Events and Workshops

Presentations are designed to support and empower students facing common academic challenges. Topics include time management, study strategies, motivation, mindset, documentation, writing in a specific discipline and more. Presentations and workshops can build on each other or can stand alone.

For a workshop or presentation, please email hasc@niu.edu to have one of our staff facilitate the event.

Academic success

• Overview of HASC services
• Bloom’s Taxonomy
• Exam and test prep
• Goal setting and motivation
• Metacognition and excellence mindset
• Notetaking
• Reading skills and comprehension
• Time management

Writing topics

• Introduction sections
• Literature reviews
• Effective methods sections
• Results and discussions sections
• Writing a conclusion
• AI and college writing
• Plagiarism
• Professional documents
• Documentation styles (APA, MLA, Chicago)

Course content support and strategies

• Optimizing time while studying
• Approaching the course content