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- Hey everyone.
- What's up guys? I'm Curtis.
- I'm Emma.
- I'm Ben.
- Hi I'm Sarah.
- Hi, my name is Grace.
- And hi, my name's Emily.
- Today we're answering the most Googled questions
about Rollins College.
- What is Rollins College like?
- I think Rollins College is happy.
We're in the sunshine state, so obviously Florida,
it's super beautiful all the time.
- Rollins to me is just like a place of belonging really.
It's a small intimate campus.
- The professors, the people, everybody here is amazing.
It's just a happy place to be.
- How would you describe Rollins College with one word?
- There's so many words.
- First word that comes to mind would just be beautiful.
- Beautiful.
- I would definitely say beautiful.
- That's what I was going to say ...
(buzzing) (laughing)
- It is beautiful on the inside and outside
because people like whenever you're walking on campus,
it can literally be a stranger
and someone will always say hi to you.
- I would say is community.
And the reason I would say that word
is just because I think it represents
so much of what Rollins is about.
From the student community being so small and intimate.
- If I had to pick well a different word,
I would probably say global
because of all the different nationalities of students
and just different types of programs and things like that.
- When I first visited here before I was even a freshman
and I came here and I really described Rollins
and Winter Park as kind of like a snow globe world,
it kind of feels like you're in this perfect
little community here
that really is just beautiful all the time.
Everyone is nice and friendly
and there's like sparkles everywhere.
So yeah, Rollins is like a snow globe community.
So maybe that's another word.
- What were your reasons
to attend Rollins College?
- Really, my biggest reason was that it was really small.
I have a lot of trouble focusing sometimes.
So having a smaller classroom space with a professor
that really cared about me was really crucial
for my college experience.
- My main reason to attend Rollins College
was the swim team.
I'm originally from Virginia.
And I knew that I wanted to go somewhere south
and warm and sunny.
So that was my main reason.
And it has been a fantastic experience so far.
- I'm an international student from Germany.
And for me it was really important
to attend a small college, like a smaller familiar college.
Yeah, I think I found that here.
- I absolutely love the campus.
Like every time I'd visit,
I just would find something new to do.
And I would just get more excited every time I visited.
And I just love the business program.
I think that's such a huge thing about the school
and that's gonna be my major.
So I think it's gonna be great
for me to continue on through the school,
to their grad school.
- What are the best things to do on weekends
as a Rollins student?
- The first thing that comes to mind
is exploring Park Avenue.
There's so many restaurants, shops,
just the whole area is so beautiful.
Literally steps away from campus.
You can go out to eat with your friends.
You can go for a bike ride around Winter Park.
The chain of lakes is beautiful.
We're literally on a Lake.
- Just like even if you're on campus,
there's a lot to do around, like going by the lake,
going kayaking, just hanging out with friends on campus,
or even if you go off campus,
there's a farmer's market on Saturdays.
Go to the boathouse and get a paddleboard
and go out on Lake Virginia.
It's so beautiful.
And I also love to find outdoor spots to study
and do my homework.
There's so many little nooks and crannies everywhere
that can just really brighten up the weekend
and help get your studying done.
- And then of course we have all of the theme parks
and I love theme parks.
So we have Disney, Universal,
and I used to go to Disney Springs
a lot with my friends on the weekends.
- What is Fox Day?
Oh, this is a perfect question.
- Fox Day is a special day in the spring
where the president of the College
decides that it is too beautiful to have class.
- We'll wake up and find a statue of the Fox
on right in front of Mill's lawn.
And that means classes for the day are canceled.
- No one knows when it's gonna be
and the president picks it out
and it's always a sunny day and you wake up,
it's like five in the morning or something
you get the whole day off, no classes.
The dining hall makes pancakes for everyone in the morning.
And then a lot of people go to the beach or to Disney World
and just like spend the day in the sun and have fun
and not stress about classes.
- And the events leading up to Fox Day
are always very fun.
My freshman year I decided that I was gonna camp out
with a few of my friends in view of the Fox Cam.
