{"id":1399,"date":"2025-08-12T11:29:57","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T15:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/hegsa\/?p=1399"},"modified":"2025-08-12T11:29:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T15:29:57","slug":"getting-ready-for-the-new-semester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/hegsa\/getting-ready-for-the-new-semester\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Ready for the New Semester"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x_gmail-whitespace-pre-wrap x_gmail-break-words\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/hegsa\/files\/2025\/08\/University-Portal.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1400\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/hegsa\/files\/2025\/08\/University-Portal.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/hegsa\/files\/2025\/08\/University-Portal.png 232w, http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/hegsa\/files\/2025\/08\/University-Portal-160x152.png 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a>Starting your graduate journey can be both exciting and overwhelming. Here are some tips to help you succeed:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"x_gmail--mt-1 x_gmail-list-disc x_gmail-space-y-2 x_gmail-pl-8\">\n<li class=\"x_gmail-whitespace-normal x_gmail-break-words\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Create a detailed schedule that includes class times, study periods, and personal time. You can visit the Academic link on the University Portal in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shu.edu\/piratenet.html\">PirateNet<\/a> and select Active Registration under Registration tools. When you click on a course for which you have registered, you can see the professor&#8217;s name and room location if it&#8217;s been assigned\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_gmail-whitespace-normal x_gmail-break-words\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Connect with your cohort \u2013 these relationships can be invaluable throughout your program.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_gmail-whitespace-normal x_gmail-break-words\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Familiarize yourself with campus resources, especially the <a href=\"https:\/\/library.shu.edu\/home\">library<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shu.edu\/writing-center\/\">writing center<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_gmail-whitespace-normal x_gmail-break-words\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Don&#8217;t hesitate to ask for help when you need it \u2013 your advisors and peers are there to support you. Students also have access to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shu.edu\/academic-resource-center\/\">Ruth Sharkey Academic Resource Center (ARC)<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shu.edu\/counseling-psychological-services\/\">Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>You may be interested in <a href=\"https:\/\/servicedesk.shu.edu\/space\/PUBLICKBA\/2377711624\/Canvas+for+Students\">Canvas Resources for Students<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shu.edu\/technology\/\">Seton Hall&#8217;s Technology Service Desk<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shu.edu\/technology\/technology-training.html\">Technology Training<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000\">You may enjoy <a style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/t\/ZTNwd8QPy\/\">this video<\/a> about planning your studying.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting your graduate journey can be both exciting and overwhelming. Here are some tips to help you succeed: Create a detailed schedule that includes class times, study periods, and personal time. You can visit the Academic link on the University&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/hegsa\/getting-ready-for-the-new-semester\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5340,"featured_media":1400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hegsa-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/hegsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/hegsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/hegsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/hegsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5340"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/hegsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1399"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/hegsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1401,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/hegsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1399\/revisions\/1401"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/hegsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/hegsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/hegsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/hegsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}