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Thank You

It’s hard to believe that this is my last ever PLA blog. I won’t like; over the past 3 years there have certainly been nights where 11pm on Sunday rolls around and I think “hmm, I feel like I forgot something..” then frantically type away to meet that 11:59 deadline....

Leading, not managing

Throughout both the in-class components and optional lectures of PLA, I’ve had the opportunity to hear from and converse with many different leaders. Though they have all had different leadership styles, groups of people that they lead, and demands of their...

Lessons Learned in PLA: Respect

Something we are all taught from a young age is to be respectful. Be respectful of your parents, your teachers, your peers, really everyone. It’s something that I am very grateful to my parents for ingraining into me my whole life, because treating people with respect...

Applying Lessons of Listening

I’ve been writing about the lessons I’ve learned thanks to PLA for the past few weeks in my blog posts, but I thought this week I would not only share what I’ve learned, but also how I’ve applied it in my life. One of the big lessons I wrote about a few weeks ago was...

Appreciating Opportunities

In this week’s installment of “Emily looks back on what she learned in PLA,” I present to you: appreciating opportunities. This is a huge one, not only because PLA opens the door to so many different opportunities, but also because it has shown my just how fortunate I...

Lessons Learned in PLA: Listening

Since it is my last semester at Penn State, you can imagine that I’ve been doing a lot of reflecting on the amazing four years I’ve been blessed to have here. Of course, those four years weren’t without some difficult times and low points, but in the grand scheme of...

New semester, same concerns

Though I tend to keep my blogs as a way to self-reflect and examine my own life, leadership and thoughts, my first blog of this new semester is a bit different. A few days ago, I got really frustrated with the way things are right now. I know I’m not the only...