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Bringing It Home – The Saint Rose Blog

Author: Erin Donnelly

I am a senior studying childhood education with a concentration in English. I am from Matawan, NJ, which is about 3 hours away from campus. I am the president of the Student Events Board, Event Leader for the Late Knight program, a member of Kappa Delta Pi, and a Semester at Sea alumni.

What is it like to have field hours?

As a childhood education major, I am required to have 120 hours of field experience before I can graduate. I can’t just do these hours whenever I have time, though. They are broken up into chunks of 10-20 hours and are paired with an education course. This semester, I have observation hours for 3 classes: Literacy, Special Education, and Methods.…

Reach Out Saint Rose

What is Reach Out Saint Rose? Reach Out Saint Rose is a day of community service where hundreds of students, faculty, staff and alumni at Saint Rose volunteer at various places in the capital region. This year, over 700 people participated. Volunteers were sent all over the region to places like Habitat for Humanity, the Regional Food Bank, Community Gardens,…

A well Balanced Schedule

Having a well-balanced schedule is SUPER important. School should always come first (of course), but it is also important to leave plenty of time to have some fun. There are a ton of ways to get involved on campus to meet others and to make some college memories. Keeping my door open in Brubacher Hall was the easiest way to…

It’s Moving Time

It was a crazy weekend as all of the residents moved back on to campus. I moved in to my new Centennial Hall apartment on Friday so that I would be on campus for new student move in day to help as an arrival assistant. About 130 upperclassmen students and were ready to move in the Freshmen and Transfer students…

Have no fear, 2012 Orientation is here!

Can you believe that session 1 is already over?! After a lot of preparation, the 12 other Orientation Leaders and I left our house to check in and welcome the first group of students from the class of 2016. We were really excited but kind of nervous , just as many of the orientees were feeling as they walked toward a…

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