Kayla Green—Summer is always filled with adventures. These adventures usually involve beach trips, bonfires, and day trips with my friends. But this summer brought different kinds of adventures, and ones I never knew I’d be lucky enough to experience. This summer I’m interning with CNN Newsource in Washington D.C. As I write this, I have…
NancyLea Illsley—We’ve got a little over a month left of summer now, and we are all at different points in our lives. There are some of us that feel like we’ve been stuck in the same rut since school ended two months ago. Others of us have been trying to have as much fun as…
Kayla Green—Europe is indescribable. It’s breathtaking, captivating, colorful, and exciting. It’s everything. Despite my inability to describe it in simply words, I’m going to try, because it was the best experience of my life. Ever since I was a prospective student at Brockport, I heard all talk about the study abroad program. How it’s the…
Eliza Zachowicz—Though some of you may know if you are subscribed to my YouTube Channel, I am currently abroad in the beautiful city of London, England. However, before I arrived at the University of Roehampton, my mom and I decided to have an adventure of our own. Since she had never been to Europe, she…
Two of our bloggers, seniors Derick Abbey and NancyLea Illsley, began their Brockport journeys a couple years after the majority of their classmates, when they transferred in from other colleges. Here, they offer their perspectives on making that adjustment — and why they’re glad they did. How easy did you feel it was to adjust…
One thing I can guarantee is that you’ll leave freshman year with a new friend or two and you’ll be bummed you have to leave them all summer.
Eliza Zachowicz—When I was preparing to come to school, it took me some time to realize that I would be sharing a room with another human. A human that I truly barely knew at all, as we had only met twice in person up until the day we moved in. While you can text back…
