First-year students were asked what went well not so well in their first week of college

Welcome week has come to an end and the class of 2028 has begun to fill the halls and classrooms with excitement, anticipation, but also nervousness and anxiety as the next stages of their lives begin.

With convocation and Welcome Week there was a lot going on. The students were also able to participate in the Ig-Knight fair, an annual fair that allows clubs and organizations to display what they love on campus in hopes of catching the eye of new members.

In the first short week, students filled every academic building, scrambling to find classes (and to get the best seats,) meet their professors, purchase textbooks that they might only use once, and hopefully make new friends.

Students from all different majors highlighted what went well in their first week as college students.

“Being comfortable with the material I am going to learn and feeling like I can succeed.”

• Flower, Digital Media

“Meeting my professors and talking to my classmates went really well, knowing what I am going to be doing in class was definitely helpful.”

• Rachel Balko, Nursing

“Making friends and going to all my classes and figuring out what to do.”

• Kaylee Beckler, Physician Assistant

“Gannon 101 showed us all of our resources and all the classes have been pretty easy.”

• Xavier Jones, Accounting

“Most of my professors were good, everyone was helpful, when I needed directions to certain classes, everyone helped me out.”

• Joel Butler, Cybersecurity

“It was super fun getting to know our roommates and people around campus.”

• Seanna VanAlstine Social Work

“It was fun getting to know people on campus and making friends.”

• Alaina Quattrone, Biology

“I liked meeting all the new people here, especially on our floor.”

• MacKenzie Billie, Radiology

“Being with my teak, it was good to be with them, it made it a lot easier.”

• Jenna Winowiecki, Undecided

“The convocation ceremony…it was really nice to go there, the place was beautiful.”

• Kusum Rana, Bachelor of Nursing

“After a certain time, I have started to adjust to the environment.”

• Ayusha Sharma, Business Administration

“They had a lot of activities to meet new people, I think Gannon does a really good job of bringing you out of your comfort zone.”

• Ian Love, Criminal Justice

“A lot of helpful people around, everyone was friendly as well.”

• Quinton Stevens, Criminal Justice

“Waking up and having good time management to get to my 8 AM classes.”

• Alexa Meyer, Biology Pre- Physician Assistant

“Organizing all my homework so I knew what was due and what needed to get done.”

• Bella Ricotta, Physician Assistant

With every success there is some kind of hardship, right? Something that the main character in every story must overcome, the beast that needs slaying or the villain who needs to be caught, or in this case, where to find CBI.

Finding the places…learning time management…being away from home…getting a real schedule…the dining hall food…getting to know campus…biology and chemistry classes…lack of information…hard to adjust to a new environment…getting adjusted…keeping up with the schedule…adjusting to the homework schedule…the amount of content. The list goes on and on.

Now, two weeks later the new class has been integrated and have adjusted. Here’s to the first week of freshman year!