UVM Blogs

Things that are a mess: my room. my closet. my kitchen. my roommates’ rooms. Things that are not: my cat’s litter box. my refrigerator. my desk. my bed (I make it every day).   You see, college is all about priorities… can someone tell me what not-college is like(?), because I can’t remember.   This [...]

It’s my last Winter in Vermont (for a while, at least) and I’ve decided that mother nature is doing to me what I did to my parents just four years ago. As I withdrew from family life and grew anxious with excitement about my decision to attend UVM, I was really only trying to make [...]

I’m a second-semester Senior!!! Well, assuming I pass all of my classes – but it’s looking good! At 7:30am I made my final presentation of the business plan that has occupied at least an hour of every day of this semester. My little group of three produced over 50 pages of writing and 5 years [...]

Runny Nose, achy bones – that’s what happens in shoes with no toes. In Vermont. In October. Okay, so maybe I’ll never really be a poet… but it would be too mature for me to admit that maybe I should have retired the flip flops earlier! I got sick, thought I was better and then [...]

This past weekend was easily one of the most beautiful that we’ve had in quite a while – the clouds parted way to bright sunshine and 70 – 80 degrees… and EVERYONE seemed to be taking advantage of it! I was especially thankful for the wonderful weather because yesterday was, what remains MY FAVORITE BURLINGTON EVENT! [...]

We had our first Broomball game of the season on Monday… and it was a win! I scored my third-ever goal, which is pretty impressive when you take in-to account that many Broomball games end tied at 0 – 0. For those who don’t know, Broomball is a game where each of the two teams [...]

Went for a sunset walk with my roommate last night – it was beautiful, and I wanted to share it with all of you!

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I’m busy this semester… 18 credits-worth of busy. In the end, it’s probably better for me, because when you have so much work to do, it becomes pretty difficult to fall in to the grasps of senioritis – the enemy that destroys work ethic and attention spans of Seniors across the country, if-not the world! Returning from [...]

March has been CRAZY – and it shows no signs of calming down! Last week we were all walking around in T-Shirts (perhaps a little too soon), and basking in what we thought was the beginning of Spring! Today… I’m sitting in my bed looking out at a grey sky that is desperately trying to get [...]

Well, it’s happened – the season has arrived where people spent too much time outside in the “white and fluffy” with not-quite enough layers on! I went to Rite Aid (just a few blocks down from my house) last night on a desperate search for Nyquil, only to find that they had sold out of [...]

I got a call from home this morning – 12 inches in my coastal Mass. driveway… it’s 25 and sunny here! Vermont has been pulling out all the stops for us this semester: so far we’ve seen four consecutive days of snow – two days of sub-zero temperatures – and now our second day of bright [...]

I took my last final at 4:30pm on Thursday night (I consider it night if it’s already dark!). After I walked out of that classroom, I took a big sigh of relief, and fell asleep on my couch. While finals may feel like one of the worst things that reliably happen to college students every [...]

Where have the days gone! We are through midterms… and now there are less than 6 weeks left in the semester! Ask my parents and they will happily tell you: their son has never worked harder in his(my) life! I’m taking 18 credits this semester, which is basically the maximum that a student here can take. [...]

Last night, as I was leaving campus after a long day of classes, headed home for a night of homework, I was taken aback by not one, but two(!) nature sightings! First, a little white-tailed bunny hopped out of someone’s bushes! It stopped, looked me square in the face, and then sprinted across the street [...]

I have been fortunate enough, for the 4th semester in a row, to not have classes on Fridays! I managed to fit all of my 18 credits (a full course load) in to 4 days, and so-far it’s going well. Sure, there was a point of slight high-stress on Wednesday, as I realized that I [...]

Okay, so I know that I’m not fooling anyone – that’s a sunset, and this is an entry about new beginnings. We’ll just use it as a metaphor for the end of summer: a summer that I will not soon forget. Once finals were over, my dad took me on a much-needed and very relaxing trip [...]

Seriously… 3 weeks left of classes… where does the time go? The next few weeks will be filled with papers, quizzes and lectures; all in preparation for 2 weeks of finals! EEK. My 10 page research paper on Sustainable Business is NOT as easy-breezy as I originally thought… but it’s coming together. And it’s so difficult [...]

I just got back from the most amazing hike! Pictures to come! My friend’s parents are visitng for the weekend; so I told her, “there’s no way we are staying inside while it’s 80 DEGREES!!” To Mount Philo we went, and it was absolutely gorgeous. An hour up, 40 minutes down, and about an hour [...]

It feels like we’ve been here for MONTHS. But I’m pretty sure this is week 4 of the new semester? That’s a common feeling around campus… it just seems as though this semester is moving at a faster pace than any other, and I love it. Quite frankly, I don’t know what I’d do with [...]

Happy New Year Everyone! The thing I love most about break… is when it ends. Don’t get me wrong, I love being home; but there’s something about that long drive up 89 that just does it for me. A new semester means a fresh start: new classes, new neighbors, weather. Of course, not everything changes, and [...]

When I’m home next week slicing open the Turkey (or watching my dad do it), I’m going to have a lot to be thankful for: my great friends, being fortunate enough to get a great education and family that supports me no matter what. Mostly, I’ll just be happy that I don’t have the flu [...]

I know it’s almost Winter, because I’ve gotten my first cold of the year… make that first three. This last one was a doozey, I was in bed Monday THROUGH Thursday; missing every class/meeting/appointment in my calendar. But that’s what happens when you get the flu! Luckily, the University was prepared for my illness: last [...]

As I write this post, I’m staring out my window at some white fluffy powder falling on the peak of Mount Mansfield, and it is BEAUTIFUL. The air is a brisk 39 degrees, although it doesn’t feel like it with the sun shining down on us. The ground is 100% covered with leaves of every color; [...]

Happy Monday everyone! This past weekend was Parent and Alumni Weekend here at UVM; probably one of the busiest and most populated weekends to be on campus… which is why I ran away! My parents, having already come up once for the scheduled UVM festivities, felt as though they might get more out of a visit [...]