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First Year Experience

First Year Experience

As part of the First Year Experience, new students take three specific courses as a learning community with the same small group of students.

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Wellness Resources

Keys To Success in College

  • Get to know your New Student Seminar instructor and Student Mentor; take advantage of your learning community
  • Learn about the various resources Salve Regina has to offer and where they are located
  • Understand why you are in college
  • Work on your time management; set up a daily schedule and stick to it
  • Know your learning style
  • Assess and improve your study habits
  • Introduce yourself to your professors; see them outside of class
  • Take advantage of the library
  • Get involved in campus activities; join at least one club or organization
  • Take your health seriously
  • Go to class

The Learning Relationship: You and the Instructor

  • Make it a point to attend class on time and on a regular basis
  • Sit near the front
  • Ask questions and speak up
  • Participate in class
  • Use and read your course syllabus and calendar
  • See your instructors outside of class when you need help

Wellness Resources at Salve Regina

Wellness Is:

A Lifestyle - Where you are responsible, in control and in charge of your own health and well being.
A Choice - A positive decision you make toward good health.
A Process - An understanding that wellness is ongoing with daily satisfaction and payoffs.

The First Year Experience presents incoming students with an integrated model for a happy and fulfilling life based on a balanced approach to wellness in six areas: Intellectual, Emotional, Physical, Spiritual, Social/Cultural and Life Planning. Students are encouraged to explore these areas by engaging and participating in the various wellness programs and activities offered at Salve Regina.

Intellectual Wellness

Emotional Wellness

Spiritual Wellness

Social/Cultural Wellness

Physical Wellness

Life Planning