Seminars

ACE: Managing Your Time for Academic Success
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
12:30 PM – 1:45 PM (Online)

Thursday, July 17, 2025
12:30 PM – 1:45 PM (Online)

In this seminar, we’ll discuss how you can plan and schedule your UIC activities so that you can successfully perform important academic tasks-attending classes, doing homework assignments, preparing for examinations, and completing writing and other projects-while reserving enough time for sleep, exercise, fun, and perhaps a job. We’ll also talk about all the ways that ACE can help you succeed at UIC.

Attending College: What You Need to Know:
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
12:30 PM – 1:45 PM (Online)

This workshop is a must for first-year students. It covers: the importance of homework, meeting your professor, loneliness, making friends, how to study, how to take notes, party safety, the sexual college on college campuses, how to manage stress, healthy eating, and more!

CHANCE Program: CHANCE Summer Success – Start Strong
Thursday, July 10, 2025
12:30 PM – 1:45 PM (Hybrid)

Wednesday, July 16, 2025
12:30 PM – 1:45 PM (Hybrid)

Transitioning into a college student comes with unique challenges and opportunities. This workshop is designed to equip first-semester students with the tools, strategies, and resources needed to start their college journey with confidence. Through interactive discussions and practical tips, we’ll cover essential topics such as time management, campus resources, academic success strategies, and building a support network. Set yourself up for a successful first semester!

Conquering College (From Orientation to Graduation)
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
12:30 PM – 1:45 PM (On Campus)

Conquering College (From Orientation to Graduation) We invite you to this 1-hour seminar where UIC students will examine various factors of campus life that are essential in establishing a strong start to the school year. Students will learn about avoiding pitfalls that are often experienced by college freshmen and transfer students that can lead to stressful and overwhelming outcomes. Wise decision making, student involvement, time management, alliance building, self-advocacy, networking, internships, support services, social responsibility, and balancing reality, and relationships will be discussed. Best practices for fostering a rewarding and successful freshman or transfer year will be the focus of this seminar.

Creating and Celebrating with LGBTQIA+ People on Campus: A LGBTQIA+ Guide to Surviving and Thriving at UIC
Wednesday, July 16, 2025
12:30 PM – 1:45 PM (On Campus)

This seminar facilitated by the UIC Gender and Sexuality Center staff highlights the history of LGBTQIA+ activism and visibility on a college campus, resources for navigating UIC as a LGBTQ+ student, the ways students can be change agents, and the role of diverse stories as a form of empowerment.

Financial Aid 101
Wednesday, July 9, 2025 (1 Day)
12:30 PM – 1:45 PM (Online)

Thursday, July 17, 2025 (1 Day)
12:30 PM – 1:45 PM (Online)

The program will explain the financial aid notification in depth and the loan process at UIC. The presentation will also highlight UIC’s Satisfactory Academic Progress.

Get To Know Your Library: Spaces, Services and Resources for College Success
Thursday, July 10, 2025 (1 Day)
12:30 PM – 1:45 PM (On Campus)

Wednesday, July 16, 2025 (1 Day)
12:30 PM – 1:45 PM (Online)

How can the library help you succeed in college? Using a university library for the first time can seem overwhelming, given the size of the space and the number of online research tools and resources available to you. However, don’t worry–this session will help you understand the resources and tools that are available to you as a UIC student. You will explore: library spaces and how they can work for you–when and where to get help with research assignments for any class–the the expectations for college research assignments and what you can do to prepare for success. The in-person session will also include a brief tour of the library.

How Fellowships Can Help You Maximize Your Potential
Thursday, July 17, 2025
12:30 PM – 1:45 PM (On Campus)

There are organizations outside UIC that provide funded opportunities, or fellowships, for students to pursue their interests and goals beyond what you might think is possible. UIC’s Office of Undergraduate Research and External Fellowships (UREF) has as one of its missions to help our students find external fellowships that fit their interests and goals and to advise and support students through the application process. This session will introduce incoming students both to the fellowships advising resources that UREF provides and to the different types of fellowship opportunities that they may choose to pursue during college.

Introduction to Mindbody Programs: A Coping Skills Workshop
Thursday, July 10, 2025
12:30 PM – 1:45 PM (On Campus)

Introduction to the Mindbody Workshop offered by UIC Counseling Center. Participants will learn a sampling of skills to manage mental health. Topics include Managing Your Mood, Self-Compassion, and Mindful Way.

Making the Connection: Research, Scholarship, and Creative Inquiry at UIC
Thursday, July 17, 2025
12:30 PM – 1:45 PM (On Campus)

The Office of Undergraduate Research and External Fellowships is offering a Summer College seminar to introduce undergraduate students to research and creative inquiry opportunities at UIC. The program will include faculty and student guest speakers and information and resources to help connect students to possible research experiences in which they can engage. The goal of the event is to activate students’ creative and academic curiosities and to connect them in stronger ways to UIC as a community of research engagement.

Stressed? It’s Not Your Fault!
Thursday, July 10, 2025
12:30 PM – 1:45 PM (Online)

This presentation looks at stress from a variety of different angles, including how our brain functions, imposter syndrome, and how stress negatively affects our health, cognitive function and academic success. Participants will learn multiple self-care solutions that directly reduce or help to manage life stressors and increase effective studying.

Time Management for the Busy Student
Thursday, July 17, 2025
12:30 PM – 1:45 PM (Online)

Time Management of the Busy student: Are you in control of your time and tasks, or do you feel your tasks are in control of you? Come to this workshop to learn how to use time effectively and efficiently. in this short but fun workshop, you’ll learn the obstacles of time management, why we procrastinate, how to get organized and healthy skill and habits to manage productivity and stress.

TRIO #FireSpark
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
12:30 PM – 1:45 PM (Online)

TRIO Student Support Services invites eligible students to join TRIO FireSpark. SSS seeks to increase the college graduation rate of students who come from low-income families, and/or are first-generation (neither parent has obtained a bachelor’s degree), and/or have documented disabilities. We offer academic coaching, tutorial services, career and graduate school exploration, study room support, computer lab with printing, cultural experiences, graduate school college tours, and referrals to other services. All of your services are FREE to students whom join the program. Come curious, and ready to learn!