“There’s noth­ing like it,” said Professor of Fine Arts Robert Barnum.

But noth­ing like what, that is? In col­lege where get­ting an edu­ca­tion is often lim­ited to mun­dane test tak­ing and robotic regur­gi­ta­tions of infor­ma­tion, Barnum and his col­leagues offer stu­dents an oppor­tu­nity for a higher edu­ca­tion and cre­ative solu­tions. (more…)

Transitioning from high school to col­lege is scary. Mom and Dad are no longer around to make sure your home­work gets done, you’re wear­ing clean under­wear, or con­sum­ing a health­ful diet free of daily Twinkies.

While try­ing to fig­ure out how to pay for cred­its and books before school begins, pack­ing to leave for col­lege is often put on the back-burner. Being unpre­pared for col­lege can cre­ate avoid­able stress. These are 10 impor­tant things that every stu­dent begin­ning col­lege should have with them: (more…)