welcome to uc-davis!

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welcometo uc-davis!
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what are we going to talk about?

• bikes
• CAPS
• paris hilton
• myspace
• your purpose in life
• Q A

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whos here?

• california natives (NorCal, SoCal)?
• out-of-state?
• international students?
• 1st generation college students?
• excited to be at davis?
• anxious to be at davis?
• worried about parents expectations?

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dictionary.com

• college student noun
• a student enrolled in a college
• a person formally engaged in learning

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you are more than that definition

• you may have come to davis because
• dreamed of davis your whole life
• davis will help you realize your career goals
• parents made you
• you would do anything to leave home
• you would do anything to stay at home
• life happened
• regardless, its a new beginning

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these are the best years of your life??
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what is your major?

• who are you?
• what do we have in common?

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What are you doing here?

• study
• sleep
• socialize

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balance
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building community

• values, support, connection, home

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myspace, your top 8 facebook
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counseling!?!?

• What thoughts or images come to mind when you
  hear the words
• mental health, therapy, counseling,
  psychologist/psychiatrist, therapist, counselor,
  shrink

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counseling crazy
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some folks could use some counseling
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top 10 things that could get in your way?

• 32.4 stress
• 25.6 cold/flu
• 24.6 sleep
• 18.1 concern for a troubled friend
• 15.9 relationship
• 15.3 depression/anxiety
• 13.4 internet use/computer games
• 8.6 death of a family/friend
• 8.5 sinus/ear infection
• 7.6 alcohol use

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what is culture?

• view of the world
• race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability,
  socioeconomic status, geographic region,
  religious/spiritual affiliation

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mistakes

• mistakes are painful, but they're the only way to
  find out who you really are.
• learn from them

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writing your own story

• making decisions
• setting goals
• time management
• stress management
• how do you want to write this
  chapter of your life?

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how are YOU doing?
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ask yourself

• don't ask yourself
• what the world needs
• ask yourself what makes
• you come ALIVE,
• and then go do it.
• because what the world needs
• is people who have comeALIVE.

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the finish line
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CAPSa home away from home

• Counseling and Psychological Services
• Free and confidential
• Individual, group, couples counseling
• Psychiatric consults and medicine
• Urgent care services
• Stress and Wellness Clinic
• Attention to cultural issues

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q a

• thanks for listening
• questions, comments, concerns?