Author Archives: Katie Densberger
We receive a lot of emails – it is easy to feel overwhelmed. Learning how to manage your email is an important skill, not just for your time at UVA, but also for your future employment. Consider these tips for one …
We have prepared several guides designed to help students adjust to distance learning. You will see communications and web resources related to technology and housing considerations elsewhere. The resources below are related more specifically to the shift from life as …
Do you have a huge project, paper, exam, or task looming over you? Are you feeling unsure how to begin? Overwhelmed? Scared of not completing the task? Often when we have large tasks, it is difficult to know how or …
Research is a key part of the U.Va. experience for most undergraduate students. Many will embark on their own research projects before they graduate. But did you know that research involving human subjects is regulated by the federal government? Before …
Aim for progress, not perfection. Changing your behavior is hard; if you’ve been a chronic procrastinator for years, it’s unlikely that you will be able to wake up tomorrow and convince yourself that from now on you will do every …
Enrollment for spring classes starts in early November. Visit your advisor, but plan to visit Course Advising Days as well to get lots of questions answered in one convenient location. On 10/30 and 10/31/18, from 1-4pm, more than a dozen …
By the time they graduate more than half of U.Va. students participate in undergraduate research either a part of a class or outside of the classroom. But what does it mean to do research? The University of Virginia is a …
Reading for research is a skill of its own. Get some tips for what that process looks like in this short article by Joli Jensen: “Lessons on the Craft of Scholarly Reading” at the Chronicle of Higher Education.
The Cavalier Daily published a handy primer on student self-governance and key organizations. Give it a look if you’re interested in getting involved with the organizations or just want to understand how it all works and what the various groups …