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by Tamera Dunn @tameraAdunn While sitting at the kitchen table with my two roommates, one of them told me “You need some culture.” I...
by Christopher Wood @cwood726 I have learned over my short amount of time in our field that partnering with faculty can be one...
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by Jimmy Kelly @jimmy3_k So this past week has been a wild ride; FOCUS (Stetson’s new student orientation) has been going strong since...
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by Tamera Dunn @TamerADunn Finding the right mentor for you can be hard. Especially if you, like myself, are an Introvert with a capi...
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