Janet Miller is a registered psychologist with a PhD in counselling psychology. She has spent twenty-plus years working as a university counsellor at Mount Royal University and as a certified trainer with the Centre for Suicide Prevention. She is also an adjunct professor at the University of Calgary. Enthusiastic, warm, and wise, she is a step-parent to two university grads and a mother to two future first-year students. She makes her home in Calgary, Alberta.

• Foreword: Blessings for All on Your Journey / Elder Roy Bear ChiefIntroduction: First-Year Guidance from a Friendly Student Counsellor1 What to Know before You Go2 Moving (Even If You're Not)3 Orientation and Welcome4 Early Days on Campus5 Finding Your Peeps and Settling In6 The Crash (a.k.a. October, First Grades Back)7 Maybe I'm Not Smart Enough8 Time Machines and How to Use them9 Messed Up about Majors10 The Sh*t Has Hit the Fan11 All-Nighters and Late–Late-Nighters12 Managing the Stress and Coping with Outside Distractions13 End in Sight but Losing Steam14 Race-Day Strategies for Final Exams15 Planning for Second Semester and Second YearConclusion: Looking Forward to the Second SeasonA Quick Tour of Student ServicesNotes; Index

Janet Miller is a registered psychologist with a PhD in counselling psychology. She has spent twenty-plus years working as a university counsellor at Mount Royal University and as a certified trainer with the Centre for Suicide Prevention. She is also an adjunct professor at the University of Calgary. Enthusiastic, warm, and wise, she is a step-parent to two university grads and a mother to two future first-year students. She makes her home in Calgary, Alberta.

• Foreword: Blessings for All on Your Journey / Elder Roy Bear ChiefIntroduction: First-Year Guidance from a Friendly Student Counsellor1 What to Know before You Go2 Moving (Even If You're Not)3 Orientation and Welcome4 Early Days on Campus5 Finding Your Peeps and Settling In6 The Crash (a.k.a. October, First Grades Back)7 Maybe I'm Not Smart Enough8 Time Machines and How to Use them9 Messed Up about Majors10 The Sh*t Has Hit the Fan11 All-Nighters and Late–Late-Nighters12 Managing the Stress and Coping with Outside Distractions13 End in Sight but Losing Steam14 Race-Day Strategies for Final Exams15 Planning for Second Semester and Second YearConclusion: Looking Forward to the Second SeasonA Quick Tour of Student ServicesNotes; Index

Janet Miller is a registered psychologist with a PhD in counselling psychology. She has spent twenty-plus years working as a university counsellor at Mount Royal University and as a certified trainer with the Centre for Suicide Prevention. She is also an adjunct professor at the University of Calgary. Enthusiastic, warm, and wise, she is a step-parent to two university grads and a mother to two future first-year students. She makes her home in Calgary, Alberta.

• Foreword: Blessings for All on Your Journey / Elder Roy Bear ChiefIntroduction: First-Year Guidance from a Friendly Student Counsellor1 What to Know before You Go2 Moving (Even If You're Not)3 Orientation and Welcome4 Early Days on Campus5 Finding Your Peeps and Settling In6 The Crash (a.k.a. October, First Grades Back)7 Maybe I'm Not Smart Enough8 Time Machines and How to Use them9 Messed Up about Majors10 The Sh*t Has Hit the Fan11 All-Nighters and Late–Late-Nighters12 Managing the Stress and Coping with Outside Distractions13 End in Sight but Losing Steam14 Race-Day Strategies for Final Exams15 Planning for Second Semester and Second YearConclusion: Looking Forward to the Second SeasonA Quick Tour of Student ServicesNotes; Index