SAAB is having a seminar for all students today at 6:30 pm at the basement of the UC building, about how to use varsitylounge.com to help students study smarter, better and make use of resources from other students to excel academically. There is going to be free food. So for those hungry dudes (LOL) come over and get the free food. I understand.

With recent uproar with the BSI's proposal and every thing, I realized that IUPUI still has a long way to go. However the thing that upset me the most is the fact that only 22% of IUPUI students graduate. IUPUI really needs to fix this. I am not trying to be cheesy, but I really think, once we have implemented all the features we want, Varsitylounge.com will hopefully at least improve this number.

Also I am trying to start this mentoring program; I will talk about it at the presentation today. The basic idea of this program is to inspire and give hope to students who are failing at college. Ideal mentors could be students who have been through similar situations or had faced a lot of hurdles and over came them; or just hardworking, caring students in general. Thus the purpose is to instill a sense of determination, inspiring students who are failing through the words of other students. Finally teach them how to study more efficiently, by learning from the skills of students who are successful.

So I am thinking, that mentors can come and give speeches and share their experiences and also work one on one with students. Mentors can teach students how to manage time, study efficiently, give them access to academic resource centers like (MAC, writing centers, Bepko)

What do you guys think of this mentoring program? Let me get some comments please.

And I'd like to say a big thank you to all those who have been contributing to the varsitylounge.com databank of homeworks, class notes, projects, papers, exams, tests, etc. Together we are helping ourselves and others be more efficient in our studying.