Newswise — TORONTO, July 22, 2011 --- With September just around the corner, now is the time to start planning for the new school year. To help prepare students and parents alike, Ryerson University students and professors offer an array of tips on all things back to school.
Ryerson’s Back to School media room will be home to more than a dozen tip sheets and videos over the next two months. Starting today and continuing throughout the summer, the Ryerson Back to School campaign will offer advice of the following topics:
Friday, July 22 – Surviving and Thriving in Student Residence
Wednesday, July 27 – Tips for Parents: Dealing with your Child Leaving Home
Friday, July 29 – Finance Tips for Students
Wednesday, August 3 – Staying Healthy at School
Monday, August 8 – Dealing with Social Anxiety and Perfectionism
Wednesday, August 10 – Protecting your Online Privacy
Monday, August 15 – Back to School in Style (Student style videos from the Ryerson Fashion Union)
Wednesday, August 17 – Tips for Learning Success
Monday, August 22 – Making the Most of Student Orientation
Wednesday, August 24 – Tips for Mature Students
Wednesday, August 31 – How to Avoid the Freshman Bulge
Tuesday, September 6 - Getting your Sleep at School
Experts at the Digital Media Zone (DMZ), Ryerson’s hub of innovation, digital media and entrepreneurship, will offer tips on the latest apps and digital trends for going back to school:
Tuesday, July 26 – Managing your Money, Digitally
Thursday, July 28 – How to Use Social and Digital Media for Academic Success
Tuesday, August 2 – Cultivating Entrepreneurship
Thursday, August 4 – Consumer Tech Tips for Academic UseTuesday, August 9 – Green Tips for Back to School
Visit the DMZ’s Back to School page at: www.ryerson.ca/dmz
Ryerson University is Canada's leader in innovative, career-oriented education and a university clearly on the move. With a mission to serve societal need, and a long-standing commitment to engaging its community, Ryerson offers more than 100 undergraduate and graduate programs. Distinctly urban, culturally diverse and inclusive, the university is home to 28,000 students, including 2,000 master's and PhD students, nearly 2,700 faculty and staff, and more than 130,000 alumni worldwide. Research at Ryerson is on a trajectory of success and growth: externally funded research has doubled in the past four years. The G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education is Canada's leading provider of university-based adult education. For more information, visit www.ryerson.ca
Opened in April 2010, Ryerson University’s Digital Media Zone (DMZ) is a multidisciplinary workspace for young entrepreneurs infused with the energy and resources of downtown Toronto. Set atop Yonge-Dundas Square, this hub of digital media innovation, collaboration and commercialization is home to both entrepreneurial startups and industry solution-providers. With access to overhead and business services, students and alumni can fast-track their product launches, stimulating Canada’s emerging digital economy through spending and job creation. Since its launch, the DMZ helped more than 170 innovators to incubate and accelerate 29 startups and to launch 57 projects. For more information on the DMZ, visit www.ryerson.ca/dmz
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