In the second semester of my second year, I was in my penultimate course for my International Relations major, POL 326: Approaches to International Relations. We had studied realism, liberalism, green theory, feminist theory and how research about IR is carried out. Our final project was a research paper applying a theory to a case […]
A crash course in public relations
My first try with branding was in elementary school. My best friend and I, armed with plastic pizza slices and mini skillets, decided to open an imaginary restaurant. Before the spoons and spatulas were stolen from the cabinet, we ran to take printer paper, using markers to draw up a brochure. It became ‘BB&D’s’, a […]
The power of a liberal arts education
This essay is my proudest achievement of first year. In my Leadership 101 course, I learned the power of communicators to leave a meaningful legacy. I was in the midst of considering my second semester, in the first phase of reflecting on an intense growth experience. I was considering my future college life, galvanized by […]