And it was just, it was a really cool experience.
Also my freshman year,
I decided that I had a banana costume
that I had left over from a high school thing that I did
and that I would start dressing up in my banana costume
and go out on the Fox Cam every night
and it turned into a tradition
that I've continued throughout my Rollins career.
- What is a Tar?
- Okay honestly, I have no idea.
I mean, I remember because you said it.
It's a sailor, okay.
So I, [Laughs] ... Does it matter if I don't exactly know?
- I know it's a historical reference.
I think it's like, I dunno for sure.
I think it's one of those soldiers and I know it has to do
with Lake Virginia.
- I'm not quite sure.
- A Tar is basically, it's a sailor.
You could say, it's a sailor.
- Yeah it's sailor
- And it's our mascot, our school mascot.
I don't know why it's not the Fox, but it is the Tar.
- The Fox is our unofficial mascot.
- I would say the same.
- I'm gonna pass this one to you to really elaborate on.
- Okay. So yeah, so a Tar is a sailor.
I know at a lot of sporting events, Tommy Tar
comes out and cheers on all of the teams
and not to be confused with the Fox.
That is kind of like our secondary mascot, like Fox day,
I guess that's kind of like our animal mascot, but a Tar is,
so I've heard an English sailor from long ago,
- Way back in like early Rollins,
Lake Virginia was actually like
a training area for sailors.
And I think they would use Tar to slick back their hair,
maybe, kinda, (laughs)
(inaudible)I don't know many people actually
do know the answer.
- What was your favorite course at Rollins College?
- I'm actually a business management major,
but I'm a studio art minor.
And this is my first semester in the minor,
and I am in a sculpture class.
So we have made so many cool things.
I made a clock earlier this year.
And right now I'm working on a big metal butterfly
to put out on the pool deck
because I swim the stroke butterfly.
And it's just super fun.
I've really gone out of my comfort zone
and learned a lot of new things
that I had never known before.
- Nice
- I think I've had two favorite courses so far.
So like one was One Hit Wonder with professor Archard.
It was amazing.
I had so much fun in this course.
I've never had a music course in my life before
because I'm an international business major.
So this was completely new for me,
but it was so much fun, I learned so many new things
and I would highly recommend it.
And the second one was Buddhist ethics,
which is also pretty uncommon
for an international business major,
but also I learned so many new interesting things
and I can just recommend the two classes to everyone.
- My favorite course probably has to be my German courses.
I love Dr.Framson.
She is amazing.
And I'm always like, just fascinated
with learning like languages.
And this is like the first one I've really sat down
to like learn.
And it's just a lot of fun.
You just have to have an open mind.
- My favorite course, I think is it was the Biosphere
with Dr.Nodine in the environmental studies department.
For a few reasons the class was really interesting.
We went on a few really cool field trips
and I met one of my best friends in that class.
- My favorite course has to be my sailing and canoeing class
that I took my sophomore year.
That class is just, it was so much fun.
We had it once a week out at the boathouse,
which is right on the Lake.
And it was always at 3:30 in the afternoon.
It was like always perfect weather.
And it was just a nice break to have once a week
to just go out and just enjoy the weather,
go out on the Lake.
- What can you do to get involved at Rollins College?
- Well, there are,
I don't even know how to describe
the amount of clubs that there are.
There's so many ways to get involved
from clubs to sports, to just like activities
that are being put on by the College.
- I personally am in crew.
And also, like I said, I'm on the swim team.
And basically whoever you are, whatever you like
there is going to be a community for you here.
You can also create clubs.
- I did myself.
I have a friend who did.
I actually tried to make another club as well,
That didn't go too well.
But we don't talk about that one.
I'm the president of the new E-sports club here at Rollins.
And I'm also a member of Board Game Club and Rollins Hillel.
I'm the social chair.
- Personally, I'm on the hall council committee.
I'm the treasurer for it.
There's also like a lot of like ethnic clubs.
There's a lot of like recreational clubs and sports.
