Monthly Archives: March 2015
Know Your Numbers: Reduce Your Risk For Stroke
The Public Health student organization, Students Engaged in Public Health (SEIPH) is hosting a Universities at Shady Grove Civic Engagement event Wednesday, April 1st (tomorrow!) from 4-6 PM in the Multipurpose Room (Bldg. II). Know Your Numbers: Reduce Your Risk … Continue reading
Healthy Columbia
I’m officially suffering from post-alternative break blues. If you read my last post, you already know, but I spent my spring break promoting healthcare and preventing childhood obesity in Columbia, South Carolina. This was my second alternative break trip, and it … Continue reading
A Journey Around the World
Dance performances, food from all over the world, fashion show, games, photo booth, henna, dancing, a DJ, art- sound interesting to you? Well, you could have found all these things at USG’s very own International Night that happened Thursday in … Continue reading
The road map after graduation
It is approximately 7 weeks left for the long awaited graduation season. A lot of graduates have already done their graduation attire shopping. Everyone is excited for the big day; where their hard work will finally pay off. At this … Continue reading
PSB
PSB = Post Spring Break. That is how I define the time that has elapsed since I returned from a week of much-needed relaxation, sleeping in, (and in my case) WARM WEATHER. I spent my vacation in Charleston, SC and Savannah, GA … Continue reading
California Dreaming
There comes a time when we all wish to get away and start over somewhere new, a clean slate, a new beginning. Having lived in the same area for the majority of my life, I’ve had the itch to live … Continue reading
A Humbling Spring Break: Check, Check, and Check
We have spoken often in my nursing classes about the physicality of nursing and the need to protect our bodies from injury when providing patient care. The “Fundamentals of Nursing Practice” course covers proper body mechanics for lifting, turning and … Continue reading
An Alternative Kind Of Spring Break
This past week I reignited my passion for social justice. I have spent the course of this school year as an alternative break fellow through the Repair the World organization. My main responsibility as a fellow was to plan and … Continue reading
A Semester Full of Opportunities
We’re one month into spring semester now, and it is the last day of spring break! I am actually looking forward to going back to school because there is so much waiting for me and the rest of the students … Continue reading
The World Was My Oyster But I Used The Wrong Fork
“Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.” -Clarence Thomas, American Supreme Judge. Most astute businessmen insist on breaking bread with anyone they are going to work with, especially someone they plan on bringing on board as a … Continue reading
