How To College

It's the start of a brand new semester, and between running from class to class, grabbing a bite at the dining hall, or rushing home to hop on a Zoom meeting, it can be a challenge to solidify a productive but balanced daily routine. In the first half of this episode, you'll hear from First-Year Fellows Sophia-Dawn Weldin, Jillian Reifsnyder, and Raktim Basu about unhealthy habits and how to break them. In the second half, you'll be joined by First-Year Fellow Katie Rippon and Munsons Avery Houle and Abhigna Rao, who'll share best practices to forming new healthy habits that we hope will get you started on the right foot this spring!

Thinking about joining one of the pre-med tracks at UD? Not sure if your interests lie in the medical field? Well, Honors Community Fellows Ari August and Ankita Prasad are here to share the ins and outs of the pre-med programs at UD! In this episode, you'll get to hear some great insight into how they figured out that they wanted to pursue medicine, what valuable experiences they got involved in that solidified their passion, and advice about applying to schools and achieving a balanced lifestyle as pre-med students. Happy Learning!

School, life, and everything in between can be hard on all of us, so Munsons Sammy, Ashley, and Avery are here to take us through their healthy tips for how we can all try to prioritize our mental health and care for ourselves a little bit more each day.

Just a disclaimer that the advice you will hear in this episode is coming from the personal experiences of three Honors students at UD, not mental health professionals. If you are struggling and need mental health support, you can contact the UD Helpline by dialing 302-831-1001. You can also text "UDTEXT", or "STEVE" for students of color, to 741741, or reach the Student Counseling Center by calling 302-831-2141 Monday-Friday, 8 am-5 pm.

Join Honors Community Fellows Ari August and Samantha Haas as they break down all the best strategies to tackle Honors Integrated BioChem!

As we all receive more and more communication every day regarding classes, campus events, and ways to get involved, it can certainly be hard to decide what to pay attention to. In this brand new episode of the How-To College mini-series, Munson Fellows Jules and Avery take you through how to organize all that information, whether it's reading through your syllabi or sorting through your inbox!

In this first episode of the How To College podcast series supported by the University of Delaware Honors College, Munson Fellows Lauren, Jules, and Abhigna dive deep into what it means to define your workspace for school, especially as you navigate the virtual landscape.