Last week, I drafted a blog of tips for reducing stress from one student to another. While I felt the tips I wrote about were personal to me and great methods for reducing stress and creating positive energy, I came to realize they were suggestions very commonly given by other students and professionals (moral of the story: I should have…
Author: Allison Villeneuve
The Homework Cafe Series- Madison Station
Posts from bloggers about businesses are not to be perceived as an endorsement or promotion from The College of Saint Rose. Opinions expressed are from bloggers themselves and meant to offer insight into life in the Capital District. Enjoy! Madison Station, located at 851 Madison Avenue (just past Ruby Asian Bistro) is my newest highly regarded cafe. There’s just nothing like…
Mid-Semester Recap
Today is the first day of the tenth week of the fall semester, leaving only a month and change left before we reach winter break! Just typing that out made me feel REALLY excited, 1.) because I love the holidays and 2.) because I’ll be one semester short of finishing my master’s degree. So here’s a little fall semester…
Undergrad vs. Grad School, What’s The Difference?
Graduate school is a whole new world compared to undergraduate. While the purpose is the same- to help you advance your knowledge, skills, and preparation to hit the job market head on- that’s just about where the similarities end. Please note these are based on my personal experience and remember many other perspectives exist! Learning New Information Undergrad: Typically happens…
(Dis)ability Awareness
In two weeks’ time, my friend and I will be giving a presentation in our U.S. College Students class to educate our classmates (and future colleagues) on the needs of and methods for supporting our campus populations of students with disabilities. We have spent the semester so far educating ourselves by doing research and interviewing students who identify as having…