Jordan

Socializing in the time of Corona The pandemic is indeed raging on, and cases in Sweden are rising. In fact, students are thought to be the driver of this new spike, as the majority of positive-cases have been student-aged. In fact, in Uppsala, the city where I live and attend university, has seen the highest […]

#AloneTogether In this new COVID-19 reality, most students are navigating a world of social distancing and virtual learning. With Zoom lectures and virtual student happy hours as our main mode of feeling connected, it is easy to get weighed down with feelings of anxiety, loneliness and despair. Because of this, now more than ever, it […]

Single and Ready to Mingle? It is February which means it is the season of love. (Insert cupid’s flying arrow here) C’mon. Don’t groan. Even those of you with the coldest of hearts might find yourselves a little more soft to the the mushy and the romantic. And for those singletons out there, you may […]

A New Year, A New You With the New Year comes with the possibility for a New You. It gives us all a moment to reflect on all we did or didn’t do.  Did you actually exercise as much as you said you would? Did you finally finish that book you said you said you’d […]

10 Things to be Grateful for When You Study in Sweden:

Hooked on a feeling My decision to study in Sweden was based on a feeling. Similar to the feeling of falling in love- it didn’t feel rational but it felt right. When I received my admissions letter granting my acceptance to study at Uppsala University, I just knew that it was where I was suppose […]