A benefit of attending a college in a small town is the opportunity to get involved with the local community. Though a few college events are open to the members of the Amherst town, all events hosted by the Amherst community are open to the students. This includes the weekly farmer’s market during early fall…Continue Reading Getting Involved in the Local Community
A huge part of my time at Amherst has been playing for the women’s golf team. It’s an important part of my student identity because, in season, I typically spend 3 hours every weekday and countless hours during weekends when we’re playing at tournaments and staying at hotels together. The women’s golf team has been…Continue Reading Sports Options at Amherst
Hi everybody, happy pi day! I hope you are all doing well. In this blog, I’m going to write about the way pi day is celebrated at Amherst College, both my freshman year (the only year I remember how they celebrated) and today, during my senior year. If you have any questions, please email me…Continue Reading Pi Day at Amherst College
Now that I am a CA, I have hosted tote and paint where residents showed up to paint/design their tote bags that can be used to carry school materials, groceries, etc. It turned out fairly well, being my first event. I created a flower tote bag that I have used twice to bag my groceries…Continue Reading My First CA Event in Seelye
I attended my first zero-proof bar event this week in Hitch. What is a zero-proof bar, might you ask? It is an event hosted by the Residential Engagement & Wellbeing, in co-sponsorship with Amherst College Catering. The Zero Proof Bar has mocktails made by our celebrity baristas (Community Development Coordinators)! There were two different flavors,…Continue Reading Zero Proof Bar
As my first year at Amherst College comes to an end, I would like to take this opportunity to reflect on my experience. Moving from the Bay Area to Western Massachusetts was definitely a shift, and I remember navigating and processing the giant move during the adjustment period during orientation and my first few weeks…Continue Reading Reflection of First Year at Amherst College
Since Amherst holds tons of events every week that my friends and I attend, I have had the opportunity to explore tons of event spaces at the college. Each event space offers its unique features, and it’s been a great experience getting to visit all of them. The first event space I had been to…Continue Reading Event Spaces
On March 27, Whitney Recountre II and Jessie Taken Alive-Recountre, present Know Better, Do Better in the Fridmann Room. I drew some connections about the use of humor in musical or oral presentations. The speakers regard humor to be a form of medicine. In regards to the event, the importance of it was to acknowledge…Continue Reading NISA hosts Whitney Recountre II and Jessie Taken Alive-Recountre
Hello guys, gals, and non-binary pals! For this week’s blog post, I wanted to talk about some of the things that I did for fun this week outside of my classes! It’s been a very busy week for me, so I wanted to share how I stay so busy. I also want to highlight how…Continue Reading What I do outside of classes
Food, people, talking, community! This semester, Amherst College hosted a Winter Fest for the Amherst College and town community. They had ice sculptures of a mammoth, snowflake, penguin, and grizzly bear near the entrance of the event. The environment was beautifully decorated with purple-blue lights that illuminated the entire room. For our live music performances,…Continue Reading Winter Fest