Making Friends After College (and Beyond)
After college, I moved back to my hometown, ready to pick up where I left off. I quickly found that many of the people I’d…
After college, I moved back to my hometown, ready to pick up where I left off. I quickly found that many of the people I’d…
I’ve never been a fan of change, so you can only imagine how I felt about graduating from college. It was a milestone that I…
Walking across the graduation stage, I had a simple mantra: Don’t trip. I shook hands with University of South Florida’s president, and, blinded by stage…
In high school, I dreamed of becoming an archaeologist — but before going on digs in the Mediterranean, I had to develop scholarly ability in…
I graduated from college eight years ago, but similar to today’s 2020 graduates, my first year out of college was much different from the norm.…
The COVID-19 crisis has changed the way we learn in unimaginable ways. As a professor of Political Science, I felt this impact in the way…
Sometimes the news can be, well, not so inspiring. When headlines get you down, it’s important to remember that positive things are still happening all…
When I was a preteen, I marveled at my older cousin’s high school graduation photo on display on my grandparents’ end table in their living…
After graduating from college, I was living in Omaha, Nebraska and working at a small private doctor’s practice. It was a tough stretch at work…
For my dad and 13-year-old me, the day started out like any other: We were careening down Highway 280 in our Volkswagen, trying not to…