{"id":30455,"date":"2023-09-02T22:43:20","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T02:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/seo\/?post_type=cu_event&#038;p=30455"},"modified":"2025-03-05T10:43:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T15:43:53","slug":"university-survival-guide-september-14","status":"publish","type":"cu_event","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/seo\/event\/university-survival-guide-september-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Umoja&#8217;s University Survival Guide: Academics &#8211; September 28, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n        \n    <\/h1>\n    \n        <\/header>\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    <div class=\"cu-buttongroup cu-component-updated flex flex-wrap md:flex-1 gap-3 md:gap-5 justify-start\">\n                                                                        <\/div>\n    \n<h2 id=\"umojas-university-survival-guide-academics\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Umoja\u2019s University Survival Guide: Academics<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Thinking about going into post-secondary? How do you know what courses to take? What should you expect in your classes? How do you build better study habits? Come and get your questions answered about all things academic in a safe environment catered for you by Black university students. Through presentations and spotlights on the academic resources available at Carleton, this chapter will give you the tools you need to succeed in a post-secondary institution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Presentation by Carleton undergraduate student on post-secondary academics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spotlight on Carleton\u2019s academic support resources<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Audience Q and A period<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Giveaway of (1) $100 honorarium and Umoja swag!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This event is open to anyone, especially prospective Carleton students from the OCDSB and OCSB school boards. The event will be hosted online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What to Expect <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students will have the opportunity to hear from a current ACB Carleton University student as they share their experiences and tips for navigating the academic aspects of post-secondary education. The audience will have the opportunity to ask questions and engage in a discussion about post-secondary classes, study habits, and academic success in this time of transition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Important Event Information <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>This is a combined event with Scoring in The Post <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Registration is required to attend this event.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Attendees will be emailed the zoom link prior to the event.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you indicated that you require accommodations to attend the event online, our team will be in touch with you in the next 72 hours.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Presentation Information<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Presentation on post-secondary academics, creating class schedules, study habits and academic supports\/resources<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Audience Q&amp;A<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There will be a Carleton swag giveaway!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"register-below\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Register below!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong style=\"color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px;\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-27984\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/seo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/Free-Accessibility-Icon-240x240.png\" alt=\"Icon indicating no costs involved\" width=\"70\" height=\"70\"><\/figure><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-27979\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/seo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/Closed-Captions-Accessibility-Icon-240x240.png\" alt=\"Icon indicating closed captioning\" width=\"70\" height=\"70\"><\/figure><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-27982\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/seo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/Event-Recording-Accessibility-Icon-240x240.png\" alt=\"Icon indicating that event is being recorded\" width=\"66\" height=\"66\"><\/figure><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-27987\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/seo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/Live-QA-Accessibility-Icon-240x240.png\" alt=\"Icon indicating Live Questions and Answers\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"><\/figure><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/seo\/accessibility-icon-toolkit\/\">accessibility icon toolkit<\/a> was created in partnership and consultation with the Paul Menton Centre to provide indicators to allow students to navigate events more effectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_event_type":[115],"cu_event_audience":[51],"class_list":["post-30455","cu_event","type-cu_event","status-publish","hentry","cu_event_type-umoja","cu_event_audience-prospective-students"],"acf":{"cu_event_start_date":"2023-09-28T18:00:00","cu_event_end_date":"2023-09-28T20:00:00","cu_event_location_type":"in-person","cu_event_meeting_address_type":"on-campus","cu_building":false,"cu_event_meeting_room":"","cu_event_meeting_address_full":null,"cu_event_virtual_type":"tbd","cu_event_virtual_meeting_link":"","cu_post_thumbnail":false,"cu_event_cost":"FREE","cu_event_registration":"","cu_event_secondary_button":"","cu_event_contact_name":"","cu_event_email":"umoja@carleton.ca","cu_event_phone":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/30455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/30455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30665,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/30455\/revisions\/30665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_event_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event_type?post=30455"},{"taxonomy":"cu_event_audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event_audience?post=30455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}