National Hazing Prevention Week is September 24-29, 2023. Emory University is committed to the health, safety, and well-being of its students. Hazing can severely impact the educational experience and an individual’s emotional and physical wellbeing. Learn more about how to recognize, prevent, and report hazing at Emory.
RespectCon centers students and the issue of sexual assault from a public health perspective. Conference sessions and workshops will address topics including consent, sex positivity, understanding Title IX, bystander intervention, intersections of race and identity in sexual assault, and healing after trauma. October 12-13, 2023.
A visual and oral history celebrating the unique student stories that make Emory who we are – a community of the passionate and purposeful, open to changing the world and our place in it.
24C
"Something near and dear to me is swimming! I took the PE 112 and 212 courses with John Petroff and Cindy Fontana, the varsity swim coaches, and ever since, I have not stopped swimming. I swim because it keeps me calm. I'm comfortable. I can hear my own thoughts in the water. I can go at my own pace, and no one's telling me what to do. The water is autonomous, and it allows me to do whatever I want. That's why I love swimming!"
26C
"Debate was my favorite activity in high school, and I feel like I learned so much from it. It helped me learn how to better communicate and how to properly form an argument. Debate gave me the opportunity to learn about so many important issues and topics, and I always knew I wanted to continue my engagement with it in some capacity. The Atlanta Urban Debate League immediately seemed like a great way to do this, and pairing debate with community engagement is the perfect combination for me."
25C
"One way in which I've been able to bond with my friends is through deejaying. I play a lot of music in my room for my friends, and we just have a really good time. I love playing music for them because it helps me to shape my own little community in my room. I just think that the idea of deejaying to me is just symbolic of community and camaraderie. I think it's so much more than just playing with a little button, and I love that!"
21Ox 23C
"I'm Syrian, and Jordanian-Palestinian, and I grew up in a really white neighborhood and had a lot of shame in my culture. I had immigrant parents which complicated things even more, but coming to Emory I found a cultural community that I never had access to before. I am able to advocate for things that are happening in the countries that I'm from, and I don't think I'd be able to speak about or advocate for my cultural identities as explicitly as I do now if I hadn't met other people from those identities here."
23C
"I'm a transfer student so I initially went to a different school. It was a really small community and not at all that diverse. I realized that I wanted something a bit bigger because it reminded me too much of high school. I ended up transferring during the year of Covid. As a result, I spent my first year of Emory online. Things turned around for me when I started to actively engage in theater. Even though it was online, that's where I met a lot of friends and started growing my community at Emory more. I think all of the faculty members in the Emory theater department have been mentors to me. They've all been helpful with me trying to find my path in college, and then trying to give me opportunities that I can find after I graduate. They've always been a rock in a sense that they make sure that I don't get too nervous about life after graduation, especially now that I'm a senior. They’re like, “It's okay to do theater after graduation. You'll find a way!”"
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