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University of West Florida
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From Our Home to Yours
The suitcases and boxes are unpacked; classes have started; and friends are being made. The first few weeks of college are full of excitement, anxiety, and new opportunities. While your student's main focus should be on getting acclimated to the academic environment of the university, it is also very important that he/she become involved in extracurricular activities. Extracurricular activities refer to those events and activities that students are involved in outside the classroom such as student organizations, sports clubs...
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Career Services offers career planning tools for students
Career Services at the University of West Florida has four functional areas that help students with multiple career and volunteer needs. Career planning is one of these areas and is dedicated to helping students reach their potential and goals. This includes tips and strategies on how to choose a major, writing resumes and cover letters, participating in mock interviews, and many other presentations geared toward students' career needs. Career Planning meets with students for...
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Argo Link: Connecting students to campus one event at a time
Purposeful enrollment growth, which includes increasing retention numbers, is a strategic priority at the University of West Florida (UWF). In the strategic plan for 2008-2012, UWF specifically set the goal of enhancing the one year retention rate for first-time in college students by 1% annually. In order to maximize efforts of increasing retention rates, the Department of Student Transition Programs created Argo Link; a program that specifically focuses on transitioning first-time in college...
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Homesickness: what it is and how to deal with it
Move-in day and first-week activities are abuzz with excitement, but as students move in and parents head out, homesickness can take root.
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