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One of the biggest problems I faced while living in the dorms freshman year was lugging heavy 24 packs of bottled water from the trunk of someone’s car to my room. But this year, with the addition of H2GoBlue to our campus, this no longer has to be a problem! A few friends of mine [...]
the buckeyes barely won over navy in our first game of the season. we better pick it up if we are going to take the national championship this year!
When you know your college career is coming to a close.
I just submitted my candidacy for May 2010 graduation. And it’s forcing me to reflect back on arguably the best 3 years of my life (so far).
College is scary. As a freshman coming to the University of Dayton far from home, I was terrified [...]
Over the past few years there has been more and more talk and research about “Helicopter Parents” a term given to parents that tend to hover over their child, never giving the child full control of their educational life. Wikipedia defines helicopter parents as “a parent who pays extremely close attention to his or her [...]
I remember some of my high school friends asking what’s the point of going to college in the early 1990s. Many of them wanted to skip college and continue being a teen-ager forever. Where are they now?
COMPLETING a college education is important for many reasons. First, a graduate from a four-year university can expect to [...]
In about a month, high school seniors will return for their final year of high school. They’ll be pressured to excel in their grades, perform well on SATs, and stay involved with outside activities. Many will begin the college search and feel as if they need to apply to and get into a brand name [...]
Now is the time to do a “self-assessment” for applying to U.S. universities. A few key questions suffice:
1. Have you taken the TOEFL (if English is not your first language)? Have you taken the SATs?
2. Have you identified your academic interest? The geographic region of appeal? The location – urban, suburban, rural, small town? The [...]
If you are a college graduate..its time to remove any incriminating photos or text from your Facebook page. Yes, employers do peruse Facebook pages…and no they are not as likely to be impressed with those pics of you skinny dipping in the college fountain as your peers.
So..remove…remove …remove….and if you are not a college graduate…keep [...]
We did a pass through (14 years) in Ohio before heading South. While I had a sense that style was now different in the South –it was made apparent a few years ago at a return visit to Ohio for a summer high school graduation party. My son’s old friends looked him up and down [...]
This Saturday, May 30th,(from 10-4 at Burke High School) the College of Charleston’s Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture is collaborating with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture to host a free program to aid Charleston area residents in identifying and preserving items of historical and cultural significance [...]