Thinking about success & garbage with the Honors College at Purdue Northwest

Dec 11, 2017

Does Success Change as You Get Older?: Success as Defined by People in Different Life Stages

Success to Me

When you plan your life right now, what is the end goal? What does it even mean to be “successful”? Why do we focus on being…

Heather Fielding in Fresh Kills

Dec 11, 2017

Why “Fresh Kills”

In Fall of 2017, I had the great honor of working with an outstanding group of college freshmen: the incoming cohort of the…

Kaitlyn Sue Zickmund in Fresh Kills

Dec 11, 2017

How Trashy Am I?

Recently, after reading an eye-opening book called Garbology by Edward Humes, I decided to document just how “trashy” I was. In other words, I decided to record my trash production and cost of the food I was eating for…

Brianna L Buckner in Fresh Kills

Dec 10, 2017

Losing Myself to Find Myself

Where do I begin…

I have always had a pretty good idea of who I am: the goals I want to accomplish, the beliefs I hold so dear, the person I strive to be. But that all started to drift from me. I got so caught up in everything I was busy doing and…

Ian C Norris in Fresh Kills

Dec 9, 2017

Depression and College Students

College students right now are an incredibly depressed and anxious demographic and it is hurting their success and happiness in life. A 2013 APA survey revealed that about one third of college students had experienced some form of depression in the last year and that it…

Carlos Naranjo in Fresh Kills

Dec 9, 2017

Defining Success Around The Globe

Successful: a term that everyone yearns to be described as and is the pinnacle of everyone’s career…

disneygirl in Fresh Kills

Dec 9, 2017

Success Through Family

As you grow older and become more and more driven in what you want in life, it’s natural that you start to pull away from your parents and close family. It’s healthy to look beyond the confines of the nest and start making your own experiences.