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Conversations with College Students During Winter Break
Tricia Seifert Tricia Seifert

Conversations with College Students During Winter Break

Winter break offers a chance to reconnect with your college student and create space for honest conversations. With the right timing and open curiosity, small moments can lead to meaningful insights about their academic, social, and personal growth.

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Finish Strong!
Tricia Seifert Tricia Seifert

Finish Strong!

A helpful guide for parents and supporters as first-year students enter the final stretch of the semester. Learn how to encourage the habits and routines that strengthen confidence, readiness, and academic success.

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The Power of Play
Tricia Seifert Tricia Seifert

The Power of Play

Play is powerful. It teaches problem-solving, patience, and the confidence to try again after a mistake. I learned many of these lessons through games long before I realized they were lessons at all. From adding points in Uno to plotting strategy in Battleship, games shaped how I think, plan, and learn.

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College Signing Day!
Tricia Seifert Tricia Seifert

College Signing Day!

College Signing Day is a BIG deal. Celebrate students’ commitment to a college degree and then support them on their journey.

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Mind over mountains
Tricia Seifert Tricia Seifert

Mind over mountains

What would you share with undergraduate students if you had 18 minutes? I offer up the importance of traversing the mountains in our minds that can hold us back

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Road Trip in Rearview
Tricia Seifert Tricia Seifert

Road Trip in Rearview

Recently back from a 1250+ mile road trip in which I played Success Prints Crash Course® with educators and students. Students loved that the game introduces them to the social side of college and forces them to think strategically about how to balance their time between academics and social life.

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Dream out loud!
Tricia Seifert Tricia Seifert

Dream out loud!

This simple phrase invites persistent action in service of a dream in the community of others. It's the perfect call to action for the first-year college student.

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Higher Education ABCs
Tricia Seifert Tricia Seifert

Higher Education ABCs

There is a learning curve when beginning college. There is a whole new language and lexicon. Teachers become professors and there is a bewildering number of acronyms. The SUB is not an underwater navel vessel but the Student Union Building. This post clarifies two key roles, advisor and counselor.

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Lessons from the Class of 2021
Tricia Seifert Tricia Seifert

Lessons from the Class of 2021

We discuss the spot-on advice and wisdom dispensed by Bozeman high school seniors whose graduation day is just around the corner.

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Games for College Success
Tricia Seifert Tricia Seifert

Games for College Success

College is a game and some of the rules are unwritten. Success Prints Crash Course® provides a secret decoder ring allowing students to read the “hidden rules.” It’s the perfect game for high school seniors and new college students to test their strategy and develop a college success mindset.

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Class of 2020 Graduation: Every Which Way to the Next Step
Tricia Seifert Tricia Seifert

Class of 2020 Graduation: Every Which Way to the Next Step

As seniors experience graduation in ways never expected, it’s time to think about getting ready for the next step after high school. Whatever graduates choose to do, managing time and balancing demands will be top of list. Success Prints Crash Course is the perfect gift to help graduates get ready.

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Playing in Person
Tricia Seifert Tricia Seifert

Playing in Person

It was AMAZING to play Success Prints Crash Course®, the college life strategy board game with students, live, in-person, and gathered around a table.

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So much to do; So little time
Tricia Seifert Tricia Seifert

So much to do; So little time

College social life can be summed up with the phrase: “So much to do; so little time to do it all.” Managing time between competing demands of going to class and work, socializing with friends, and completing assignments is one of the hardest parts about college life. Success Prints Crash Course® gives players a chance to perfect their time management strategy before the consequences are real.

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Asking for a Friend
Tricia Seifert Tricia Seifert

Asking for a Friend

Students often seek help under the guise that they are "asking for a friend." The Success Prints team wants these students to know exactly where to go for assistance and support.

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Have you talked to your kids about college?
Tricia Seifert Tricia Seifert

Have you talked to your kids about college?

Talking to your kids about college can feel like talking to a brick wall. What if a game focused on the first semester of college could give you a new angle to talk about what it take to do well in the first college semester? This post is for you.

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#WhyApply
Tricia Seifert Tricia Seifert

#WhyApply

#WhyApply is on opportunity to hear from current students and educators why they chose to go college. Most importantly, it’s a chance to talk to high school seniors about their goals for their next step in life.

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