Imagine entering a lecture with hundreds of new faces. Where do you sit? Who do you sit next to? Luckily enough, you find an empty seat and sigh in relief of escaping the possibility of what could be the biggest horror of this century: social interaction. Just as you are comfortably finishing the lecture, your Read More…
Category: Icebreakers
Trying New Things = Meeting New People: Socializing in College
Socializing can be overwhelming. Especially when you’re a freshman at a new school. While friendship is inevitable at UW, there are certainly ways to broaden your social circle that don’t involve saying hi to your dorm neighbors. Here are a few ways to put yourself out there, and to hopefully make some lifelong friends in Read More…
3 Ways to Make New Connections as a First-Year Student
Making friends when you are younger seems so easy. You could meet someone at the park, play for hours and become besties. You can sit next to someone in class and just like that, you text daily. Making friends in college can seem daunting, but with a few tips, it can be just as effortless as when you were a child.
Don’t Be A Karen: 3 Tips to Find Your Home Away From Home
Be Yourself! The best persons you can be is you. Wanna know why? Because there is no nobody else on this earth that is exactly like you. Sure, we all have our similarities, but the most interesting part about you is where you come from and how you came to be the person that stepped Read More…
How to turn a campus into a home
No matter where you are from or the size of the town you called home, moving to a school with over 50,000 individuals is extremely overwhelming. However, that feeling of loneliness doesn’t have to last long. Meeting people is as easy as 1-2-3 Explore the possibility of Greek life. Although there has been a stigma Read More…
How To Find Unlike Minded People As An Incoming College Student
(Credit: Shelby Knuth/Transfer Transition Program) I started my first year at UW-Madison as a Transfer Student. Having already experienced my first two years in college at MATC (Madison Area Technical College), I thought I was past the hurdle of building relationships and finding a community, however, this couldn’t have been farther from the truth. After Read More…
Lonely? Three ways to find your people at U.W.
Many freshmen struggle with the same problem coming into college. While meeting new people is intimidating, it doesn’t always have to be. U.W. Madison has some amazing opportunities to help you find lifelong friends while staying active, healthy, and happy. Clubs are one of the best ways to expand your social circle. Read to learn Read More…
Creating Dorm Friendships
“I don’t anticipate having a hard time making friends in college.” Okay, there I said it…but you were all thinking it. Regardless of what we tell ourselves, making new friends in college is one of the most stressed about topics for incoming freshman. Nervous and don’t know where to start, keep reading to learn some Read More…
Three Places to Meet People on Campus
Navigating your way on a new campus is tough but knowing about places where lots of freshmen spend their time is important when trying to meet new people. This post features a few places around campus where you can meet people with aligned interests. Student Organizations Attending the student organization fair is an easy way Read More…
Why You Should Take Your Parents Advice on How to Make Friends
We’ve all heard the classic college cliches about branching out and trying new things, and when I graduated highschool, my parents told me the same thing. “This is a time to explore your interests and meet people!” But how? Let’s face it, when our parents were in college, societal dynamics were completely different and I Read More…