With final exams approaching and the end of the semester looming, some Penn State students take this time to reflect on their study habits â and most realize sleep deprivation and caffeination is not the best way to approach studying.
Many students donât know who to talk to about study skills. Instead, they attempt an endless cycle of trial and error.
Ultimately, professors may be the best resource for study tips â believe it or not, they were students once too.
According to Dustin Elliott, assistant teaching professor of psychology, memorization is the most ineffective study method.
Elliott said he tried this approach during his first years in college.
It’s draft day, baby!
The 2021 NFL Draft is set to open at 8 p.m. Thursday. Over the next three days, 259 players will hear their names called and have their NFL dreams come true.
Typically, first-round picks are announced by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. But from there on out, there’s no shortage of special guests announcing a plethora of picks.
Just last year,
Miles Sanders announced the Eagles’ second-round draft pick. That got us thinking: Which Penn Stater would we want to see announce an NFL Draft pick?
Here’s what some of our staffers had to say.
Charles Reinert: Curt Chandler