I'm in the Mediterranean student association club.
And then I'm also a member
of the social media ambassadors program,
which is also a really fun thing to get involved with.
- I'm involved in the German club since I am a German,
which is actually a lot of fun.
I'm also in fraternity and sorority life.
I'm in Alpha Delta Pi.
And also I intern for
the Rollins College marketing department,
which is also an amazing time, I love it.
- You can get work-study positions, internships.
I'm an RA,
so I work in the residential life and explorations office.
They have intramural flag football,
soccer, literally anything.
So there's definitely something for you,
If you wanna get involved.
- What does your typical lunch break at Rollins look like?
- It varies every day,
cause there's so many places to eat lunch on campus.
With my meal plan, I usually just eat at the marketplace,
which is like the main cafeteria,
if you want to call it that.
- Definitely Dave's sushi.
That's always my go-to.
At lunchtime, I always like to get something a little light.
So I'll go to Dave's and the sushi bar there.
Shout out to Mike in Dave's if you guys go,
if you go to Rollins,
you already know what I'm talking about.
He's the best, he makes the best rolls.
Literally anything you want.
you can get a bowl, you can get any roll,
customize it the way you want it.
It's just, it's just the best lunch.
- Yeah.
- When I'm on campus,
I love getting like an acai bowl
or just sushi from Dave's.
I also love the beyond burger from Dave's.
So like they have a lot of vegetarian options,
but it's great for me because I'm vegetarian
and I can always find something to eat.
- You can have a picnic on the lawn.
You can go by the Lake and have a picnic,
like on one of the docks,
or even if you're like tied up studying,
you can just even take food back to your room.
- Me, I'm usually at Dave's Boathouse right down there,
eating with my friends.
But this semester I've been cooking at home more
because I live in Sutton
and I have a kitchen in my apartment.
- And then we also have our Tarpotle,
which is like our fake Chipotle.
- My lunch break is always in my Lakeside apartment
right behind us here.
There are these beautiful big kitchens in there.
It's an on-campus residence.
And I like to go to the grocery at Publix every weekend
and get my food and make a fun, healthy lunch.
- How many residents halls does Rollins College have?
- (laughs)
- I would say at least 15.
- I think that's probably about right.
- I think about yes,
So like we have all of the Greek houses
- Yeah that is true
- The fraternity and sorority houses,
which are a lot, I don't know,
probably like six or seven.
- Yeah, there's
- Wild guess,
- There's Liz, Holt, Strong,
- Ward
- Ward, Sutton apartments, Lakeside, Pugsley,
the other Rollins Hall, Mayflower,
did I say Cross already, Cross.
- Fox Hall
- Fox, that's like nine off the top of my head already.
- Yeah (laughs)
- There might even be more
that I don't even know about.
Corrine
- Well, are we counting sorority stuff like fraternity,
I guess we'll count those, yeah.
- Yeah, Rex Beach.
Did you get Sutton?
The apartments, yeah so I would say at least like 15.
- So we have 21 residence halls.
That's a mixture between fraternity and sorority life homes,
different student organization homes,
and then of course
our regular student housing residence halls.
- What are some things
you wish you knew before attending Rollins?
- Yeah, I would have liked to know
like how strong the Rollins community is
and how important it is to get involved in something
- As a freshman,
It's kind of like fresh in my mind still.
Everywhere you go,
like there's always someone like saying hi to you,
and smiling at you.
And honestly you can like,
it seems like it really easy to make friends with everyone.
Like on my first day,
I just made a ton of friends
just cause everyone was so approachable.
Even the professors are so nice.
Yeah, I just wish I knew like how inviting it was.
- I think one thing I wish I knew
was like just the importance of networking
cause this small community,
there's so much opportunity to network and meet people
and that can really set you up
for future relationships later in life
or future job opportunities that can take you to places
you don't even know you're going.
- Oh, is that all.
- Boom, alright peace.
- (laughs)
- That's it, we're done.
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Restart it, restart it, restart it.
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- Thanks for watching.
Just kidding.