For students graduating and for those returning to your home institutes we wish you all the best in the future. Stay connected with us on our Facebook page and join us in LinkedIn Page as well! Don’t have LinkedIn? Now is the perfect time to join!

BOOK BUY-BACK

You will be able to sell your textbooks during finals week. Just locate one the of CASH for BOOKS vans, or check the school store. Both locations may give you a different price, so shop around!

IMMIGRATION

Be sure to get your immigration document signed at Global Education if you’re traveling out of the county during the summer. Our office will be open Monday-Friday from 8:30-4:30pm.

HOUSING

Residential Halls close at 7pm on Friday, May 12^th. Any student not taking summer classes must move out by then. Students taking summer classes and living on campus should apply for summer housing on the Housing Website and talk with your GA about your plans.

DINING

Refer to MU’s Dining Website for more information about dining services over the summer.

Note: there are NO meal plan options during Summer 1 session, but you can purchase meal plans for sessions 2 and 3.

TRANSPORTATION

Need a ride to the train station on Thursday or Friday? Hop on the Finals Bus!

DONATE

Drop off donations for new international students if you have items you don’t need (see flier below for more details)

As we are heading into finals week, we wanted to give you guys a couple of tips and reminders about whats available to you on campus to help aid in your finals success.

Tutors on campus:

Try to take advantage of the tutoring center we have on campus.  If your stuck in a class that is super hard do not hesitate to ask for help. The tutors that are here on campus are really nice and are here to help you.

You can contact the tutoring center in Lyle Hall room 355 , Call 717-871-7222 or visit their website for tutoring times

We have tutors for all of the following academic departments:

• Art
• Anthropology
• Business
• Communications
• Economics
• English (English 010 and 110 tutoring will be provided by the English Department and WIN: Writers’ Improvement Network)
• Foreign Languages (tutoring arrangements will be made by the Foreign Language Department)
• Government
• History
• Latino/a Studies
• Music (tutoring arrangements will be made by the Philosophy Department)
• Philosophy (tutoring arrangements will be made by the Philosophy Department)
• Political Science
• Social Work
• Sociology
• Biology
• Chemistry
• Computer Science
• Earth Sciences
• Geography
• Mathematics (LD/PD; MSP)*
• Physics

Starbucks 

The Library is open later during finals week so If you are a late owl and can not study at home, you can grab a nice late night  frappuccino  at Starbucks and study there.

Other Tips for Finals Week:

• Whatever you do, DON’T stress. Stress can cause you to do poorly on your exams. Try some simple breathing exercises to keep your stress level down.
• Create a dependable study group with classmates because sometimes its better to study in a group than alone.
• Try rewriting your notes over again in another notebook. This is a good way to re-teach yourself the material.
• Get sleep! I know we all want to cram in all the information in one night but the best way to prepare for finals is getting all the rest you can have and learn the material with a clear head after a goodnight’s rest.

Good luck on finals everyone!

Finals week is quickly approaching and everyone knows what that means….late nights and a diet consisting of coffee and convenient junk food!  But it’s very important that you eat healthy food during Finals Week so that your brain has enough energy to get you through that late night study sessions!

Also, remember that summer is coming right after finals, so if we all want to look good in our beach wear, we should snack healthier while studying for finals.

Here are some tips for healthy snacking:

• Eat Fruit! you can substitute fruit for sweets and candies and the natural sugar keeps you alert and awake.
• Granola bars are good for an on-the-go snack.
• Peanuts or any type of nuts are good brain food
• Vegetables are great- carrots with ranch dip is a personal favorite.
• If your feeling the need for chips, rice chips or rice cakes are a good healthy substitute and come in many flavors.
• Eat a full dinner, even if it is something quick and easy like pasta.
• The galley provides many healthy, quick lunch options to grab on your way to the library, like wraps and salads.
• Popcorn is good for you in moderation.

Good luck on finals and remember to gets a lot of sleep, eat healthy, and study hard!

If you’ll be staying in the area for the summer, you’re in luck because Pennsylvania is close to some of the best beaches on the East Coast. Just a short drive away, the beaches of New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland are awesome vacation spots if you have just a day, a long weekend, or even a week to spare!

Ocean City Maryland is one of our favorite beach hot spots. With a 2.25 mile long boardwalk abundant with shops, restaurants, hotels and more, Ocean City has something for everyone!

Aside from the hundreds of activities on the boardwalk, Ocean City is a 36 mile long town that has activities all summer long to preoccupy anyone. Some of the popular activities include their international kite expo, restaurant week, 100 nights of lights, surf expos, movie nights, and concerts. There is never a dull moment in Ocean City.

If you’re not looking to spend all day wrapped up in the activities, and you would rather relax on the beach all day, soaking up the sun (while properly applying SPF throughout the day of course), then look no further. Ocean City Maryland is one of the few free beaches in the area that does not require a beach tag. This means that you can ‘beach it’ as often and for as long as you’d like – for free! This makes it perfect for a spontaneous beach day trip. All you have to pay for is the gas down and any food you buy on the boardwalk!

Located only about 3 hours from Millersville, Ocean City is a popular beach hot spot for college aged adults. Plan a trip this summer to see what you love best about OCMD!

As hard as it may be to believe, but finals week is finally here. It’s that time of the year to test yourself on how much you actually learned these past 15 weeks. While 15 weeks of school work boiled down to 1 test may be stressful, Global Ed has some sure-fire ways to help ease some of this test anxiety you may feel!

• Do NOT procrastinate – if you have not started studying yet, take this weekend to begin. Even if your test is not cumulative, it is still overwhelming for your brain to absorb information for multiple classes at once. Prioritize your studying based on which tests are first, and develop a study plan to help ease some stress.
• Eat regularly/healthy – fueling your body with healthy food also fuels your brain, which helps you retain information while you study. It is easy to forge to eat when you get weighed down with tasks/studying, and often it is easier to engorge in 3 pizzas a day or have coffee for dinner. While cooking may take some time, it is important to make sure that you are getting your normal vitamins through your food. This will not not only help with studying, but healthy eating will prevent you from getting sick – which you run a higher risk of when you are stressed out.
• Take a break – After about 60-90 minutes of studying, your brain stops retaining information. It is important to give yourself a break. During your break, doing light exercise helps with studying too! Take a short walk and enjoy the fresh air and sunshine, take a break and make a meal, or just relax for about 10 minutes in silence. Whatever you need to do to give your brain the well needed rest it deserves is just as important as studying.
• Sleep – sleep is very important and correlates directly with academic performance. Your body needs rest, and getting a healthy 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep per night is vital to college students well-being. Feeling rested when you wake up will help you perform better on your tests and assignments.
• Breathe – Sure, you breathe all the time. But when is the last time you stopped what you were doing, took a deep breath in, and then just let it go? It is amazing how satisfying and relieving this can be. If you find yourself overwhelmed, remember to just breathe. School work and finals are very important, but they are not the end-all, be-all of your life. Everyone is human and we are not expected to get perfect scores on all of our tests. We are expected to try our best and learn what we can. At the end of the day, if you try your best and give it your all, that is succeeding. Finals will be over before you know it and then we get to enjoy 3 months of a well deserved summer vacation!