Dear 1st Year Me,
Your first day on campus will end with you wearing a wet sign as “fashion.”
You are about to begin the most amazing experience ever – your time as a Glendon student! It’s time to move away from your parents’ home and move to the big city by yourself. Are you ready? You think so, but you’ll never guess what’s going to happen over the next five years.
Okay, I know what you’re thinking. It seems like everyone is obsessed with talking about millennials. The shocking truths. How to market to us. Our job prospects. How we ruin everything. How it’s not our fault that we ruin everything. Figuring out how millennial you are. Even about our breakfast habits.
This picture is actually called “Multiethnic Group of People Social Networking at Cafe”. It’s so millennial.
However I’m going to add to the over saturation of this discourse.
I want to talk about nostalgia. And how us millennials are suffering from it.
(Disclaimer: One reason I’m tired of these millennial articles is how they paint a whole generation with a huge broad stroke. And now I’m about to do that. I’m a hypocrite.)
Is it too late?
One of my favourite times of the school year is April. Not just because exams and final assignments are finishing up. And not because classes are done. I actually got super sad this year as I saw my friends starting to think about their courses for next year, and I realized that I’m done taking courses for my undergrad.
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The reason it’s one of my favourite times of the year is because this is the time that different student clubs and organizations start hiring their new executive team members and setting plans for the coming year. (more…)
On March 28, 2015, I did the coolest thing ever.
I’ve referenced it a couple times in my blog. It’s been my fun fact for every ice breaker since then. And I’ve probably told you about it or mentioned if you’ve talked to me since then.
I gave a talk at TEDxYorkU.
But I never actually wrote a full reflection about it. So here we go. It’s only a year late… (more…)
Thanks for the scholarship, Commission for Wellness!
From March 5-9, I had the incredible opportunity to attend the ACPA NextGen Conference and ACPA-College Student Educators International annual convention in Montréal. ACPA is an international professional student affairs association, and the NextGen Conference was two-days for future student affairs professionals, or new professionals to learn about the field, career and professional development and make connections. I was lucky to be given a scholarship from the ACPA Commission for Wellness for the NextGen conference, which also allowed me to participate in the main convention with over 3000 professionals from around the globe.
In one word, it was amazing. However, it was such a big experience I need a few more words. So, my very first professional student affairs conference was… (more…)
Juan and Only 