Success Coaching

Think of it this way: your success coach is your go-to person for your first year at Parkside. They provide individualized, one-on-one support with:

• school resources
• decision making
• healthy social skills
• school-life balance
• study strategies and organizational skills
• transitioning from high school to college
• developing life skills

…and so much more!

The UW-Parkside homepage allows you to search for information. You can type in “Midnight Ranger,” and see upcoming events and get detailed information. You can see activities advertised in the windows on the bridge of Molinaro Hall, your Navigate app, as well as the monitors throughout the campus, posters and handbills.

The UW-Parkside Academic Calendar includes dates such as the beginning and end of each semester, breaks, final exam weeks, and major holidays. Success Coaches suggest you print and add these dates to your academic planner.

Your coach wants to help you find an environment where you can be your authentic self! The Office of Multicultural Student Affairs (OMSA), Genders & Sexualities Advocacy Center, and Veterans Services all work to foster student belonging. We would be happy to introduce you to the staff in these spaces.

Student Success Coaches can connect you to resources through the Student Accessibility Services office. Visit their site to understand what services are available. Accommodations are made on a case-by-case basis. Some of the more common ones include extended time on exams and quizzes, distraction-reduced testing environment, preferential seating in the classroom, tape recording of lectures, alternative textbooks, and interpreting/captioning. Don’t wait until the last minute! This process can take up to several weeks.

You can find campus jobs and internships on Handshake. If you need help writing a resume or preparing for an interview, stop by The Commons, Zone 2, and the staff at the information desk can assist you in making an appointment.

FAFSA is the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. You will need to complete FAFSA® Application | Federal Student Aid before considering federal student aid, such as federal grants, work-study, and loans.

We recommend that everyone fill out a FAFSA. By filling out the FAFSA, you are not committing to taking any financial aid, you are setting up the opportunity. This gives our students financial options if they need to access aid at any time within that year.

We encourage students to fill out the FAFSA as early as they can. We have various types of aid that are limited and awarded on a first come/first served basis. Submit it as soon as you can to maximize your eligibility. Please refer to UW-Parkside Financial Aid How and When to Apply for application help.

Information about scholarships can be found on UW-Parkside’s website. The contact for scholarships at UW-Parkside is Heather McGee. She can be reached at mcgeeh@uwp.edu.

Don’t be alarmed if you see “Course Materials have not been determined. Check back soon for updates.” This statement means the professors have not submitted a required book for your course AS OF YET. Check back periodically, to see if/when that changes. Also, it could be a good idea to select “email me” to receive notification for the course. If you want to be certain about your textbook requirements for a specific class, feel free to send your professor an email for a textbook update.

If the textbook is listed as “out of stock”, you can still purchase the textbook through the UW-Parkside Bookstore. Note: the time frame when you receive the book will vary, due to the bookstore having to order more textbooks.

An Alternative method to purchase textbooks is through a third-party distributor such as: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and/or Chegg. To purchase the correct textbook with a third-party distributor, utilize the “ISBN Number”. Once you have located the ISBN number for your textbook, copy and paste the number in the search bar of the third-party distributors’ website. The website should auto generate your required course textbook.