Anika – Post Grad

School has been in session a few weeks, but everything still has that fresh and new feeling.  There is the sense that things are just beginning and that an indefinite amount of time looms in the future.  For seniors, this sentiment is less accurate.  All we tend to see are deadlines and a limited amount of time before us.

Our days are colored with questions like: Do you know what you’re doing next year?  What does the future hold?  Do you have post grad plans? These questions, perhaps, may occur more frequently than “Hi, how are you?”  And somehow these lighthearted questions cause an ordeal of stress. Continue reading

Anika – S.T.R.I.D.E.: Pre-Orientation Program

S.T.R.I.D.E.: Students Together Reaching for Individual Development and Education

Imagine fearing discrimination and being ostracized because of your ethnic background.   Would your concerns be overly critical and negative? Or considering the historical experience of ethnic populations in the United States, would your concerns be warranted?  I interpret S.T.R.I.D.E. as one of Davidson College’s solutions to those questions. Continue reading