Hello Hornets and welcome back to a new semester.
Hello Hornets! Welcome back to our students
and welcome to our new students. Hope you're
all staying safe during these times. My name
is Sumayah, I'm a Biological Sciences major,
and I have a concentration in Clinical Laboratory
Sciences. My name is Katlin Hibbard and I
am a Molecular and Cellular Biology major
here at Sacramento State and we are peer mentors
from Commit to Study. Your professor has included
this video to introduce you to our resource
on campus which is the Commit to Study program.
Commit to Study is for everyone. This includes
students that are struggling and want to learn
new study skills as well as students that are
doing well and just want to reduce
the amount of time they spend studying. If
you sign up for Commit to Study you will have
two virtual meetings this semester with one
of the peer mentors on our team. The first
appointment will be about an hour-long in
which we'll discuss areas that you're already
doing well in and areas for potential growth.
You'll then select some worksheets to complete
over the next few weeks before coming back
for your second appointment. This second appointment
is about thirty minutes long, and is just
to ensure you're on track to attaining your
goals. We are trained to work with students
on topics such as time management, concentration,
anxiety, test-taking skills, and more. Most
importantly though, our peer mentors have
been trained, have already been trained on
updated campus resources so we can get you
connected with whatever you may need to best
assist you in your studying. In the next week
or so, you will be receiving an email from
Dr. Jeff Paradis or Dr. Abigail Higgins, our
program co-directors, with a link to make
your first appointment. Click the link in
the email. You'll be taken to the following
screen. Choose the day that you would like
to have your appointment and the time. Leave
any comments in this box here if you have
anything specific you'd like to discuss with
your peer mentor. If there is someone on our
team that you would prefer to work with, choose
them under the drop-down menu. Click "Review
Appointment Details" and your appointment
details along with a message, including a
Zoom link from your peer mentor will be included.
This message will be sent to your email. Click
confirm appointment, and you're good to go.
Please remember to only schedule your first
appointment. Your follow-up will be scheduled
in the first meeting with your peer mentor.
After you book your first appointment you
will receive a Zoom link by email from your
peer mentor, along with a reminder, an automatic
reminder, the day before your appointment.
Zoom can easily be accessed through tablets,
laptops, or smartphones. If WIFI might be
an issue, then know that the AIRC and parking
structure 5 will be WIFI equipped, which is
great. We also want to remind you that Commit
to Study is here for you, so the more you
put into Commit to Study, the more you'll
get out of it, and the sooner you start the
more impactful it will be for you. If you'd
like more information on Commit to Study,
you can visit the following link, that is
tinyurl.com/c2sprogram. This link contains
emails for our program co-directors if you
have any additional questions. We wish you
a successful semester and we hope we can help
you achieve your goals. Good luck, stay safe,
and stingers up!
