by Jorge Álvarez | Apr 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
The next few months seem to be brimming with opportunity. Opportunity often brings me feelings of anticipation, but recently, fear. I say fear coming from the workload I’ll have in the fall semester. I applied to the Washington Semester Program for Fall 2019. I’ll be...
by Jorge Álvarez | Apr 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
Currently, I work as one of the Building Supervisors at the Info Desk at the Cohon University Center (CUC) on campus. Thankfully the process for acquiring my current job was easy, only requiring a casual interview. Soon after Orientation, I had heard of a place that...
by Jorge Álvarez | Mar 17, 2019 | Student Blogs
In growing up First-Gen, I have had to grow up fast, needing to assume adult responsibilities at an earlier age than other teens. All of us First-Gens know this struggle. I have completed documents and read legalese regarding my parents’ mortgage and banking...
by Jorge Álvarez | Jan 11, 2019 | Student Blogs
Whether you apply to the one college or thirteen (this was my situation, I really wanted to get in), the college application process is a journey to go to college, the next frontier in your life. Shout out to my friend Malik who told me to “Be selfish.”...
by Jorge Álvarez | Jan 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
My first semester was fun in some ways and not fun in others. Although the enjoyment and awe of Orientation had finally run out, I spent tons of my time outside of class chatting and meeting new people. In order to save my meal blocks and my DinExtra (Dinex), I...
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