Hi everyone! I’m Calla, and I just finished my first year here at Amherst. My home is a country and half an ocean away on O’ahu, one of the eight major Hawaiian islands. I was technically born in Needham, MA, which is just outside of Boston, and I moved to Hawai’i when I was six…Continue Reading Calla Trinacty ’28 – Introduction
Hey everyone! How are you doing? I’m doing well! In this blog, I hope to share a little about my badminton journey here at Amherst College—and why this club has become such an important part of my life. When I first arrived at Amherst, I wasn’t sure what role badminton would play in my college…Continue Reading From Birdies to Bonds: My Badminton Journey at Amherst
One of the most common questions I receive from incoming freshmen is: What can you do at Amherst over the weekend? I acknowledge that Amherst, compared to Boston and New York, is a relatively isolated place. You may find Downtown Amherst boring after you’ve been here for a semester, since there are only a few…Continue Reading Weekends at Amherst
As we are wrapping up our semester, we are also sending off our lovely seniors. During the first week of May, Amherst hosted many affinity groups’ graduation and the Senior Assembly. As you may have seen in my previous posts, the international student group at Amherst is very supportive and tight-knit. One of my favorite…Continue Reading Congratulations to Class of 2025!
I’ve been wanting to write this post for a while because our site doesn’t have that many blog posts about the international student experience. In fact, I applied to be a blogger because I wanted to share about my life as an international student from Vietnam at Amherst. However, I delay writing this post until…Continue Reading The International Student Experience At Amherst
Hi readers! Welcome back! Sit back, relax, and enjoy hearing about what the end of the academic year is like at Amherst. Spoiler alert…it’s difficult, but it’s also a lot of fun. Finals season at Amherst is a busy time! It is a time of reaching finish lines for different activities including both academic and…Continue Reading Finals Season at Amherst
“On March 28, 2025, at approximately 12:50 p.m. local time, a powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck near Mandalay, Burma’s (Myanmar’s) second-largest city, home to 1.2 million people. By April 6, the earthquake had caused 3,471 deaths and injured 4,671 people, while 214 remain missing.” One of my best friends at Amherst is from Myanmar. Due…Continue Reading Fundraising for Myanmar Earthquake Relief
Hey everyone! This past week we had our spring concert, and I figured that it was cool enough to write about. It’s the beginning of finals season. They haven’t started yet, but we’re gearing up to dive into them, so the concert was a welcome break. This year, a few months back, they sent out…Continue Reading Spring Concert!
Liberal arts and entrepreneurship. Many people wouldn’t even put them together. But at Amherst, more and more students are interested in building their own ideas to solve a problem that they noticed but have not yet addressed. This weekend, Amherst’s Ideas to Innovation (i2i) club organized the first Startup Lab, which invited students to pitch…Continue Reading Entrepreneurship at Amherst
One of my favorite ways to enjoy a sunny day at Amherst is hopping on a bike and hitting the Norwottuck Rail Trail with friends. It’s such an easy escape from campus life, and it honestly feels like a mini adventure every time we go. We usually start by renting bikes from the Alumni Gym…Continue Reading Rail Trail Fun!