Going Through College

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Going through college can be a very stressful time in someone’s life. This can be caused by all kinds of reasons like homework, test, sports, jobs, etc. Being a student here at the University of North Dakota has led me to many opportunities, but as well as many difficult changes that I have faced through school. Many students and teachers have been complaining of being very uncertain about understanding of how to run this new technology through the school.
UPrint, Blackboard, LMS ez, Starfish, Campus Connection, and Student Emails all are a major part of UND. Many students (Including myself) didn’t even know what anything of these computer resources were when starting school at UND. Now, students are constantly using these

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