The Man and the Sea (Stars)

So I got a tattoo. My first, actually. Shock. Horror. Mom, I can see you rolling your eyes all the way from St. Kitts. If you've known me in some span of time since I was 16 years-old, you'd likely know that I've always "had plans" to get one. For years I've had tattoo ideas come...

Zoos Save Species: The Golden Lion Tamarin

Happy International Golden Lion Tamarin Day! As it happens, International Golden Lion Tamarin Day also falls on social media's beloved #ThrowbackThursday. This blog entry, in fact, started out as an Instagram post. As I curated the caption, I found myself running out of room. These amazing little monkeys deserve more than a caption on their...

The Kind-of Embarrassing Case of the Missing WHY

At the very start of the semester, we were told by countless faculty and staff to "find our WHY", to "remember our WHY", and to "hold onto our WHY" when things got difficult, or disheartening, or discouraging. Why did you come to Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine? Why do you want to become a...