by Leigh Boggs | Dec 3, 2016
Exactly 1203 days ago I walked onto Penn State’s campus for the first time as a Penn State student. I wish I could look back and say that I walked onto campus sounding something like this… “I am not throwing away my shot. I am not throwing away my...
by Leigh Boggs | Nov 27, 2016 |
Over the past few months I have regularly prayed a prayer that scared me a bit. A long time ago I told myself that I wanted to be a middle or high school mathematics teacher. It made sense – I loved working with students and I loved mathematics, so the combination of...
by Leigh Boggs | Oct 26, 2016 |
Most people have heard the phrase, “tell me who your friends are and I can tell you all about you!” It is well known that our friends influence who we are, what we do, and how we choose to act when around them and others. As a member of the Presidential Leadership...
by Leigh Boggs | Sep 22, 2016 |
For the past few years my father has continually recommended that I read Thinking, Fast and Slow. He believed I would enjoy it so much to go so far as sending me a copy of the book at some point during my sophomore year. Due to the craziness of school I never got...
by Leigh Boggs | Sep 2, 2016
There is a recent trend in young adults to be able to identify one’s spirit animal. I am not sure where this idea comes from, and have tried to explain it to my parents several times and I don’t believe they will ever quite get it, and honestly I...
by Leigh Boggs | Apr 23, 2016
At the end of every semester when I head home, my family always goes out to dinner the evening of my return. Without fail about 10 minutes in my mother asks the question, “So, what have you learned this year?” After some cheeky remark about how I have...
by Leigh Boggs | Apr 16, 2016
In a recent interview I was asked what I like to do outside of school and work. I personally never enjoy this question, it always seems a bit superficial, however I always respond with the same thing: I love school, I love reading, riding bikes, hiking, and spending...
by Leigh Boggs | Apr 3, 2016 |
Last week I was asked a question I had never once considered. The context was one I was very familiar with, but the specific question was one I had subconsciously ignored for at least ten years, as I knew it was one to which I did not know the answer. Over the past...
by Leigh Boggs | Mar 27, 2016
I have the wonderful privilege of being the aunt of three beautiful little girls Abby, Serenity, and Christina. The amount of joy and love that they bring to my life is indescribable, and something that I miss dearly when I am at school for extended periods of time....
by Leigh Boggs | Mar 20, 2016
If you were to read any of my college applications and look under the hobbies section, one of the many things listed there would be hiking. Later in my high school years I acquired a love for walking around the woods with my friends and exploring many of the beautiful...
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