Time Management: Managing your time wisely is the first step toward ensuring your classes are prioritized and completed successfully.

Peer Mentoring: Our more experienced students are here to help newer students learn how to navigate the campus and help with any questions.

Faculty Coaching: Students that find themselves struggling academically can get help from faculty.

Success Coaching: Success coaches help students set and achieve academic goals and identify and overcome barriers.

Academic Success Center & Tutoring: The Academic Success Center offers tutoring, webinars, writing assistance and more.

PG411: Self-register for this free Academic Success Center hosted classroom filled with resources to help students.

Academic Writer: Academic Writer is a tool to help with APA formatting for your papers, to make sure you avoid any accidental plagiarism.

Study Tips: Visit our Study Tips page for information on presenting in class and other resources for help with general studying assistance.

Academic Writer: Academic Writer is a tool to help with APA formatting for your papers, to make sure you avoid any accidental plagiarism.

Academic Success Center & Tutoring: The Academic Success Center offers tutoring, webinars, writing assistance and more.

PG411: Self-register for this classroom to access tutors, the paper review service, Turnitin and Grammar Check, and more.

Academic Integrity Training: Short training class designed to help students avoid accidental plagiarism.

Using Turnitin: Video explaining how to use Turnitin to avoid plagiarism. Access Turnitin via PG411.

Writing With Integrity: Document that reviews "expectations for academic research and professional writing".

Avoid Third Party 'Help' Sites: Do not use outside, third-party academic help sites that collect course content from users (may claim to offer free tutoring, study guides, course notes, ‘sample’ papers, etc). Sharing your class content, whether with other students or outside sites, is an academic integrity violation of the PG Code of Conduct and will result in a Code of Student Conduct violation on your record. Faculty, staff, and administration monitor these sites and academic consequences will follow for those found using third party sites. The only acceptable academic resources for student use are those provided by PG through the Library and Academic Success Center. 

Some of our faculty were the first in their family to attend and graduate from college.  Click here to watch a video of some of their stories and hear their advice.

Read interviews with some of our first generation college students here.

 Alpha Alpha Alpha is an invitation-only honor society for first generation college students. 

Visit our glossary of university terminology, aka Speaking "University", to learn more about the language of higher education and see the definitions of words specific to colleges and universities.

Time Management: The university offers a time management calculator to help you with planning, along with webinars and other tips to manage your workload.

Course Modules: Some classes at PG are available in modules, so you can do a smaller portion of a class at a time to lower your class load when needed.

Procrastination: The My Action Plan for Procrastination from the Academic Success Center offers tips to help you overcome procrastination. 

Success Coaching: Success coaches help students set and achieve academic goals and identify and overcome barriers.

Academic Governance: Join the Student Advisory Board to have a voice in Purdue Global leadership discussions.

Student Life: Join student clubs and organizations to meet and interact with students and faculty. 

Peer Mentor: Helping newer students learn the ropes of Purdue Global is a great way to get involved.

PG Village: Attend the annual PG Village conference.

Federal Work-Study: Federal Work-Study (FWS) is a federally funded program that provides employment for students that demonstrate a financial need, to meet their indirect cost of attending college. It is an excellent way for qualified students to gain relevant experience concerning their program while working part-time.

Course Load: By increasing the number of classes you take per term, you graduate more quickly and avoid more fees.

Course Modules: Adding course modules is a great way to increase your course load.

Accelerated Program: If you plan to get a Master's degree after completing your Bachelor's, you can take some of those Master's degree classes early, decreasing the number of classes you need for the Master's program.

Credit by Exam: Undergraduate students that have experience and knowledge through non-transferrable sources can sometimes fulfill course credit through Credit by Exam or Credit for Experience. 

Student Life: Student Life offers opportunities to participate in organizations for networking and to act in leadership roles.

Career Services: The CareerNetwork is here to help you with your resume and finding a job.

Academic Governance: Participating on the Student Advisory Board is an impressive leadership credential for your resume.

Internship: Participating in an internship during your degree helps give you work experience for your resume and references for future job searches.

Volunteering: Volunteer work in your field is a great way to network and get experience for your resume. Tell us what you do on the Volunteer Hall of Fame.

Service Learning Awards: Earn ACES awards for your transcripts

Volunteer Hall of Fame: Do you do volunteer work? Tell us about it and you may be highlighted on our site.

Success Tips: Share your tips to help out your fellow students.

Chosen Name: Update your profile to have your chosen name used in PG Campus and stored in our record keeping systems.

Internship: Participation in an internship gives both course credit and work experience. It's a great option for students planning a career change.

Career Services: Our Career Services team can help you find work opportunities.

Federal Work-Study: Federal Work-Study (FWS) is a federally funded program that provides employment for students that demonstrate a financial need, to meet their indirect cost of attending college. It is an excellent way for qualified students to gain relevant experience concerning their program while working part-time.

Volunteering: Volunteer work in your field is a great way to network and get experience for your resume. Tell us what you do on the Volunteer Hall of Fame.

Courseload: It's basic math: the more classes you take, the sooner you'll graduate.

Modules: Adding course modules to your regular course load helps get you to graduation more quickly, without overloading you.

Course Assessments: If you have extensive experience and knowledge in a topic, but no transcripts to evaluate, you can test out of some classes.

Credit by Exam: Undergraduate students that have experience and knowledge through non-transferrable sources can sometimes fulfill course credit Credit by Exam or Credit for Experience. 

Accelerated Program: Taking some graduate level courses during your undergraduate program can help you complete your future Master's degree more quickly.

Letter of Recommendation: You can contact faculty to request a letter of recommendation, but there is information you should include and it is at the faculty member's discretion whether or not to provide a letter.

Program Verification: If you have a form that needs to be filled out to verify your degree completion, or specific aspects of your program, please send it to sbs@purdueglobal.edu. The form will be reviewed to ensure your program does meet the criteria outlined on the form, and if appropriate, filled out and returned. 

Micro-Credentials: Also known as a 'minor', micro-credentials show evidence of a secondary focus area in your program.

Open Electives: Open elective courses can be any class you want.  Think carefully what will both be most interesting and help you in the future.

Credit for Experience: This undergraduate level course can help you earn course credit for things you learned outside of a classroom.

Internship: You can earn both course credit and work experience toward your future career in one class.

Accelerated Program: Take graduate level classes during your undergraduate program for that extra edge.

Student Assistance Program: Health Advocate is a complimentary 24/7 service with staff available to help with a wide variety of issues, like anxiety, debt management, work/life balance, and more.

Understanding and Managing Stress: This webinar, offered a couple times a year, discusses stress triggers and how to develop better coping skills while under pressure.  

Mindfulness: This webinar explores the benefits of mindfulness in all areas of life, but particularly from the student perspective.

Success Coaching: Success coaches help students set and achieve academic goals and identify and overcome barriers.

Purdue Global Student Military Association

College Credit for Military Training

Military Education Benefits and Financial Aid

Education Resources for Military Students

Pursuing Racial Justice Together: Visit this site to access resources, speakers, and virtual learning sessions.

Student Affinity Groups: The Office of Student Life sponsors student affinity groups to create inclusive spaces to help better support, engage, and educate the Purdue Global community. 

At the very top of this page, use the SBS Resources drop-down menu to see all the information included on this site.