My freshman year I was overwhelmed by the size of the library here and the many places you could go to study. Now, as a junior, I rely on the library as my main study spot. So here are some things to know to get you comfortable there as fast as possible: Some rooms are […]
Finals
With finals slowly creeping in on us, I thought this would be the perfect opportunity for some exam tips. We all know that as the semester comes to an end we get lazier by the second and procrastination takes charge. Therefore, here are a couple of tips to keep you going and save your GPA […]
From Penn State to Hollywood
For this week’s post I decided to interview Hannah Kerby, an econ major here at Penn State who ended up working for the entertainment company Lionsgate this past semester in a co-op. It was an internship that took her all the way to the Cannes Film Festival in Paris. How did you find out about […]
Advice from upperclassmen to the incoming freshmen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWlC9dQ7Rek Here are a few of Penn State’s upperclassmen, all from different colleges within University Park, sharing the advice they would give the incoming freshmen and their freshmen selves if they were to go back in time.
What to look forward to your first semester
With all of those acceptances coming in, I’m sure many incoming freshmen cannot wait to see what’s in store for them Fall 2015. I’m here to give you a little preview of what you have to look forward to once you begin your college career. Football Season Make sure to purchase your Penn State […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
THON necessities
Many freshmen have been asking what they need to bring to THON in order to have a successful weekend. I realized that before you are actually a part of it, you probably have no idea what a THON weekend entails. Summed up as best as possible I’d say it’s 46 hours of standing, dancing, and […]
Transition into the College of Communications at University Park
This past summer I made the decision to change major from Criminology & Sociology to Journalism. This meant a change from the college of Liberal Arts to the College of Communications. At first I was a bit nervous and scared to fall behind, but I soon discovered that the College of Communications had all the […]