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The Fresh Perspective Podcast | Feeling stuck and how to fix it

The Fresh Perspective Podcast | Feeling stuck and how to fix it

By Julia Smeltzer and Anna Ehlers • February 2, 2022
In this companion podcast to ‘Fresh Perspective,’ staff writer Julia Smeltzer goes into depth about providing advice for feeling stuck after two years in pandemic.
Fresh Perspective | Setting up for success this semester

Fresh Perspective | Setting up for success this semester

By Julia Smeltzer, Staff Writer • January 20, 2022
In this week’s edition of Fresh Perspective, Julia Smeltzer gives advice for taking care of your mental health in an uncertain time.
Fresh Perspective | Living with grief

Fresh Perspective | Living with grief

By Julia Smeltzer, Staff Writer • December 2, 2021
In this week’s edition of Fresh Perspective, Staff Writer Julia Smeltzer discusses her personal experience with grief.
Fresh Perspective | Reflecting on the fall

Fresh Perspective | Reflecting on the fall

By Julia Smeltzer, Staff Writer • November 4, 2021
In this week’s Fresh Perspective, Julia Smeltzer reflects on what it’s been like finally getting to go to in-person events.
Fresh Perspective | Then and Now

Fresh Perspective | Then and Now

By Julia Smeltzer, Staff Writer • September 30, 2021
In this week’s Fresh Perspective, Julia Smeltzer takes a look back at her first ever post for the blog and what she’s learned since then.
Fresh Perspective | Second-year, first-year experiences

Fresh Perspective | Second-year, first-year experiences

By Julia Smeltzer, Staff Writer • September 9, 2021
In the first Fresh Perspective of the fall semester, staff writer Julia Smeltzer talks about getting first-year experiences as a sophomore.
Fresh Perspective | My isolation housing experience

Fresh Perspective | My isolation housing experience

By Julia Smeltzer, Staff Writer • April 20, 2021
In this edition of Fresh Perspective, staff writer Julia Smeltzer recounts her experience in Pitt’s isolation housing.
Fresh Perspective | Picking a Major

Fresh Perspective | Picking a Major

By Julia Smeltzer, Staff Writer • March 11, 2021
In this edition of Fresh Perspective, staff writer Julia Smeltzer reflects on her journey to becoming a media and professional communications major.
Fresh Perspective | Getting to Know Oakland

Fresh Perspective | Getting to Know Oakland

By Julia Smeltzer, Staff Writer • February 25, 2021
Naturally, when I committed to Pitt, I couldn’t wait to make my own memories on my parents’ old stomping grounds.
Fresh Perspective | Start Living

Fresh Perspective | Start Living

By Julia Smeltzer, Staff Writer • February 11, 2021
I wake up and I do the same thing every day, accepting that this is what life has in store for me.
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