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Opinion: The Monday After Daylight Saving Time Starts Should be a National Holiday
Let me just start by saying this is a joke – kind of. I have been a longstanding member of the group that wants to eradicate daylight saving time entirely, but as the years go on it seems like that … Continue reading
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Tagged funny, Health, life, opinion, real world, Student Life
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Spark of Spring
I have a flower in my office, or at least I did. When I brought it in back in February, I was so proud of it. The small buds it had just sprouted had just began to grow, just began … Continue reading
Posted in Fitness & Wellness, Life at USG, students
Tagged inspiration, life, real world, Student Life, the Universities at Shady Grove
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Should You Go to Grad School?
Back in May 2020, the pandemic had only just started, I was between jobs, and not really sure what my future would be. From very early in my college career, I had been considering the option of going to graduate … Continue reading
Posted in Academics, students
Tagged advice, school, Student Life, the Universities at Shady Grove, USG
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Winter To Do List: Pond Skimming
With the threats of impending ice, salt-covered highways, and school delays growing ever more present in our hypothermic lives, spring seems more like misplaced hope than an actual change in seasons. Yet, for the skiers and snowboarders in our lives, … Continue reading
Posted in Student Event, students, Uncategorized
Tagged fun, life, the Universities at Shady Grove, USG
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Job Shadowing
What is job shadowing? It is a temporary non-paid noncredit experience where you follow an employee at an organization and learn about a particular job or industry. While shadowing, you experience the normal day-to-day activities they might experience while working … Continue reading
Posted in Academics, students, Work Experience
Tagged advice, job shadow, life, Success, the Universities at Shady Grove, USG
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Gap Years
This is my last semester of college as an undergrad, set to receive my Bachelor of Science in Biology. It feels like a long yet short journey since high school graduation, but I am ready for the future. Being a … Continue reading
Posted in Academics, Life at USG, students
Tagged inspiration, life, Med school, real world, school, the Universities at Shady Grove, USG
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Keeping up with your connections
As future professionals, we all know the importance networking and making connections have for our career paths, but maintaining your connections is just as important as gaining them. So what is needed to maintain your connections? Well, first of all, … Continue reading
Posted in Academics, Faculty & Staff, students, Uncategorized, Work Experience
Tagged connections, life, Networking, real world, Success, USG
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The Rise of “Cozy Games”
I have never considered myself much of a “gamer”, but in hindsight I have been an avid player of videogames since I was a young child. I got my first Nintendo DS at 8 years old, I played on the … Continue reading
WHAT IN THE WORLD IS MCAT?!
If you are like me, then your knowledge of the MCAT is very scarce.Even though my dream is to become a pediatric doctor (specific field pending ;)) MCAT was always something I would do in the future, and now that … Continue reading
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Tagged Med, PreMed, Student Life, Study
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Cookbook Review: Good and Cheap
In my last post, I wrote about how cooking can be a joyful and warming activity during the colder months. While I stand by that, I also recognize that acquiring quality ingredients can be inaccessibly expensive, and many of us … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, cooking, Food, fun, inspiration, real world, USG
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