Tag: 2019

Classes, Encouragement, Guest Bloggers, Spiritual

Guest Blog: The Ultimate Class to Take

Jenneth Leed

68861938_1226193357582155_993656927495913472_nC. J. Murray is from Minnesota and graduated with a degree in Accounting. He loves to yoyo, work out, and plans to be a full-time musician in the coming years. Follow him on his website, travelersoverflow.com.

So you show up for registration and are maxing out on 20 credits, 20 work hours, and 20 friends you hope to meet and hang out with. First, you’re crazy (but hopefully smart). Second, you’re really crazy (but probably desperate and broke). Third, pick 2 or 3 just as crazy friends and you’re set! Nonetheless, after your schedule is set up, you need to add this one class that surprisingly most students forget to add. It’s honestly the world’s greatest class, and everyone who doesn’t take it not only loses out, but suffers as a result.

The prayer closet.

When I was going through my undergrad, believe it or not, I actually added it to my schedule. It had its own time block. I treated it like a class. Each semester, I stuck it into an hour’s block of time, showed up on the hour, and left on the fifty-minute mark. And before you get any ideas, this did not replace my devotional time in the morning! That was different. This was more of what really kept me not only afloat, but sailing through college like a pro. And here are four reasons why this class is not only beneficial, but necessary. 

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Classes, Fields of Study, Friends, Guest Bloggers

Guest Blog: Three Tips for Success as an Art Major

Jenneth Leed

68535247_2157028401263076_3720453280573161472_n-e1566052187875.jpgHi! Guest-writer Crystal here. I’m that art major roommate Jenneth writes about. This past year I graduated with a degree in Studio Art with a built-in Graphic Design minor. You might be getting ready to start that journey as an art major at PCC; or perhaps you’re still going through your list of possible majors, and art is somewhere on that list; or maybe you’re just desperately gleaning for any information at all on studying at PCC because you’re anxious about your first year here. Regardless of your reasons, I’m here to give you three tips for succeeding as you launch your undergrad art student career. 

Art Major

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Culture, Friends, Off Campus

Top Six Places to Go Off Campus

Jenneth Leed

First off, I want to apologize for not posting content during my unannounced hiatus during July. I did a lot of traveling over the past couple of weeks, including going to my first writers’ conference in St. Louis. (If there are any future professional writing majors reading this, definitely take a minute to check out Realm Makers, a Christian speculative fiction writers’ conference that is out. of. this. world.)

But now with that out of the way, I’d like to talk to you all about something a little different than the typical PCC post. Although I get a ton of questions about the college and its campus, I also get questions about the Pensacola area. What can you do? Are there fun places to go?

So here are top six best places that are unique to Pensacola you should totally check out.

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Culture, Friends, Guest Bloggers

Guest Post: Being a Foreign Student at PCC

Jenneth Leed

Jenneth, here. Today I have a special kind of post I’m excited to share with you from Kaitlin Dilliplane, a Canadian PCC graduate and a close friend of mine. I asked her if she would be willing to write a quick blog post about being an international student and offer advice for incoming students who live outside the US.

17758673_10208087790582063_7943707828880530318_o Kaitlin graduated PCC with a professional writing degree in 2019 and now works as an in-house editor at Scribendi. She lives with her husband, Justin, whom she met freshman year at PCC.

I’m not your typical foreign student. I can’t tell you how many times my fellow PCC students and coworkers rolled their eyes and said, “You’re a lame Canadian friend.” In so many words, of course. 

It’s true though. In many ways, I’m an incredibly lame excuse for a foreigner residing as a student in one of America’s states. While most of my elementary and high school years consisted of American homeschool curriculums and textbooks, I can’t say that my mind held very much historical or political information. Whether that’s because I was a horrible student and couldn’t remember facts or timelines for the life of me, or if it’s because I just couldn’t care less about anything beyond my self-made orbit, there’s no turning back now. School is wasted on the young, they say. 

So, you can imagine when I stepped into the new world of Pensacola Christian College for my freshman year. I was almost 19, already older than most of my new peers–although that didn’t matter nearly as much as I like to think it did–and I didn’t know the first thing about the world. It’s hard enough being a new student in a new school, but being in a new country? That’s hard, you guys. Even in the most minuscule ways, although it’s different for everyone. But here are a couple things that I think will help a foreign student get used to going to Pensacola Christian College.

Foreign Student

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Residence Halls, Roommates

Seven Dorm Hacks for An Easier Semester at PCC

Jenneth Leed

We’ve all been there. Our Pinterest history proves it. Heading to college for the first time, you’ve no doubt looked up hacks and decor for your new dorm room. Having been a college student for four years, I’ve learned Pinterest hacks aren’t all they’re cracked up to be, but I have discovered my own seven great dorm hacks for a new room at Pensacola Christian College you can check out below:

  1. Offer to do the shower first.
  2. Don’t swap room jobs.
  3. Invest in a bed shelf.
  4. Keep your care package boxes.
  5. Have your own junk drawer.
  6. Make a pantry.
  7. File your clothing.

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Friends, Packing, Residence Halls, Roommates

How Do I Make a Good Roommate First Impression?

Jenneth Leed

When I was a freshman, I walked into my new dorm room terrified. I was an introvert who had never shared a room with anyone my entire life, and now I was going to have to share one with three other girls for the next four months. Worst of all, I didn’t know how to act around my junior and senior roommates. Was I annoying? Inconsiderate? Overly apologetic? How could I get them to like me?

Freshman year, I roomed with my best friend and neither of us had any experience in being college students, but the three years following, we were the oldest and were able to train our own incoming freshmen.

Having been on both sides of the equation, I’m going to give you three ways to make a good first impression to your older roommates.

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Friends, Residence Halls, Roommates

Should I Room With My Best Friend?

Jenneth Leed

You and your best friend have both announced that you’ll be attending the same college together for the next four years. You’ve got it all planned out. Life will be a party. You’ll do lunch every day together, go to basketball games, grab coffee every Tuesday.

And the best part? You’ll share a room. It’s like one, massive sleepover, right?

Best Friend Room

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Packing, Wardrobe

Can I Wear These Shoes to Class? A Guide to College Footwear

Jenneth Leed

EDIT: As of the 2019-2020 school year, Converse and similarly casual shoes are now considered class dress!

For many of us, one of the biggest challenges for a rising college student starts before we even arrive on campus. That’s prep work, and with prep work comes acquiring a college wardrobe. And as any PCC student knows, you’ll need good shoes because you’ll be walking. A lot.

For anyone who might be wondering what’s allowed/reasonable/highly suggested as appropriate footwear, don’t panic. I’m going to give you the shoe survival guide in four categories. (Note that the example photos come from Eagle’s Nest, which is the student online network).

Shoe Guide

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Classes

The Editing Process for PCC’s Fountains Publication

Jenneth Leed

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PrintEvery year, the Copy Editing II class works hard to produce PCC’s annual literary publication, Fountains. This year, I had the fantastic opportunity to be one of two Senior Editors, and it wasn’t until this year did I realize the awesome process of creating such an incredible product.

This year’s 30th edition bears the theme of “diving deeper” into the experiences of life. With stories of all kinds, Fountains really reflects the culture of our school from year to year, and it was a wonderful project to work on.

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Residence Halls

A Rundown of the Residence Halls

Jenneth Leed

Today I got a couple questions about what dorms were available on campus, and I thought it might be a good idea to give a basic crash course on the PCC residence halls. This is just going to be a very basic listing with a few key features, but Denis Labrecque did a couple of quick dorm tours of Ballard and Bradley on his YouTube channel.

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