What does the Icarus Account sound like?

Icarus Account is a combination of Jack Johnson meets Never Shout Never. Their music is fun, sweet and leaves you smiling and wanting to listen to more. Not only do they write and perform their own music, but they do amazing covers of recent songs including “I Won’t Give Up” by Jason Mraz, “Stereo Hearts” by Gym Class Heroes featuring Adam Levine and “Superbass” by Nicki Minaj. My personal favorite song that always puts me in a good mood is “Favorite Girl.”

So for a laid-back, relaxed and feel good music check out The Icarus Account.

My personal picks for songs by The Icarus Account (be sure to open a new tabs)

Favorite Girl (my FAVORITE song!)

Proud

Angel of Mine

Covers by The Icarus Account

Stereo Hearts

Superbass

I Won’t Give Up

When you go on a tour at any school, you guided by a Student Ambassador. The Student Ambassadors at Chestnut Hill College are eager and happy to give a tour of our home away from home. Student ambassadors are your first glimpse to what college life is actually like.

Student Ambassadors are knowledgeable, unique, caring and involved on the college campus. Be sure to ask your Student Ambassador questions about the school because not only are they there to give you a tour, but they are there to answer your questions!

How do I know all this you might wonder? Because I just got hired as a Student Ambassador!

HORRAY!

I am currently being trained getting to know the tour route, but I am so excited to interact with potential students and families.

If you click HERE you can get on the Admissions page on the CHC website. I hope you will schedule a tour at Chestnut Hill College. It is a great school and has a warm, welcoming, inclusive community.

And who knows, if you get a tour of the campus I may be you tour guide!

Instead of going home for Spring Break,  9 students,  3 people on staff at CHC and I went on an Alternative Spring Break trip to Frenchville, PA. The trip to get to Frenchville is about 4 hours drive from Philly and it is very different from Philly. We were surrounded my the Appalachian mountains and the town itself was very rural. We worked through the Young People Who Care ministry who helps out the local community physically and spiritually.

Young People Who Care partnered up with Habitat for Humanity on building a house, which I had the amazing opportunity to be a part of. The guys that were ongoing volunteers showed myself along with the fellow Griffins how to use a power drill, insulation and working with electric wires. I had a chance to work with power drills which was so scary because I never used a power drill, but such an adrenaline rush once I got the hang of it.

Another place I went to had a painting walls. I was never allowed to paint walls because I am prone to making mistakes, but once I learned I had a blast! It was really great that I could be serving the community while still having fun.

Though I had a great time at sites that I volunteered, I had so much fun after volunteering because the group would hang out and play games. We even took a nature walk which was very fun. It was so sad to go because I as well as everyone who went had a great time serving and getting to know each other. I gained so much knowledge on the trip as well as friendships. If you have a chance during your time in college, I HIGHLY recommend doing a service trip! It is a lot of fun and very rewarding!

Here are some pictures from the trip! Enjoy!

-Caitlin

From left to right: Steph, Gabby, ME and Emma taken at the CHC Quidditch tournament freshman year!

So we have all heard those nightmare stories of the “disaster roommate” from friends who have heard it happened to there friends’ friends’ cousin. That movie “The Roommate” does not help the situation either.

But with the horror stories there are wonderful stories. Those stories about how 2 roommates becoming amazing friends. Chestnut Hill College’s Residence Life (or ResLife for short) do their best to match students to other students.

As an incoming student you have 1 of 3 living options: living in a single, double (you and 1 roommate) or a triple (you and 2 roommates).

When you are incoming resident, you get to fill out a roommate survey asking you all types of questions like, “What time do you go to bed?”, “On a scale of 1-10 how clean/organized are you?” and “What music do you like?” Jenn Thorpe, the head of ResLife goes through all the surveys and matches students BY HAND to other students! Be sure to be honest on you survey for the best results!

Can you pick your roommate?

Yes you can, you would put it in the roommate survey your preference.

My personal experience:

When I was incoming freshman I was so nervous and excited to get a roommate. I hope we were going to be friends and hit it off. I filled out the survey and sent it back to the school in June. In mid-July, I got my room number, roommate and surprisingly suitemates! My roommate was from north Jersey and my suitemates were both from Pennsylvania. When I first talked to my roommate, Steph (blogger!), I was super nervous, but after I got to know her I was really excited about living with someone and school! We had similar taste in TV shows, music and fashion (we had the same prom dress weird right?).  I felt the same way when I talked to my suitemates Gabby (blogger!) and Emma for the first time.

My advice for having a roommate is be open and patient! They are going through the same experience as you! Your roommate also has grown up in a different place and might do things differently from you, so be patient, learn to compromise and be open to new things and your first year will go smoothly!

Oh and about 2 years later, Steph, Gabby and Emma are still some of my closest friends.