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Joining clubs and making time for extracurricular activities allows you to meet a diverse group of people that allow you to expand your thinking and interests. Getting involved with these things gives you the opportunity to work on your own personal development by getting to have meaningful specialized out of class experiences. Also networking within different groups of people is key to success and comfort on campus. The more people you know the better. Having a different perspective to help…

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No school project is complete without research, and the library teaches students how to research well. Librarians can help students find resources to fit their project, and they can even walk students through citing those sources once they find them. The modern college student has too much digital tech at their disposal. This can create digital fatigue. Many students even use eBooks for their textbooks, so they are rarely away from a screen. Stepping into the library can allow for…

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The counseling center is located at the Petts Health Center. I believe that going to Counseling is important because working with a psychologist, therapist, or counselor in a therapeutic relationship gives you an opportunity to explore your thoughts, feelings, and patterns of behavior. It can also help you learn new coping skills and techniques to better manage daily stressors. Some counseling services offered here at UNE are adjusting to college or new academic rigors, managing anger, anxiety/stress, career/vocational concerns, concern…

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Sasc aka (The Student Academic Success Center) is a room located towards the back of the second floor in Ripich Commons. It is a department within Student Support Services, provides multiple different levels of academic support, including placement testing, courses, workshops, tutoring, and individual consultations. Getting involved with Sasc and staying up to date about when their workshop and tutoring opportunities are happening will help you with big lesson #2 self control / discipline / and time management. You can…

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Hi my name is Finn McCoy. I am a freshman attending the University of New England. I am involved with the Men’s lacrosse team as well as the surf club. I will be graduating in 2026 with a degree in communications. I love to surf whenever I can and being at UNE really helps with that. I also love playing lacrosse and I am very fortunate to be playing here at school, it has allowed me to experience many new…

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Hi my Name is Kayleigh Duncan I am 19 years old and I am a communications major here at University of New England. I am a communications major because I have always had a certain affinity towards film of any kind. It runs in my blood. In my more recent years I have been drawn more towards the documentary side of film, nature documentaries specifically. I have always been passionate about animal rights and climate change and I feel that…

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Hi, I’m Riley Patenaude. I’m 21 years old and have attended UNE all four years of college. I am an educational studies major with a writing minor and will be graduating in 2023. I have learned a lot along my journey of my four years at college. I want to work with students and make a difference in their lives, and one day I want to become a published author! I’m hoping that incoming freshmen take away a few things….

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Take a look at who is apart of The Guide Fieri Team, and what they wish you take away from our handbook. We hoped that you enjoyed our handbook and took what we have said into consideration. 👊🥪

Here are The Guide Fieri Teams top four resources to navigate and access campus as whole. There are many more access points we could have shared and using the university’s website can be very beneficial as well.

Erinn is the assistant to Dean Millen in the College of Arts and Sciences, she has worked at UNE for 10 years and is currently a new MSWO student and is hoping to graduate in 2026! Erinn said that her lesson for the first big lesson as well as her advice for incoming freshmen is to use your resources! She said that not many students know their resources on campus and she wants the information for resources to get out…

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