Student Voices is a blog where current students write about various experiences including academics, sports, student groups, study abroad, and other extracurricular activities. Hear what our students have to say!
I鈥檓 Margot Heron, a rising junior with a double major in Critical Theory and Social Justice and Spanish, and this summer I am working as an intern for
Hey y鈥檃ll! My name is Liz Frissell and I鈥檓 a rising sophomore at Occidental. This summer I鈥檝e been working for , the largest nonprofit organization in the state.
Nina is a sophomore Diplomacy & World Affairs and Theater double major who is passionate about international relations and activism through performance. She also works at the Hameetman Career Center as a Career Peer Adviser.
If you asked me last August what I鈥檇 be doing over spring break, I would鈥檝e probably said something typical and vague, along the lines of going home and hanging out with old friends. I would have never predicted how I鈥檇 actually spend my spring break鈥攊n Dublin, Ireland with the womxn鈥檚 rugby team.
We never pass up the opportunity to talk about dance organizations on 葫芦影业鈥檚 campus, especially .
As college students and young adults, we are constantly told that we need to be thinking about our futures. Within the college atmosphere, there is immense pressure to succeed.
While trying to figure out where to study abroad during the spring of my sophomore year, 葫芦影业鈥檚 unique Campaign Semester program floated into my awareness as a possible option.
Being a senior American studies and Spanish double major, I am constantly intrigued by the relationships between the U.S. and Spanish-speaking countries.
Since I was 10 years old, volleyball has been a huge part of my life and now, as a senior in college, I have just finished my last season of volleyball ever. It is the end of an era.
Every kid should know that they鈥檙e brilliant from get-go, yet this narrative is increasingly lacking in spaces for girls in STEM, or even for young girls who may later develop an interest in STEM, but are not encouraged to do so, deeming themselves "not smart enough."