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I want to paint a picture for y’all. It’s a cool, fall afternoon in Greenville, South Carolina. I’m sitting in my North Village apartment, the windows are open, and I can faintly hear the sound of the bell tower as I type away writing my latest blog post for Furman Admissions. My roomie, who doubles…

I love school. I love being in the classroom, having close relationships with my professors, and doing homework. Honestly, and this is a hot take, but I even like doing group projects. The first day of class, or FDOC as we call it here at Furman, is a huge event. There’s nothing like waking up…

Each community has someone that serves as the “glue”, or someone that almost holds the entire community together. For my community in New Smyrna Beach, one of our neighbors serves in this role. George Franzke, almost 90 years old, has lived in the same house for almost 50 years. While many families come and go,…

Do you know those white noise machines? The ones that make ocean noises all night for a calming effect? Well, my whole life is like living in a white noise machine. Every morning I wake up to the sound of the ocean waves crashing on the sand, the tide pulling each wave back out to…

Did you know that Orlando, Florida is one of the most visited destinations by tourists in the whole world? In 2016, it was actually the most visited destination in the United States. I’ve never thought of Orlando as the most thriving tourism spot in the world, but I most definitely have captioned an Instagram post…

When you think of Florida, what do you think of? Is it how Floridians are notoriously bad at driving? Maybe the blistering heat 365 days a year? How about the copious amounts of “Florida Man” headlines in the news? Although all of these thoughts are valid, they never cross my mind when I think of…

When I think of the word community, I think of home. Although of course I think about my physical home address in Florida, and my college home, Greenville, I also think about the feeling the word home brings. Just as home has many different aspects, the word community has many different aspects as well. However,…

It’s 7:00 am on a warm and bright August morning. I crawl out of my twin XL bed in my dorm room and go for a run around the lake; it’s the beginning of a great week. I go to my several classes, scarfing down lunch as I hop between four organization meetings that are…

After news broke that spring break was extended two weeks, my best friends and I sat in a circle on the beach taking guesses when we would return to school. In my typical optimist fashion, I told my friends we would for SURE be going back; how could we not? As I was about to…

Our world has been flipped upside down recently, and there’s no time like the present to reflect on how we can grow and learn from our past, while simultaneously focusing on improving our futures. In this post, I thought I’d help you hit the ground running with some tips & tricks on how to be…