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Fall 2025 Academic Success Guide

September 25, 2025

Ace Your Midterms with the Fall 2025 Academic Success Guide
Check out these tips and resources to help you do your best—now and down the road.

Good luck - you got this!

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Join the 2025 Climate Justice Fellows Program – Apply Today

We are thrilled to announce the launch of the 2025 Climate Justice Fellows Program from the Center for Engagement Environmental Justice and Health (CEEJH, Inc.). This program offers a unique opportunity for individuals passionate about environmental and climate justice to expand their knowledge and skills, empowering them to lead change in their communities. Program Overview: Fellows will join a cohort of up to fifteen motivated individuals, meeting both virtually and in person for 4-10 hours each week over the course of 21 weeks. The program is designed as a self-paced journey through a multi-step process. The first 11 weeks will consist of lectures and workshops, while the remaining 10 weeks will be dedicated to collaborative project work with CEEJH, Inc. staff. Upon completion of the program, fellows receive $2500 for their participation ( must attend at least 80% of the program ). Participants will engage in a range of m...

WAITLIST AND HOLD FILE FAQ

If seats are full for a class you need, GET ON THE WAITLIST. More seats will continue to be released as the semester goes on. Other students on campus will also be adjusting their schedules; as soon as they drop a class you're waitlisted for, you get "bumped up" a spot. Q: What is a HOLD FILE? A: HOLDFILES are a “Waitlist for Waitlists.” Holdfiles "protect" classes for incoming students. To be sure new students have something left to choose from, the University does not "release" at the same time all the seats it has available in popular classes. Usually, students placed high on Waitlists get the classes they want, provided the "ratio" of seats available to waitlist is good. In other words, a HIST 200 class with 150 students and #15 on the HOLDFILE is a better bet than an Art Studio class of 25 that has 37 on the HOLDFILE. Students will be moving their schedules around. As soon as they drop a class, the next person on the Waitlist gets in ...

BSOS-DSAC Graduate Panel Event

The BSOS Dean's Student Advisory Council is hosting a Graduate Student Panel called Graduate School Unfiltered where current BSOS graduate students can give undergraduates insight into the graduate programs, the application process, and important things to know before attending graduate school. The event will be October 23rd from 5:30-7PM in the Juan Ramon Jimenez Room in Stamp. Below is a flyer and a link to the RSVP form: https://docs.google.com/forms/ d/e/ 1FAIpQLSego3OVVOmm8wn48X7EvBjg 1F8FY0c9f6bpjx9RCkp-Y2T2uA/ viewform?usp=sf_link

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