Penn State is a big school so sometimes it is necessary to find some means of transportation other than using your own two feet and walking. Coming in freshman year I had no idea what CATA was or how to interpret the different bus schedules or routes. In order to not feel overwhelmed, like I […]
An open letter to the class of 2019
Dear College-Bound High School Seniors, “Where are you going to college?” was the question I attempted to avoid at every social gathering I attended my senior year of high school. It was the inevitable question that was so easy for some to answer but for others, like me, not so much. By January of my […]
Saying goodbye to Happy Valley and hello to the Real World
It’s crazy to think that in less than two months I will be a Penn State alumna! For the seniors graduating from high school this year and heading off to college, I just want to say congratulations! If you’re coming to Penn State in the fall, get ready for the best four plus years of […]
Supplemental housing
Every year a number of students get assigned to supplemental housing and that often makes a couple of people nervous. Supplemental housing means that instead of living with one other person in a double, like most freshmen do, you are living in a way bigger room with six to eight other people. Many people […]
5 things I wish I had known before attending New Student Orientation
As a current sophomore, I remember my New Student Orientation (NSO) very fondly. It was my first time visiting Penn State after putting my deposit in and my first time feeling like a real college student. But, truthfully, I was still a little nervous to be separated from my mom and to accept the first […]
Spring break’s over…now what?
After a much needed vacation in sunny Florida for spring break, I am back in Happy Valley! Spring break is a little different from Thanksgiving break and winter break in the sense that when you return from spring break, you’re left with 7-8 weeks remaining in the academic year. Or in my case as a senior, the […]
From Puerto Rico to Penn State
Coming to school here in PSU from Puerto Rico has been an amazing experience. It was interesting to me that although we are a U.S. territory, so many things are different here. I’d say one of the biggest adjustments was obviously going from speaking Spanish all the time to English. Although our high schools at […]
The Happy Valley weather essentials
Happy Valley is known for a lot of different things, one of which is its crazy or as us Penn Staters like to call it bi-polar weather. It is important to keep that in mind when doing that beloved back to school shopping. Since you may not have experienced a Penn State weather debacle yet, […]
College is more than the classroom
For new students coming to college, the idea of joining an extracurricular can be daunting and overwhelming. But joining a club or group has many benefits. Campus organizations can be resume builders, resources for discovering passions, a way to feel connected to your school, and an easy way to make new friends. From personal experience, […]
From the classroom to the workplace
While sitting in class it can be hard to picture yourself utilizing the things you are learning in the real world. However, after interviewing Samantha Strebel on her experience working for Johnson and Johnson as a consumer-marketing co-op, we can see how useful her classroom knowledge has been to her in the real world. Sam […]
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