Posted by Martino Britt My first year back to school ended on a positive note. Being in school presented me with new challenges. Not only did it help me academically, but it helped me professionally and socially as well. I really enjoyed my first year, and I actually surprised myself. Because of some of the [...]

Posted by Melanie Perry I always thought that I hated school. But, in later high school I was able to schedule some specialized classes and really enjoyed them. When I started college, I felt the same way. The general education courses were ‘boring’ and ‘hard’ and ‘pointless’, since they weren’t what I was going to [...]

Posted by Jennifer Werner Dobre den! That’s Slovakian for “good day,” and since I have just returned from a month-long trip visiting my brother and his family in Slovakia, it seems appropriate. I also discovered one of the great things about being an SPS student at SLU – flexibility. With the shorter 9-week courses, there [...]

Posted by Francesca Zanti When returning to the academic environment, I questioned whether or not I would fit in with the other Professional Studies students. I knew that there would be a diverse group of students in the classroom, but I wondered if I would be able to blend in and make some new friends [...]