by Rayna Alexander | Apr 7, 2024 |
I feel like every blog I’ve written lately has been a major milestone in my life! This week, on Friday, I turn 22 years old. I feel like this past year has been a complete whirlwind. So much has happened, and there is so much to look forward to. This is also the...
by Rayna Alexander | Mar 25, 2024 |
On Tuesday afternoon, I received an email from the United States Agency for International Development inviting me to interview for a position with the Mission to Senegal in the Development Outreach and Communications (DOC) office. Perhaps you don’t believe in...
by Rayna Alexander | Mar 11, 2024
Over spring break, myself and four other students from Penn State Hillel traveled to Curaçao on a service trip. Over seven days, we participated in numerous service activities including cleaning graves at a Jewish cemetery, painting a women’s shelter,...
by Rayna Alexander | Feb 12, 2024 |
Do any fellow PLAers listen to/watch Brittany Broski? If so, I’m sure you’re familiar with her social commentary and silly babble. Nothing can make me laugh like Brittany Broski’s “The Broski Report” podcast. While much of her podcast...
by Rayna Alexander | Jan 30, 2024
I’m not sure about you all, but this winter has been brutal for me. I feel it’s been exceptionally cold, dreary, and snowy. Quite frankly, it’s been a struggle to get through most days. So! I am going to reflect on the good things happening right...
by Rayna Alexander | Jan 16, 2024
It is officially the final semester of my senior year. While I still have Fall 2024 to finish my master’s degree, this is the last semester I will be with my original friends from undergrad. I think we have one of the most resilient classes in recent history....
by Rayna Alexander | Nov 27, 2023
This Thanksgiving break was the best break yet. Not only did I spend the week playing with my extended family’s puppies (my cousin breeds Frenchies!), I got back into horseback riding. In high school, I used to ride 3 times a week and show competitively during...
by Rayna Alexander | Nov 4, 2023 |
Over the past 24 hours, I engaged in a South China Sea simulation with members of my graduate school cohort in the School of International Affairs. Throughout the simulation, I learned three key things: 1) not to underestimate others, 2) the power of assigning roles,...
by Rayna Alexander | Oct 18, 2023 |
I am sure this rings true for many of us PLAers, but I typically assign much of my worth (and mood) to how well I am doing academically. In graduate school, that has exceeded to new levels (all the while the courses are much harder than undergrad). In the past two...
by Rayna Alexander | Oct 5, 2023
I’ve never truly considered living in New York City. Typically, the bustle of tourists and screeching horns turn me off, seeking comfort in my (once) favorite city, Washington, D.C. This time around, however, I was enamored with New York. The busyness of Times...
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