Student Voices

Most World Campus students likely hope to use their education (and the skills and lessons they have gained) to support their professional goals.

Nelly Anez is a first-generation American and first-generation college student who is passionate about giving back to her community.

Stay focused on your goals and remember this effort will be worth the reward.

This post is part of “Hard to Hate Up Close: My Journey,” a blog series organized by Penn State World Campus Student Affairs.

This post is part of “Hard to Hate Up Close: My Journey,” a blog series organized by Penn State World Campus Student Affairs. The goal of blog posts like this is to provide a platform for the Penn State World Campus community of students, faculty, and staff to see one another, appreciate our differences, and discover common ground.

With the right approach in studying and planning, you can set yourself up for success on every exam.

We invite Penn State students to participate in the new blog series, "Hard to Hate Up Close: My Journey" which we hope will serve as a platform for us to better see one another and discover common ground.

Meeting and connecting with classmates are a huge part of college life, but during my first semester at Penn State World Campus, there was little opportunity to interact with my fellow students apart from online discussions.

While final exams are right around the corner, it often feels like the finish line is out of sight. It’s useful to remember why you started your journey with Penn State World Campus to help maintain a motivated mentality.

I wanted to start this post by saying something like, “I’ve always been confident in who I am and very opinionated.” But in reality, that’s not true. It wasn’t until my senior year of college that I really started to understand who I was and be able to express it.