When I first got to campus last year, I was very overwhelmed. This was something I had thought about and prepared for for years, but you’re really telling me that after moving me into my freshman dorm, my parents would…
This may be hard for some of you to imagine, but when I came to campus in the fall of 2019, I was an extremely shy and not very confident-in-myself freshman. I remember the first night in my dorm, I…
When I entered the UW campus four years ago, a church was the last place I ever wanted to be. I was happy to start pursuing a career in science, intent on joining a research lab, and with science by…
Confidence is often marketed to us as a one-size-fits-all solution to our problems. If we just had confidence, we would get the job, have the relationship of our dreams, and run marathons in record time. But the truth is, confidence…
It’s a privilege to speak today and celebrate the past four years. For me, Pres House is that, a home; one that provides shelter, warmth, and rest. I’ve found simple joys like coffee and conversation, and making music with friends.…
Having grown up here on the West Side of Madison, I had one primary aspiration out of high school: to move away and reinvent myself. I mean, it was the end of 2019. Nothing big was about to happen, right?…
Hi, my name is Elizabeth, and, to start, some of you may know that I have a terrible memory. And if you didn’t know, now you do. I always like to say that I got it from my dad. I…
Throughout my time at Pres House, I’ve experienced and learned a lot, not just because my years in college so conveniently overlapped, but because of the people and opportunities here within our community. I would like to share a few…
These poems and psalms were written by Pres House students at our 2023 Winter Retreat. The theme was “Poetic Tools for Religious Imagination.” In two of our four sessions, students collaborated in small groups to write poems and psalms on…
During each night of the trip, a pair of us led a devotional on a chosen topic. Out of the topics Nii Addo provided us beforehand, Mei and I chose the topic named: "The Great Commission and the Ethics of…