Kick Start
August 29-September 2 (Registration is Closed for Fall 2022)
Kick Start your College Career by participating in an early arrival program designed for new first-year students. For the second year in a row, we are expanding to a select group of new freshman in addition to our Parkside Promise students.
Kick Start starts on Monday, August 29 and runs through September 2. Students living in housing in the fall will be able to check into their Residence hall room on Sunday, August 28 from 12 to 4 pm in Ranger Hall.
Why participate?
Kick Start will:
- boost your confidence
- reduce any sense of uncertainty about starting college
- build your connections with other students
- introduce you to your academic advisor, freshman seminar instructor and other key staff
- activate your strengths and
- provide you with the proven secrets to success in college
PLUS, it is FREE. And participants will receive a $200 book voucher.
Here's what some of last year's participants had to say...
"It helped me feel more confident and made me feel like I really can succeed in college."
"It was really fun and helpful."
"Loved it. Got to meet new friends."
Questions? Contact possehl@uwp.edu
Agenda 2022
The program will run from 8:30 am to 5 pm each day with optional social activities in the evening. Campus partners include the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs, Advising and Career Center, Student Support Services, Parkside Academic Resource, and more. The schedule for the week is below:
August 29
7:30 am Breakfast (optional)
8:30 am Check In
9:00 am Playfair
10:45 am Peer Mentor meetings
11:30 am Opening Picnic
12:30 pm Rotating Sessions
and Who R U?
2:00 pm Strengths Quest Assessment
3:15 pm Becoming a Learner #1
5:30 pm Dinner (optional)
6:00 pm Craft night
August 30
7:30 am Breakfast (Optional)
8:30 am Check In
9:00 am Parkside Spirit Rally
9:30 am Rotating Sessions
and Getting Gritty With it
10:30 am The MOSAIC experience
Managing Your Resources
11:30 am Rotating Sessions
and Lunch
12:15 pm Find Your Classroom
1:00 pm Rotating Sessions
Getting Gritty with It
The MOSAIC experience
Managing Your Resources
2:00 pm Finding Your Strengths
3:00 pm Meeting your Mentors
5:30 pm Dinner (optional)
6:00 pm Trivia NIght (optional)
August 31
7:30 am Breakfast (optional )
9:00 am Check In
9:30 am Resource Road Rally
10:30 am Rotating Sessions
Empowerment...Being Your Own Advocate
Career Connection
Wisdom from our Alumni
11:30 am Rotating Session
and Lunch
12:00 pm Taking Care of Business
12:45 pm Rotating Sessions
and Empowerment: Being Your Own Advocate
1:45 pm Career Connection
Wisdom from our Alumni
3:00 pm Finding Your Why?
4:00 pm Peer Mentor Meet Up
5:30 pm Dinner (Optional)
6:00 pm Open Rec NIght
September 1
7:30 am Breakfast (optional)
9:00 am Check In
9:30 am University ABC's
10:30 am Rotating Sessions
Excelling in College English
Excelling in College Math
PARC is for Everyone
11:30am Lunch & Buying Your Books
12:45 pm Rotating Sessions
and Excelling in College English
1:45 pm Excelling in College Math
PARC is for Everyone
3:00 pm Career Connection - Part 2
4:00 pm Peer Mentor Meet Up
5:30 pm Dinner (optional)
6:00 pm Board Game Night
September 2
7:30 am Breakfast (optional)
9:00 am Check In
9:30 am Building a Success Mindset
11:00 am Becoming a Learner
12:00 pm Getting Involved/Making your Mark Barbecue
1:30 pm Closing