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Student Life & Wellness Feeling Homesick? A Guide from the Counseling Center Good news: these feelings are a normal part of college life, and at Emmanuel, you’re surrounded by a close-knit community of peers, faculty and staff...
Support Emmanuel College with Your Required Minimum Distribution These are the minimum amounts you must withdraw annually once you reach age 72 (or age 73 if you turned 72 after December 31, 2022). But did you know...
AI and Student Cheating As this website evolves I suspect most of what it will contain will be discussions of the benefits of AI. More and more people will begin to share...
Humanities & Social Sciences The Myth of the Writer as Genius One of the first things students considering a major in writing need to understand is that they do not have to be geniuses to be good writers. The... | Mary Elizabeth Pope, Professor of English
College Search How to Write a Standout College Essay: Tips to Tell Your Story You’re expected to sum up who you are, what makes you unique, and why you’d be a great fit for a school—all in just a few hundred words. But don’t...
Academics 3 Time Management Tips for Academic Success Every year during summer orientation, I have the opportunity to gain feedback from all incoming students about their greatest academic concern as they... | Wendy LaBron, Assistant Dean
Student Life & Wellness From Resident to Resident Director: 4 Lessons I Learned About Living on Campus Below are some things I wish I could say to my 18-year-old self about how to truly get the most out of my time living on campus. Lesson 1: Everyone is... | Katie Drewry, Assistant Director of Residence Life/Residence Director
Academics 7 Techniques to Help You Make the College Jump For those feeling some apprehension about starting the next chapter of your lives, I say to you: don’t worry, you’re not alone! One of the questions I... | Susan Aguiar, Senior Academic Advisor
The Emmanuel Community and Generative AI Generative AI refers to a class of artificial intelligence systems that are designed to generate text, images, music, and other forms of content, that...