21 Tips that will CHANGE your COLLEGE LIFE!
It’s a rainy but exciting day! It’s official; I am finally here. As my parents and I are unloading the car that holds of all my belongings, I am looking around at the place that I will call home for the next 5 years. I know this experience will definitely be worth it, even if […]
Dealing with Anxiety: “Speak It Into Your Existence”
I feel like I’m drowning, buried deep under the waves of my own anxiety and fears. Far Too Frequent So often, within the confines of Higher Education, students are over-involved. They will fill their days with meetings and clubs and classes. One involvement leads to another, one position encourages a next. This cycle is ever […]
Travel Journal: Human Connection
Silent. Wide eyed. Breathless. Inspired. So high up above what felt like a completely different world, I stood alone. Getting to the top tells a much different story. I felt the ground crunch beneath my feet with each passing step. I could feel the wind pass through the trees that each rose what looked like miles above […]
The Train Conductor on #TeamHuman
TARRYTOWN, TARRYTOWN! WATCH THE GAP AND DON’T FALL DOWN IN TARRYTOWN. RING A DING DING, IT’S OSSINING! A while back, on my personal blog, I wrote about Dr. Wachs, the dental surgeon who made it fun to get my wisdom teeth removed. After that, I realized a greater theme of doing your work excellently, no matter […]
Even Adults Will Play “Friend Bingo”
“I take cheating very seriously! Cheaters will be punished!-“ I yelled across the table at the noisy bar, laughing with my friends because I caught them red-handed. “Come on Sabina, that’s not cheating! You have to make sure I WIN!” they teased back. A couple of weeks ago, I co-hosted an event for our old co-working […]
Top 5 Tips For Starting & Ending An Internship On A Good Note
At the time of writing this, I am about to end an internship where over the 6 month period the individuals I have worked with have become like a family to me. So how did that happen and over just a 6 month period? Here are 5 tips for starting & ending an internship on a good […]
How I Pageant Waved My Way to a Family
Last week was Miss New Jersey week! For most people reading that, it will mean nothing, but for me, it’s an annual family reunion… At the age of 11, I competed in my first pageant. My sportswear outfit was magenta, my gown was teal, I tap danced to “This Joint is Jumpin’” in a red and […]
It isn’t work work work work work work if it’s fun!
Rihanna says it right when she says “work, work, work, work, work, work.” I have noticed as I get older that it is very easy for people to get caught up with their job. Having to get a report in on time, trying to make a sale, or having a good outcome to a meeting seems to […]
How too many mixed up hands can produce a successful event
This post was written by a student we worked with. Andi is a current student leader at the university of New Jersey City. Andi’s area of focus is in Biology and is president of the Chemistry Club. Being the President of the Chemistry Club at New Jersey City University, I happened to notice that the events […]
What does your personality mean to you and your community?
My sisters and I were recently sitting in a cafe, and I was discussing potential educational icebreakers that I could organize for the group of resident assistants that I will supervise this upcoming year. A bunch of different icebreakers were brought up, but the two that stood out to me involved discovering the different personalities […]