Student Success Program

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Color coding highlights your notes in order of importance.

Webbing helps you organize your note ideas.

Understanding the assignment breaks apart the assignment in simple terms.

Deconstructing essay questions should help you prepare for essay exams, practice using this graphic organizer and time yourself.

Tips on how prepare and psych yourself out before an essay exam.

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Good morning everyone, Our first cultural event for SSP is coming up Next Wednesday September 27th. To honor and celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month stop by SSP between 12pm-2pm to participate Mexican Fiesta! We are hosting a lottery game and a Mexican Candy challenge. We are looking forward to seeing you all and having a great time!

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Please join the SSP Cultural Team for a Potluck next week! If interested in bringing something email me at [email protected] ! Have a wonderful day and Happy Easter!

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Are you confused about what Hijab is? Please join SSP cultural team next week Wednesday March 22,2017 from 11:00 am-1:00 pm on a journey of a Muslim women who chooses to wear the Hijab with Pride. #SSP #Solidarity #Hijab 

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In honor of Black History Month SSP Cultural Team presented their first spring semester program: "DANCING WITH THE AMATEURS" yesterday in the Shannon Center! Thank you to everyone who participated!

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Join SSP TEAM Mentors for a Cultural Conversation THIS Thursday in L127 (library classroom)!!!

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Want some tips on how to manage money?  Come learn about budgeting, credit, and credit reports on Tuesday April 26th at noon in room L127!

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Want to graduate DEBT FREE??

Then come join SXU SSP on March 21st at 12pm in L127 for their Scholarship Event. Learn cool tips on how you could be attending school and paying less.

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Need Scholarships? Check out FastWeb!

Searching for scholarships can be tedious and time consuming; that’s why there’s Fastweb! Haven’t heard of it? Let me tell you, simply create a profile and Fastweb will work to bring you thousands of scholarship opportunities that specifically pertain to you and your educational needs! Want to get started? Click on the link below and get your scholarship on:

http://www.fastweb.com/

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Come learn about the award letter and the bill statement with the SSP team! Go sign up at the SSP office (L111) today.

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October Scholarships

Bridging Scholarship

Deadline: Oct 8     Award: $4,000

This scholarship is for undergraduate students who are participating in study abroad programs in Japan.

MyProjectorLamps Scholarship

Deadline: Oct 13     Award: $500

This scholarship is for students who are in their final year of high school or are currently enrolled as college undergraduates in an accredited program in the United States.

Richard Eaton Foundation Award

Deadline: Oct 14     Award: $1,500

This scholarship is for full-time college graduate students who are communications majors studying an area of broadcasting at a BEA Member college.

ACSM Fellows Scholarship

Deadline: Oct 15     Award: $2,000

To qualify for this scholarship, applicants must be college juniors or seniors enrolled in a four-year surveying (or closely related) degree program, either full- or part-time.

Future Engineers Scholarship Program

Deadline: Oct 15     Award: $5,000

This scholarship is for full-time undergraduate students who will hold sophomore or junior status during the 2015 calendar year.

Hal Leonard Collegiate Scholarship

Deadline: Oct 15     Award: $1,000

This scholarship is for deserving university students entering or continuing their collegiate jazz studies.

HotelsCheap General Scholarship for Higher Learning

Deadline: Oct 15     Award: $1,500

This scholarship is for legal residents of the United States who are at least 16 years of age.

Mutual of Omaha Actuarial Scholarship for Minority Students

Deadline: Oct 20     Award: $5,000

This scholarship is for minorities who are enrolled as full-time college undergraduate students.

Ayn Rand “Atlas Shrugged” Essay Contest

Deadline: Oct 24     Award: $10,000

This essay contest is for 12th graders, college undergraduates, and graduate students.

Williams-Mystic/Joseph Conrad Essay Contest

Deadline: Oct 24     Award: $500

This essay contest is for high school seniors and college undergraduates of any major who are attending an accredited college or university.

HACU IES Abroad Diversity Scholarship

Deadline: Oct 25     Award: $5,000

This scholarship is for students attending Hispanic-Serving institutions that are members of Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU).

KSTF Teaching Fellowship

Deadline: Oct 29     Award: Fellowship

This fellowship is for high school STEM teachers in the United States who have earned, or will earn by September 2015, a degree in a discipline related to the STEM subject(s) they intend to teach.

Alexander Scholarship Fund

Deadline: Oct 30     Award: $2,500

This scholarship is for YMCA-oriented college students seeking an undergraduate degree and a YMCA career.

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Scholarships: How to Find Them and Apply

Going to college is great…but paying for college isn’t. More likely than not, you’re going to need some additional money to help cover university fees other than the two cents FAFSA so generously gave you. THIS is where scholarships come in! Just like people they come in all shapes and sizes, and are extremely varied and wonderfully plentiful if you know where to look. 

Keep reading

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August Scholarships

AFSA Second Chance Scholarship Contest

Deadline: August 26     Award: $1,000

This scholarship is for US citizens or legal residents with a high school diploma, GED, or equivalent. To qualify for this scholarship, applicants must attend a college, university, or certified trade school in the United States and must enroll or already be enrolled for the Spring 2013 session. Winners are not based on financial need. Relatives of AFSA staff or board members may not enter. To apply for this scholarship, applicants must take a ten-question, multiple-choice, open-book test; for each question answered correctly, applicants will receive one entry into the scholarship drawing.

Linda Lael Miller Scholarships for Women

Deadline: August 30    Award: $1,000

This scholarship is for women 25 years of age or older, who are legal residents of the United States or Canada attending a US or Canadian college or university. To apply for this scholarship, applicants submit a 500-word maximum, typed essay that includes information on why they are applying for the scholarship, how achieving their educational goals will enhance their future, the specific purpose for the funds, and the dollar amount requested.

Claude S. Weiler Scholarship for Amputee College Students

Deadline: August 31    Award: $500

This scholarship is for college students with a major limb amputation who will be attending an accredited university as a full-time student. A major limb amputation in described as loss of a limb beginning at or above the wrist or ankle. To apply for this scholarship, applicants must include a short letter explaining how the lost of limb(s) has affected their life.