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Alternative Title
Finding your way at VCU
Publisher
VCU Student Media Center (SMC)
Volume/Issue Number
2022
Frequency
Annual
Title Publication Dates
2018-
Contents
Cover Art / Jay Crilley -- Letter from the Editor / Katharine DeRosa, Clare Wislar -- Dear VCU Rams / Michael Rao -- Dear VCU Rams / Charles Klink -- Dear VCU Rams / Reuben Rodriguez -- Navigating a post-pandemic college experience / Caitlin Thompson, Jordyn Flood -- Fighting the fall semester scaries / Caitlin Thompson, Clare Wislar -- How to create a safe and comfortable living space with roommates / Sahara Sriraman, Lauren Johnson -- From one transfer to another: You got this / Hollyann Purvis -- The Commonwealth Times spotlight / Katharine DeRosa -- How to grocery shop in college / Iman Mekonen, Tess Wladar -- Twitter accounts to follow at VCU / Caitlin Thompson -- Homesick? Here's how to handle it / Paola Cordero, Emily Leary -- Emanata spotlight / Alexander Tyree -- A beginner’s guide to attending VCU sporting events / Noah Fleischman, Kaitlyn Fulmore, Alessandro Latour -- Ink Magazine spotlight / Hope Ollivant -- A guide to staying safe on campus / Iman Mekonen -- Don't be afraid to change your mind / Caitlin Thompson, Asia Rorick -- Eight apps to help students stay organized / Sarah Elson -- River City Fashion spotlight / Caitlin Thompson -- A guide to RVA museums / Caitlin Thompson, Clare Wislar -- Mental health in college / Katharine DeRosa -- Staying active on campus / Katharine DeRosa, Clare Wislar -- Amendment spotlight / Syd Lewin -- Top 10 things to do in your first year at VCU / SMC Staff -- How to eat in the city with dietary restrictions / Hollyann Purvis -- WVCW Radio spotlight / Stefanos Psaltis-Ivanis -- Hitting the trails / Caitlin Thompson -- VCU Resources -- Academic Calendar -- College Food Combos / Tess Wladar -- New Friends / Viv Rathfon -- The Commute / Cleo Reavey -- Figure Drawing Awkwardness / Bharathi Mathivanan -- Free Poster / Celia Donnley
Description
The Compass is an annual orientation guide for VCU students produced by the Student Media Collective in the VCU Student Media Centered. The guide is distributed physically during summer orientation sessions for new and transfer students. The publication includes short articles, illustrations, letters of welcome from students and administrators, comics, and advertisements from VCU and Richmond organizations.
Corporate Name Subject
Virginia Commonwealth University -- Students -- Periodicals
Topical Subject
College students' writings, American -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Periodicals; College students' art -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Periodicals; College student newspapers and periodicals -- Virginia -- Richmond
Geographic Subject
Richmond (Va.) -- Periodicals
City/Location
Richmond (Va.)
Genre
magazines (periodicals)
Local Genre
university publication; text; artwork
Type
Text; Still Image
Digital Format
application/pdf
Language
eng
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Rights
This material is protected by copyright, and copyright is held by VCU. You are permitted to use this material in any way that is permitted by copyright. In addition, this material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Acknowledgment of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required.
Collection
VCU Student Newspapers and Magazines
Source
The Compass. VCU Student Media Center, Virginia Commonwealth University.
File Name
compass_2022.pdf