Stu­dents are tak­ing a very active role in exam­in­ing the poli­cies that shape their col­lege experiences—I think that we’re going to see more uni­ver­si­ties look at gender-neutral hous­ing among many other ini­tia­tives that mat­ter to students.

As a grad­u­at­ing senior in my final quar­ter of col­lege, I have begun to reflect on my time at UC Davis.  I started to think about all of the things that I am going to miss (and some­what already do), and made a list of them.  I wanted to share them with the read­ers in […]

I can’t iden­tify a key moment or event that pushed me in that direc­tion, but around the begin­ning of my sec­ond year at Oxy, I made a con­scious deci­sion to explore the Jew­ish and Chris­t­ian faiths through stu­dent groups on campus.

In light of the recent tragedies at Cor­nell Uni­ver­sity, I thought it would be timely to revisit the topic of men­tal health and well­ness for col­lege stu­dents. I do not pre­tend to be a men­tal health pro­fes­sional or expert—only a recent col­lege grad shar­ing per­sonal expe­ri­ence and obser­va­tions. A few key sets of resources come to mind when it comes to men­tal and emo­tional health issues in college.

Spring Break con­jures up many dif­fer­ent ideas of how to cel­e­brate the tra­di­tional mid-semester break dur­ing col­lege. First let’s talk safety, then other ideas for what to do with this mid-semester break.

I thought it might be worth­while to dis­cuss that first parental visit after a new col­lege stu­dent has got­ten set­tled. For some it’s dur­ing the actual Fam­ily Week­end, for oth­ers it might have to do with a hol­i­day, and some­times par­ents just plain want to see their a while after that hec­tic move-in day in August.

If you're a high school junior, chances are your inbox and mail­box have been filled with let­ters from the mar­ket­ing depart­ments of col­leges across the coun­try. I also received those one page let­ters. And if you do not feel like wait­ing until the sum­mer before your senior year to fig­ure out whether you should apply […]

Face­book is one of those amaz­ing feats of tech­nol­ogy that does great things—but also opens up the pos­si­bil­ity for sit­u­a­tions like the one in Florida. So what are we to do?

Dat­ing in col­lege is some­thing that a) every col­lege stu­dent has thought about and b) few col­lege students/alumni want to dis­cuss. It’s awk­ward. It’s uncomfortable.

When you are a kid, get­ting sick is not too big of a deal.  You get to miss a day of school, your par­ents take care of you, and you get sym­pa­thy from your friends. At col­lege, being sick is a totally dif­fer­ent story. You have to take care of your­self, and miss­ing a class means […]