The Pursuit of Academic Excellence

Being a first-generation college student is far from easy. There are many challenges and obstacles that many first-generation students, including me, had to overcome while being a college student. Even though being a first-generation college student can be challenging...

Getting Back Into The Groove of Things

It’s the beginning of a new semester! For some of us, this isn’t our first time going in to a new semester, and for others it is! No matter if you’re new or returning, getting back into the groove of the new semester can be a difficult transition. I...

Week 10 Already?

How is it already Week 10? It feels like this semester just started! It’s about to be November and I don’t know if I’m ready yet. In general, time flies, but when you are in college, semesters are a blink of an eye. Sometimes it feels like the blink...

The Longest Short Week Ever

I always dread the week of Labor Day. You see, you leave for the summer, come back to school, and all the sudden you have another day off. Of course, our bodies aren’t used to our routine schedules for school, so it’s hard to return back on Tuesday....