As a first year student, attending Welcome Week activities was important because I met other new students, spent time with my community advisors (CAs), and got to know my way around campus. Welcome Week is a time for students to unwind, adjust to their new home, and blow off some steam before the semester kicks […]
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The nerves didn’t hit me until I sat in the Dreyfus University Center Alumni Room during summer registration at UW-Stevens Point. Soon enough the session was done, and my family and I headed back home to begin packing my belongings to move into my residence hall. Next thing I know, I was already standing in front of Pray-Sims Hall with my luggage at the start of fall.
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Speaking from personal experience, homesickness is real, especially the first semester of your first year in college. You are adjusting to living on your own in a different place, working on making friends and living a completely new life. Homesickness can really start to eat at you. Here are five ways I combatted homesickness. Hopefully, […]
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