Category Archives: College Life

Campus Explorer Launches Campus Explorer Connections

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Debra Eckerling | 1 Comment

The relationships you develop during your college years are the ones that stick with you for the rest of your life. In this technological ages there’s no reason to ever lose touch. But you can also develop new relationships – personal and professional – by connecting with your fellow and future school alumni.

With that in mind Campus Explorer launched their new Campus Explorer Connections Facebook Application. Campus Explorer Connections helps prospective students, college students and graduates find where their friends and family went to college, learn where their friends will be going to college and discover and explore the most popular schools in their network. Prospective students can use the app to learn more about their top college choices, while students and alums find potential mentors to guide them through their academic and career paths.

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Tagged Barry University, Campus Explorer, Campus Explorer Connections, Careers, Education, Education News, Facebook, Facebook Application, Mentors, Networking, Penn State University, University of Michigan, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Fun Friday: Unique Science Fiction Classes

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Matt Shirley | 9 Comments

“Forget traditional contemporary literature, I want to take a class on Harry Potter!”

Sure that kind of statement won’t exactly get you tons of attention from the opposite sex, but you may just get your wish in today’s age of weird college classes. In honor of Star Wars Day – May the 4th – we want highlight the best science fiction classes and tip our caps to the professors who are ballsy (and nerdy) enough to propose them to their respective college administrations.

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Tagged Centre College, Choosing a Major, College Life, Columbia College, Fun Friday, Georgetown University, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Science Fiction, Star Trek, Star Wars, Star Wars Day, The Avengers, The Matrix, University of California Irvine, Weird College Classes, Yale University

Spotted on Campus: Cinco de Mayo Events

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Laura Horwitz | 4 Comments

Cinco de Mayo inspires Mexican-themed events throughout the United States. But do you know why? In Mexico, the holiday is mainly celebrated in the state of Puebla where it’s called “The Day of the Battle of Puebla.”

On that May 5, 1862, a vastly outnumbered Mexican army defeated invading French forces. However, it’s a bigger holiday in the United States than Mexico, because many believe France wanted to help the southern Confederacy in the American Civil War. The Mexican victory kept Napolean III from supplying the confederate rebels, allowing the northern U.S. army to build up a stronger force and win the battle of Gettysburg just 14 months later.

So get on the bandwagon and celebrate. Here are some of the ways campuses throughout the U.S. are celebrating Cinco de Mayo.

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Tagged Cinco de Mayo, Cinco de Mayo Events, College Life, Latino Culture, Spotted on Campus, Univeristy of California Riverside, University of Arkansas Little Rock, University of Delaware, University of Miami, University of Oregon

Fun Friday: Public vs. Private? Party vs. Dry School? The Important College Questions

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Matt Shirley | 11 Comments

So you are looking to make your college choice … You know you’re supposed to be going to a school with great academics and superb learning facilities, but in the back of your mind, you realize that the college atmosphere - the students, the parties, the girls (or boys) – is a much bigger part of your decision than your parents care to admit.

What’s really important to the average student: How big is the school? Is it public or private? Can I wake up six minutes before class, hungover and still make it on time?

It’s getting down to the wire. So here are the hard-hitting things to ask yourself before you make that final decision.

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Tagged College Decision Week, College Life, College Search, Dry School, Fun Friday, Party School, Private College, Public College

Fun Friday: College Rube Goldberg Machines

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Matt Shirley | 7 Comments

If you’ve ever played the game Mousetrap, you’ve seen a Rube Goldberg machine. It’s a complex, over-engineered device that performs a simple task through a chain reaction of steps. In Mousetrap’s case, you turn the crank, and click, clack, roll, thump, you’ve trapped the mouse. Still not sure about Rube Goldberg? Watch the popular music video by OK Go or think about any of the inventions Wayne Szalinski had lying around in Honey I Shrunk the Kids.

What started as a series of cartoons by Rube Goldberg eventually ballooned into full-fledged science projects, engineering assignments and college competitions. Today, millions of high school and college students across the country are assigned the task of creating their own Rube Goldberg machine.

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Tagged College Life, Fun Friday, General, Hofstra University, Inventions, Mousetrap, Purdue University, Rube Goldberg, Rube Goldberg Machines, Student Activities, University of Illinois, University of Wisconsin - Stout

Spotted on Campus: Earth Week Events

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Debra Eckerling | 16 Comments

Earth Day is this Sunday, April 22, and many colleges throughout the country are celebrating all week long. Earth Day – and Earth Week – events are designed to bring awareness and appreciation of the Earth’s natural resources, while encouraging students and members of the community to get involved.

Here are some of the ways campuses throughout the country are celebrating Earth Week.

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Tagged NYU, College Life, Northwestern University, Spotted on Campus, Colorado, University of Washington, University of Massachusetts, Earth Week, Earth Day, Earth Month, Green Careers, Environmental Groups, Sustainability

Spotted on Campus: Easter and Passover Celebrations

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Matt Shirley | 13 Comments

Easter and Passover celebrations are not just confined to religious colleges and universities. Both private and public schools alike are finding it important to honor the traditions of students from all religious and cultural backgrounds.

Take a look at some of the most active Easter and Passover campuses, and see how you can get involved.

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Tagged Claremont Colleges, College, College Easter, College Passover, Easter, Easter on Campus, Passover, Passover on Campus, Spotted on Campus, Student Organizations, University of Arizona, University of Louisville, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, University of Montana, University of Scranton

Spotted on Campus: College April Fools’ Pranks

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Matt Shirley | 1 Comment

As a kid, April Fools’ Day was always a chance to wake your parents with the news that their car was getting towed or to unscrew the salt shaker before dinner. While these pranks are classics, as you progress through high school and into college, your pranks are expected to become more complex. College pranks have especially risen in popularity and complexity over the last 20 years. Plus, when college and April Fools’ Day converge, you get a perfect storm of prank wars.

Let’s take a tour of five of the internet’s favorite college April Fool’s pranks.

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Tagged April Fools' Day, Biola University, College Life, College Pranks, Flagler College, Indiana University, Middlebury College

How to … Eat Healthy at College

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Laura Horwitz | 6 Comments

We all know eating healthy is good for us. But, do you know why? Healthy eating can improve your income, as well as your social life! Healthy foods – especially whole foods – give you a boost of energy that helps make you more productive (hello, mid-terms) and socially active. Plus, healthy foods keep you looking young; they give your skin a natural glow. Above all, eating healthy helps to combat the freshman 15 - those dreaded pounds you supposedly gain freshman year of college.

Even though we know we are supposed to eat well, it’s easy for people – especially college students – to go with quick and easy food options instead healthy alternatives. So, what’s the secret?

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Tagged College Life, Exercise, Food, General, Healthy College Tips, Healthy Eating, Physical Education, University of West Georgia, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Working Out

Spotted on Campus: Women’s History Month Celebrations

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Laura Horwitz | 2 Comments

March is Women’s History Month, a celebration that began with women’s history week in 1982, before expanding to the full month in 1987. This year, the holiday’s theme is “Women’s Education – Women’s Empowerment.”

Women now outnumber men at American colleges and universities nationwide. That’s a huge change from when higher education first started in this country in 1636 with the founding of Harvard, the first college chartered in America. It took two more centuries before Oberlin – the first college to admit women – was founded in 1833. Then it still took another 100 years, until the early 1970s, for coeducation to become the norm.

Here are some of the ways today’s colleges and universities are celebrating Women’s History Month.

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Tagged College Life, Emory University, Florida State University, Harvard, Oberlin, Sarah Lawrence College, Spotted on Campus, St. Louis University, Stanford, Women's History Month