Feeling like a disappointment can often lead us to act out in unproductive ways. In taking time to focus on ourselves, meeting our own wants and needs, and setting boundaries, we can work towards building healthy relationships as well.
A little nervousness before a test can be good, but too often that anxiety can undermine our confidence and abilities. The Learning Hub knows a few things about test anxiety, and a few more things about how to tackle it.
From watching old movies with their dad and grandpa to being able to pinpoint when film switched from a hobby to a passion, Jake Johnson is learning how to apply their film studies research and actually shape a career around it.
This year is CU Denver’s 50th Anniversary, and it’s only the beginning. SGA President Juan Gonzalez and VP Morgan DeVito express their concerns and hopes for the future of the university.
As one CU Denver students begins to realize, "Through people’s handwriting and responses, you see the diversity of the campus’ community through various, unique answers."
Why the relentless search for happiness can, in fact, make us more unhappy. When the belief that happiness can and should be consistently sustained clashes with a reality in which it cannot, it creates a particular brand of suffering.
"I spent the spring semester of my sophomore year studying abroad in Heredia, Costa Rica. To say that semester changed my life would be an understatement. Without sounding too dramatic, I became a completely different person."
"Whenever things got tough, I always told myself that the sooner I got done with school, the sooner I could enter my romcom era. Obviously movies are not realistic models to follow, but I’m just saying the best romcoms are post-grad."
"It is important to remember that these messages, though subtle in appearance, have a lasting negative impact on a person’s psychological and physical well-being; especially when someone is experiencing them regularly."
"It’s important to remember that the employer wouldn’t be interviewing you if they didn’t think you were qualified. We are all uniquely brilliant, talented, and skilled in different areas."
"Definitely pursue an internship, it's a really invaluable experience! Be creative and think out of the box. At first, I thought I could only find a governmental public health department position but there's so many areas of public health. "
"It doesn't matter how many times you get rejected, there's always a bunch more programs that are happy to accept anyone. So always try to keep applying to any program you can."
"My advice would be to just try to do something that you think you'll enjoy, or if you don't know exactly what you're going to do, find recommendations from things that maybe you enjoyed earlier in your childhood."
"There are not enough words to fully capture the profound impact that studying abroad had on my life. Not only did my time abroad ultimately inspire my goals after graduation, but it also helped me to appreciate my own identities..."
Congratulations! You made it! I hope that you're able to celebrate all your hard work. For those of you entering the job search process, I have some tips to help you navigate this next phase.
This describes the power of experiential learning. Experiential learning is the type of education that occurs when students actively participate and interact with their surroundings.
The Career Center in LynxConnect does more than just review your resumes. We help to narrow down what you want to do after CU Denver, and what to do while you're a student to help you get there.
"In this research, specifically, we focus on global medicine from a perspective of actions that need to be taken by the healthcare field to aid the public, and that is what I want to spend the rest of my life doing."
Approximately 80% of new college graduates will have completed one or more internships before leaving University according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers.
“Out of all the schools I looked at [CU Denver] was the most diverse.” She maintains that the variety of cultures and backgrounds seen on campus is a major advantage to studying in Denver.