Social Work Student Blogs
•Happy March everyone! These last couple weeks have produced a lot of sunshine, warmth and wishful hopes of spring. Believe it or not, we’ve had a few days recently of 50º weather! I made sure to take advantage of them and found myself admiring the reflection of the sun off of the towering buildings, running…
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Nursing Student Blogs
•It has officially been a month and a half since we came to Chicago. We are really in the thick of it here, finally finding our rhythm and routine. I have finally begun my hospital internship and have become acquainted with the unit I will be working on. Like all new things, the past few…
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Interdisciplinary Student Blogs
•Aloha! My name is Mariah Kooyman. I am a senior Communication Studies Major at Central College in Pella, Iowa, which also happens to be my hometown. Pella is known for its hospitality, Dutch Letters, and Tulip Time, of course! My favorite quote has always been, “If your dreams don’t scare you, they aren’t big enough”,…
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Social Work Student Blogs
•Hello again everyone! I’m writing to you with only one week left in February, and I can’t believe it––time is flying! The days seem to go by so much quicker with a break mid-week for classes. Now being this far in, I can confidently say that I’ve settled into a routine, and for those of…
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Interdisciplinary Student Blogs
•Hey guys, Hope everyone had a good couple of days. I know you’ve all been refreshing the Chicago Semester page for the last 10? days waiting on this blog post. Haha, I kid. Anyway, the last few weeks have been kind of eventful on my end. As my last blog post was a sort of…
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Student Teacher Blogs
•Welcome back to the Student Teaching blog! A lot has happened since our last chat. The weeks have truly been flying by. It is crazy to think that we are nearing the halfway mark of Student Teaching. I feel like it just started yesterday! Today, I’m going to get really real with y’all and talk…
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Nursing Student Blogs
•Hello! I am Kira Goetz, a senior nursing student from Hope College in Holland Michigan! I am spending my final semester of college back in my home state of Illinois, living it up in the Gold Coast area of Chicago. It will soon be a month since we moved in and we are finally getting…
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Social Work Student Blogs
•A maze of concrete with walls embracing the sky; once unfamiliar, has now begun to recede into a landscape of home. Hello everyone! My name is Brittney Statema, and I’m a senior studying Social Work and Spanish at Calvin University in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Last year, I took a leap of faith and signed…
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Interdisciplinary Student Blogs
•Hello all. My name is Debola Adeyemo, I am a senior public relations major and it is my honor to say you are all stuck reading my words for the next couple months. No worries, I will try to make my life sound interesting. I just have to think of a good story opener first….
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Student Teacher Blogs
•Hello! I’m so glad you’ve stumbled across the Chicago Semester Student Teaching blog. This semester I will be sharing with you all things surviving student teaching and a whole lot more. So stick around and get comfy – it’s going to be a fun ride! My name is Sarah Stephan. I am from Fulton, Illinois…
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