July 13, 2012 Having an addiction is one of the most difficult things a person can deal with. What a lot of people don’t know is that addiction is a disease. It can be treated but never cured. Addictions are generally ... read more »

July 13, 2012 Being a college athlete is a full time job. All of the time and effort that goes in to practice and team activities can make it easy to lose focus on the rest of your life. Academics is the reason you ... read more »

July 13, 2012 There may come a time in your college career when you don’t feel that you can continue on in a class and you need to drop it. While the process for dropping a class is often amazingly easy, the consequences ... read more »

July 13, 2012 Going to a university as a minority female can certainly prove to be a challenge. Upon first arriving, you may feel weird, or excluded from the rest of the campus. You will want a roommate who you can ... read more »

July 13, 2012 An all too frequent challenge for students is the divorce of their parents. Many parents who are struggling in their relationship will decide to divorce when there are no more children left at home. College ... read more »

July 13, 2012 Sometime or other, every college student is likely to have a personal emergency that could impact their attendance or performance in classes. Typical examples include: Death of a member of the family ... read more »

July 13, 2012 Having a loved one with a serious medical problem is hard when you go to college. There are things that you need to have in place so that you can be prepared if something goes wrong. You will need to make ... read more »

July 13, 2012 “Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) refers to a group of physical and emotional symptoms that some women experience in the week or two before their menstrual period.” (1) PMS starts at a young age, with most ... read more »

July 13, 2012 Having a child and going to school can be a difficult challenge. There may be days where you are running on little to no sleep, the baby may get sick, or your babysitter may back out on you at the last ... read more »

July 13, 2012 It’s hard to believe that you can have a sense of loneliness on a campus filled with people your age. But this can be your situation if you suffer from shyness. When you begin college, it’s a time ... read more »