Staff Resources
Academic Program Ideas
This is a list of programs that have been completed in the past. For more info on this program, come to FYI and refer to the specific program card!
- "Book Fair" : Come Trade/ Sell Your Books!
- "But I have miles to go before I sleep…" - Robert Frost
- "Do You Want To Score?"
- "I'm a Big Kid Now": Life After JMU
- Proof Reading with English Majors
- Steps for Academic Success In College
- 10 'Last Ditch Effort' ways to Improve Your Grades
- Academic Egg Hunt
- Academic Resolutions
- Behind a Beautiful Mind
- Better Group Work
- Bio Symposium
- Biology Study Session
- Book Swap
- Bowling for A's and B's
- Brain Boost Break
- BRAIN FOOD: You Are What You Eat
- Brown-Nosing 101
- Caramel Apples and Academics
- Carrier Library " Cheat Sheet"
- Cramming 101
- DEAD
- Dial M for Murder
- Do You Know JMU?
- Do You Remember?
- Do's and Don'ts of Exam Week
- Edit This!
- Editing and Proofreading
- End of the Year Goals: " Watch Your Goals Grow"
- Everything You Need to Know About Studying Abroad
- Examinatin'
- Feng Shui Your Room
- Final Exam Study Tips
- Food for Thought
- FYI Writing Center Jeopardy Game
- GCOM for EVERYONE!
- GCOM Jeopardy
- GCOM Study Session
- Geography: Where Am I?
- Get a 'A' 'B' ig Scoop
- Get an 'A' on Any Test
- Get Caught Studying
- Get Smart!
- Get Speedy!
- Health Majors Info. Session
- How To Do It?
- How To Keep Up With Your Studies Over The Summer
- How to Make Your Room a Good Study Place
- How to Override Into a Class
- How to Register- the skills needed for e-campus
- How to Write for College
- Improve Your Grades On Papers
- Internet Scavenger Hunt for AACD
- It's Not Too Late! Come to the Debate!
- JMU Hopscotch
- JMU Jeopardy
- JMU's Rad Grad Programs
- Karma Sutra of Studying
- Keeping it Cool During Exam Week
- Learn How to Register for Classes with Donell
- Learn How to Speed Read
- Learning Styles
- Learning w/ Disabilities
- Let's Get Swing, Swang, Swung!
- Major Help with Majors
- Major Mates
- Majors Fair Trek to College Center
- Make Your Papers Bleed
- Mapping the Jungle Course
- Midnight Breakfast: Clearing your Mind and Study Help
- Multiple Intelligences: What Kind of "Smart" are You?
- Next Semester Classes Suck?
- Note-Taking Skills
- On Your Mark, Get Set, READ!
- Pick a Professor's Brain with C.J.. Brodrick
- Preparing for Exams
- Reading Tips
- Registration
- Research 101- How to Get the JMU Library to Write Some of Your Papers
- Research Skills
- Show That Test Who's Boss!
- Sit Down and Study
- Speed Reading
- Spelling Bee
- Starbucks and Study Tips
- Staying Afloat in College
- Straight 'A' Tips
- Study Abroad Fair
- Study Buddy Board Sign- Up Gathering
- Study Help and Cookies
- Study Tips a la Study Lounges
- Study Tips and Study Groups
- Study Tips for Ending the Semester Strong
- Sucking Up 101
- Summer Session '05
- Test Taking Is a 'Peach' of Cake
- The Great Schedule Swap
- The Idiot's Guide To: Having a Great Semester
- The Power of Our Vocabulary
- The Treasure Box!
- Time Management: Strategies for Productivity
- Tips for Next Year
- What? Learning AND TV Watching?
- What's in a Smile
- What's Your Style?
- Writing Tips
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