside information or knowledge that's not widely known.