With the many changes incoming freshmen experience as they make the transition into college come new challenges and sources of stress. At Walla Walla University, staff in the Counseling and Testing Center seek to make that transition easier by providing mental health and counseling service to students through programs like the TalkCampus app. 

At the end of sophomore year, nursing students seem to suddenly vanish. However, they aren’t going to another school or giving up on their studies but are simply off to complete their junior and senior years at the Portland Nursing Campus. 

It’s 2 p.m. You are sitting in class trying to focus on what the professor is saying, but your head is pounding. A classmate whispers to the student next to them that the omelets the cafeteria made this morning were surprisingly delicious. 

College life can be stressful, but luckily, getting around Walla Walla doesn’t have to be—thanks to on-campus auto repairs, gas, and free buses. Whether you brought your car with you or were dropped off, you don’t have to worry about getting from campus to Walmart. 

Welcome, welcome, welcome to The Collegian! Each issue at The Collegian usually has a theme, and for this, the first issue of the year, we here at The Collegian wanted to talk about things that us grizzled seniors would have found helpful to know when we first arrived here at Walla Walla University.