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  Tips For Getting Back Into Work For The Over 40s

  Written on June 25, 2012 by Guest Blogger

  So, you’ve hit or even passed the big 4-0. You have life experience, professional experience, a certain amount of wisdom that comes with age and yet, you are stillstruggling to secure that new job.  You suspect that your age may … Continue reading →

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  Category: Back To College, Category: Business, Category: Career
  Tags: business, Careers, professional development

• 31 Insanely Easy And Clever DIY Projects

  Written on June 21, 2012 by Kristen Rafajko

  These are the kind of simple projects for the laziest and most inept of crafters. Even if you can barely operate a drill, you can do most of these projects — and in less than an hour. 1. Make a Sharpie Mug … Continue reading →

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  Category: Back To College, Category: How To, Category: Life
  Tags: college, DIY, life, Projects

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  6 Roommate Ice-breakers

  Written on June 11, 2012 by Guest Blogger

  Your roommate has just introduced herself for the first time. The two of you said hello, politely shook hands, and now the awkward silence has descended upon you. You know what I’m talking about right? That thick impenetrable stillness where … Continue reading →

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  Category: Back To College
  Tags: college, dorm room, dorms, life, roommates

• 5 Kids Who Are Using Science To Change The World

  Written on June 8, 2012 by Guest Blogger

  At Google’s annual science fair, the projects go well beyond making a tornado in a bottle. These impressive kids are doing things like inventing new toilets and giving hearing to the deaf. For most people, high school science fairs yield … Continue reading →

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  Category: Back To College, Category: Education
  Tags: Careers, college, Science

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  Dive Into These Ocean-Related Scholarships

  Written on June 7, 2012 by Guest Blogger

  If saltwater is your specialty, most likely you already know about World Oceans Day, which happens every year on June 8—and is just around the corner! There’s so much that has yet to be discovered about marine life, which means … Continue reading →

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  Category: Back To College, Category: Areas of Study, Grad School
  Tags: Areas of Study, Graduate School, Marine Biology, scholarships

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  5 tips for studying more effectively

  Written on June 6, 2012 by Guest Blogger

  Let’s not beat around the bush here. We all get distracted. Squirrel! The key to effective studying is limiting those distractions, and creating an environment around you that’s conducive to productivity. Here are 5 simple ways to increase your productivity … Continue reading →

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  Category: Back To College, Category: Education, Expert Articles
  Tags: professional development, Self Improvement, study tips

• The 7 Stages of Graduation Grief

  Written on May 30, 2012 by Guest Blogger

  The first sentence of my first blog for The Huffington Post was perhaps the most accurate description of my life at the time: “When I wake up in the morning, I’m an editor-in-chief first and a student second.” So what’s a girl … Continue reading →

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  Category: Back To College, Category: Education, Category: Life
  Tags: college life, graduation, life after college

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  16 Tips for Staying Awake When You’re Tired

  Written on May 22, 2012 by Kristen Rafajko

  While there’s an art to surviving the all-nighter, there’s also an art to staying awake throughout the day when you are operating on little to no sleep. Here’s a few general tips: Drinking a lot of water is a must. Doing … Continue reading →

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  Category: Back To College, Category: How To, Student Health
  Tags: professional development, Self Improv, Tips, Tired

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  10 Wrong Assumptions Young People Make When Looking For A Summer Job

  Written on by Guest Blogger

  Finding a summer job can be tough, especially with summer rapidly approaching. But we have some advice to help you out, courtesy of career coach Suzanne Kleinberg, founder of Potential to Soar, a coaching service for new graduates. Kleinberg is … Continue reading →

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  Category: Back To College, Category: Career, Category: Interviews, Expert Articles
  Tags: Careers, jobs, summer

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  How To Become A Clinical Psychologist [Infographic]

  Written on May 21, 2012 by Kristen Rafajko

  To happiness and to good health. Clinical psychologists do more than toast these values — they help people achieve them. With their expert counseling, psychologists treat issues such as depression, anxiety, substance abuse and serious mental disorders like schizophrenia. Few … Continue reading →

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  Category: Back To College, Category: Areas of Study
  Tags: Areas of Study, Careers, Psychology