No one likes to admit that they’re an over-packer, but today I am here to publicly share that I am guilty of this. Taking a weekend trip to the beach? A whole suitcase packed to the brim is coming with. A two-week trip to visit family in Maryland? Two suitcases and miscellaneous other bags tossed…
5 Ways To Be The Best YOU This Semester
It’s the start of a new decade and semester, so there’s no time like the present to reflect on how we can grow and learn from our past, but focus on improving our futures. This week, I thought I’d help you hit the ground running with some tips & tricks on how to be the…
what a RUSH!!
What has chanting, yelling, singing, and a bunch of girls in matching outfits? SORORITY RECRUITMENT!! From an outsiders point of view recruitment can seem a little intimidating so I thought why not breakdown my own experience to help it all seem less overwhelming! Furman sets up their Greek Life formal recruitment to be in the…
First Semester Feels
Wow! It feels like just yesterday I was packing up my bedroom, driving seven hours, unpacking my bedroom, saying goodbye to my parents and hello to my new life as a college student. The first semester truly has flown by and now I’m sitting here reminiscing on all the memories made in such a short…
Study Abroad Spotlight: Furman in Versailles
Hey guys, it’s Jackie! This week’s Study Abroad Spotlight is on the Furman faculty-led study abroad semester in Versailles, France through the Department of Modern Language and Literatures! I’ll focus on the experience Madison Drake, a junior at Furman, has had so far living in the sophisticated, romantic city of Paris. This Furman study abroad…
Jackie’s Top Ten Copenhagen Must-Do’s if you Do DIS Copenhagen
Yes, I know I talk a lot about Copenhagen. But it’s because I absolutely love it and I am so grateful that Furman Study Away gave me the opportunity to really find a home like I have in a foreign country. I think that’s pretty cool, and I would love for future Dins after me…
Countdown to Christmas (but first FINALS!)
Ahhhh the holiday season… hot chocolate, ice-skating, thanksgiving, Christmas decorations, cozy sweaters, ABC’s 24 days to Christmas movie marathon, oh and FINALS!! If you’re anything like me, you get major test anxiety; making the holiday/Exam season more stressful than the mall parking lot on Black Friday! So to help myself, and all the others struggling…
There’s No Place Like Home: Adjusting to Life in College
I will never forget the feeling of standing on the steps of McGlothlin Hall my freshman year on move-in day and watching my parents drive away, my mom’s car getting smaller and smaller as it disappeared out of the gates to start the 500 mile trek home. I was standing there with tears in my…
Managing Your Time!
So it’s that time of the year where it’s crunch time. It’s not quite finals but most of the exams before the finals are coming up and that is the final push to determine whether you have to go insane studying for finals or can breathe a little because you have a nice cushion if…
Good Restaurants or Bust!
I don’t know about y’all, but one factor I found to have great importance in the college decision process is the city in which the college or university resides. Now yes the city or town itself is important, but when I say city I guess what I am really meaning is the proximity in which…