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The Importance of Self-Care

 

 

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The Importance of Self-Care

College students are often consumed by classes, extracurriculars, relationships, and other daily commitments. The hectic schedule can be stressful and leave little time for students to take care of themselves. But the importance of self-care can’t be denied. Taking time for yourself can yield a healthier and more enjoyable college experience. Here are a few reasons why self-care is so important.

 

What Is Self-Care?

Before you can understand why self-care is important, you need to understand what it is. Essentially, self-care is anything that you do for yourself that helps to keep you healthy in mind, body, and spirit. By practicing self-care you are investing in yourself and your health. Your version of self-care may look very different from your roommate’s or friends’. That’s OK. There is no one right version of self-care — what helps you to feel happy and healthy is what matters.

 

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Karuna Schwartz, AISES

Karuna Schwartz is the director of Individual Giving for AISES. When she isn't busy connecting donors with the AISES vision of the next seven generations of Native people to be successful, respected, influential, and contributing members of our vast and ever-changing global community, you will find her running, hiking, skiing, riding her motorcycle, and guiding meditation. Schwartz lives on the land of the Cheyenne and Ute people in the mountains of Colorado with her husband, two dogs, a cat, and seven chickens.

 

The pandemic shined the light on the benefits of self-care. What are some examples of self-care that are effective for students? How can they incorporate self-care into their routines?

I'd like to start off by saying that self-care is in no way selfish. In fact, caring for ourselves is one of the best things we can do for others. It's like putting your oxygen mask on first so that you can help people around you on an airplane. Life is stressful at the moment, and it is especially so for students. I remember those long days of classes that led to long evenings in the library preparing for midterms and finals. I also know from my time guiding meditation and teaching others mindfulness techniques, that sometimes we don't know where to begin self-care.

 

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PRE-COLLEGE OPPORTUNITIES

 

We offer scholarships for computer science students in Fall 2022 and Fall 2023. Funded by the National Science Foundation, awards are up to $10,000 a year, based on financial need.

 

Join the Environmental Justice Video Challenge for Students.

 

Seeking volunteers for hybrid conference — virtual or in-person available.

 

Apply by April 29.

 

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Join us to learn about the Department of the Interior, its people, and the type of work we do across the U.S. and U.S. territories.

 

Clubs are free after-school programs for girls in grades 3–12 who want to join our sisterhood of supportive peers and role models using computer science to change the world.

 

UNDERGRADUATE OPPORTUNITIES

 

This free, eight-week online program, designed by practicing actuaries, will support university students’ career growth by providing technical and soft skill development, as well as mentorships and networking opportunities.

 

IBM Accelerate is an unpaid, virtual learning experience that offers high potential undergraduate students the opportunity to become equipped with the knowledge and career readiness they need for future consideration for opportunities within the technology industry.

 

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Successful applicants will be teamed with a mentor with whom they will meet remotely throughout the year.

 

The program will provide a full MCAT course through Kaplan with access following the program.

 

Apply by March 25 for an opportunity that specifically welcomes Native American undergraduates from Native-serving two-year colleges, four-year universities, and research universities as well as students from other underrepresented groups in STEM.

 

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Apply by May 19.

 

Join us April 4-6, Virtual, by Harvard University

 

The one year fellowship provides $50,000 or $100,000 grants to individuals who are leading the way as open source hardware expands into academia.

 

The Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program provides supplemental awards to U.S. graduate students to pursue part of their graduate thesis research at a DOE laboratory/facility in areas that address scientific challenges central to the Office of Science mission.

 

Apply by April 15 for one-week, all-expenses-paid intensive on Climate and Equity Education.

 

Do you want to become a software developer? Apply for AnitaB.org’s paid tech apprenticeship program today.

 

Apply by March 31. Designed for doctoral students within their last two years of study and postdoctoral scholars in the last year of their research, this exciting, all-expenses-paid, four-day program is an invaluable opportunity to learn more about academic careers and how to succeed in a faculty position.

 

Apply for a paid internship with the U.S. Department of Energy.

 

Apply by March 31 for this paid internship with the U.S. Forest Service.

 

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