'Others' in Community
A community that I am apart of consists of the current university in which I am attending. Interestingly enough, I feel that the person's sense of community within a university environment widely depends on when they become apart of that community. In a college environment (Note: I use college and University as interchangeable terms), I notice that the social structure is separated through class years (ie. first-year, second-year, etc). A group of students who are all experiencing the massive changes that occur when first-arriving as first-year students seem to share a similar identity with one another throughout college. I noticed this personally when I transferred from Guilford College to Dickinson College in 2021. At Guilford, I was very connected with members of my class. Once I arrived at Dickinson, I found that I related more with first-year students mainly due to experiencing the newness of Dickinson together. I think t...