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Welcome to the mySuccess blog! Here, we bring you thought leadership from various partners across our campus. Explore insightful perspectives and valuable insights shared by our diverse community to empower your journey towards success.

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Balancing Academics & Life Commitments

Balancing academics, extracurricular commitments, and personal well-being as a college student can be challenging, but staying organized, using support services, and practicing self-care are key strategies for achieving success.

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Time Management: How to Manage Life’s Most Valuable Asset

In part two of the Transformational College Experience series, Dante DiBattista offers strategies to optimize your time and productivity. By understanding the value of your time, minimizing decision fatigue, and creating personalized routines, you can enhance your focus and efficiency, ultimately leading to a more successful and balanced college life.

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Transformative Life Moments: Experiencing Different Points of View

Discover how Widener's political engagement team helps you see politics in a new light, showing its impact on healthcare, sustainability, and social justice. Join classroom discussions, meet presidential candidates, and participate in service-learning projects to broaden your perspectives and contribute to societal change.

Unlock the Full Potential of Your Summer Break

Unlock the Full Potential of Your Summer Break

Summer break is a time to recharge and expand your skills beyond academics by pursuing professional growth through jobs, volunteering, and internships, while also prioritizing personal well-being with self-care and travel. Additionally, reflecting on and improving academic strategies can set you up for future success, making it crucial to balance productivity and relaxation.

Navigating Grief as a College Student

Navigating Grief as a College Student: A Compassionate Journey Through Loss

Grief, a universal experience, presents unique challenges to individuals, emphasizing the importance of self-care and support. Understanding its manifestations, navigating through its stages, and extending compassion to oneself and others are vital aspects of managing grief effectively.

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Mindset Matters: Shifting Perspectives for College Success

Welcome to your crash course in leveraging your college experience to make meaningful change in your life. The Transformational College Experience is a three-part blog series of tips and tools based on lectures given by alum Dante DiBattista ’17. In part one, we’ll explore how small mindset adjustments can make a world of difference in your college success.

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Unlocking the Meaning of Success

President Stacey Robertson explores the personal nature of success and provides practical tips for how to define and achieve success on your own terms through self-awareness, SMART goals setting, embracing failure, and prioritizing personal growth and happiness.