College Students

Helicopter Parenting: How to Recognize Your Behaviors and What to Try Instead — Helicopter parents are often forged in love for their children. It’s normal to want to give your son or daughter the world and to make life easy for them, but unfortunately, helicopter parenting can have quite a few negative side effects. A 2015 blog post published by Psychology Today states […]

Helicopter Parenting: How to Recognize Your Behaviors and What to Try Instead

This entry was posted in Growth on May 2, 2017 by Megan Clendenon

A girl wants to sell used textbooks so she goes to the bookstore. — You may remember that we’ve talked about the best ways to save money when you’re buying your textbooks, but we haven’t helped you out with selling them back… until now. Buying textbooks generally feels like a swift kick to the bank account, especially if you need to pick up generic […]

The Best Ways to Sell Your Used Textbooks

This entry was posted in Money and Financial Aid on April 29, 2017 by Megan Clendenon

Graduation Advice for College Seniors — College graduation is a double-edged sword. It represents a feeling of immense accomplishment; you’ve been working toward this moment for the last four years. Your professors, family, and friends will watch you walk across a stage, shake hands with the college president, and come away from it all with a diploma.

Graduation Advice for College Seniors

This entry was posted in Growth on April 26, 2017 by Student Caffe Staff

Study Drugs — Consider this scenario: It’s 9 p.m. the night before your final paper is due, and you haven’t started. You know you need to get at least a B on the assignment in order to meet the GPA requirement for your academic scholarship. Not wanting to risk losing your financial aid, […]

Study Drugs: Why They’re Unhealthy, Unsafe, and Unnecessary

This entry was posted in Health and Wellness on April 21, 2017 by Megan Reynolds

What to Do When You're Feeling the Upcoming Graduation Blues — Change is good, but it can be tough to handle. The thought of completing your college graduation ceremony, packing up, and leaving the space that has been your home since the end of high school is a sad one. There may even be tears and tissues involved. Follow the advice […]

What to Do When You’re Feeling the Upcoming Graduation Blues

This entry was posted in Growth on April 14, 2017 by Megan Clendenon

A girl holding her finger to her lips and saying "shhh." — All jokes aside, members of college secret societies generally do keep mum about their activities, and some may keep mum about their membership status too. That’s why you won’t find much information if you go scouring the web about secret societies. As the name implies, they like to keep an […]

Everything You’re Allowed to Know about College Secret Societies

This entry was posted in Extracurricular on April 11, 2017 by Gwen Elise

Fun and Weird College Traditions — I can’t think of a college that doesn’t have a rich history. Even the newest colleges have stories to tell. College traditions are one way that those stories are passed on, and they become fun ways for students, faculty, and alumni to cultivate a sense of community and school spirit. […]

10 Fun and/or Weird College Traditions around the Country

This entry was posted in Recreation on April 8, 2017 by Gwen Elise

A person counts the money in their wallet, wondering about ways to make money at school. — With tuition costs on the rise, it’s no surprise that many college students call themselves broke. Sure, there are ways to hold down jobs in college—work-study is an option, and an off-campus job is another—but sometimes you’re looking to earn fast cash on the side. That’s when it’s time to […]

Earn Fast Cash in College with a Side Hustle

This entry was posted in Extracurricular on April 2, 2017 by Gwen Elise

Books to Read on the Beach — We’ve written more than once about the benefits of reading: you’ll expand your vocabulary, you’ll become a better conversationalist, your concentration will improve, and you’ll relax. While there’s definitely something to be said about getting your tan on in Florida over spring break or summer vacation, lying on the beach […]

Books to Consume During Spring Break and Summer Vacation

This entry was posted in Recreation on March 21, 2017 by Student Caffe Staff

The spring trimester is about to begin for students on the trimester system. — Most colleges operate on a semester system, meaning that the school year is divided into two halves, one running from August to December and the other from January to May. A short winter break and a longer summer break separate the two semesters. Large universities and community colleges may offer […]

What the Trimester System Is Really Like

This entry was posted in Preparation on March 15, 2017 by Megan Clendenon

A girl realizes the importance of exercise and checks her activity tracker after a run. — When I was in elementary school, we had PE class a couple of times a week. Sometimes we played an organized game of dodgeball, while other times we were allowed to do whatever we wanted as long as we stayed within the fenced-in boundaries of the schoolyard. In middle school, […]

The Importance of Physical Education and Exercise

This entry was posted in Health and Wellness on March 3, 2017 by Megan Clendenon

An anti-procrastination post-it note saying "don't wait until tomorrow!" — A lot of people procrastinate from time to time, but 20% of people do it chronically. I am one of the latter. In college, I was the girl who waited until midnight the night before a paper was due to begin writing. I’d stay up drinking a combination of coffee […]

Procrastination in College: Why We Do It and How to Stop

This entry was posted in Study Skills on February 25, 2017 by Megan Reynolds