Top 5 Reasons to Meet with Your Academic Advisor
Here are 5 reasons why you should meet with your academic advisor! Create a class schedule: It might seem basic, but academic advisors provide valuable input as to which classes to take and when. They can provide advice on how to balance varying requirements and which...
Top Tips on FASFA
Applying for financial aid can feel a bit daunting and overwhelming. This helpful how-to guide is meant to be used as a way to ease the burden of applying for federal financial aid! FSA ID: Before completing the FAFSA itself, you will need to create a Federal Student...
Ways We Are Keeping Students Engaged Amid The COVID-19 Outbreak
In these unprecedented times, Northwest College Support is working to make sure our students still feel the same level of support and engagement within our program even from a distance. This has called on our staff to come up with innovative solutions for the many...
5 Things You’ll Love About North Idaho College
North Idaho College (NIC) is the primary school Northwest College Support students attend. Learn why both our students and staff love what NIC has to offer - More than 150 degree programs offered - A comprehensive community college offering everything from basic...
What is an Educational Coach? And how can they help you or your child succeed?
Here at NWCS, our educational coaches are at the heart of our program. Our ed coaches support NWCS’ overarching mission of helping every student succeed in college. Through intentional, individualized coaching, our ed coaches help students learn the necessary life and...
To Scroll or Not to Scroll: Some thoughts on social media usage and how it’s effecting our mental health
The research on addiction to social media and the effect it is having on our mental health has been pouring in as we are starting to see social media usage overwhelmingly take over in our society. Most recently, Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook, has come out as...
Why College Students NEED Mindfulness and Meditation
Why mindfulness and meditation? As a young adult navigating college and life, things can get unbelievably stressful. Life’s stresses never seem to reduce, (in fact they grow) as we get older. However, learning how to manage stress can help bring balance and avoid the...
15 Ways Education Coaches Help Students at NW College Support
At NWCS each of our students are paired with a 3-person team consisting of a therapist, life coach and education coach. Each of these team members play an important role in the students life and help them accomplish a number of distinct but equally valuable goals....
GPA 101: Understanding Your Grade Point Average
We hear about it all the time. It effects whether we get into college, whether we stay in college, and whether we graduate or not. Something that has so much power over our college career is certainly worth taking some time to understand. How to calculate it, what...
Thanksgiving Travel Tips For College Students
Tell your roommates you're going on a trip. This is one of those things that is just so obvious, that sometimes it can go overlooked. You don't want your roommates to start worrying when they realize they haven't seen you in a couple of days. Even if you already left...
Winter Activities at Northwest College Support
Winter is fast approaching here in the Inland Northwest, and for many of our students, it may be the first time they’ve lived somewhere during a winter season, or maybe even seen snow! The winter season here can bring a variety of weather phenomena, everything from...
Why Make Physical Activity a Priority?
Get moving! As a college student life routinely gets extremely hectic and stressful. As assignments pile up, taking care of physical health gets lower on the list of priorities. Quick, cheap, and generally processed foods become saving graces while physical activity...
Pets at Northwest College Support?!
At Northwest College Support, we have lots of dogs running around the office, including Bear, our certified therapy dog! Students enrolled in NWCS are also allowed to have pets provided they have demonstrated that they are responsible, and it is appropriate for the...
What is the ReSet House?!
Students admitted to Northwest College Support enjoy many adult freedoms, privileges, and responsibilities. At NWCS, it is the goal for students to live as independently as possible so that the students have the best chance at success after they move on from NWCS....
3 Simple Strategies to Improve Executive Functioning in College Students
In our line of work we encounter many students who struggle with executive functioning. One particular weakness often seen within executive functioning is a lack of time management skills and initiating tasks. This can have a negative impact on the student's life in...