Lyon College blog gives an inside look at campus life

When it comes to life at Lyon College, the students have the inside story, and they're telling that story online.

A recently implemented blog, located at www.talklyon.com, is currently authored by two Lyon students. Katee Castleman is a pre-med sophomore majoring in biology, and Drew Dunham is a senior with a double major in biology and chemistry.

Both writers invite students, potential students and community members to write them with any questions about life at Lyon College.

In their blog entries, they talk about academics, socializing, housing, sports, recreational activities, entertainment outside the Lyon campus and anything else related to life at the College.

The blog's introduction invites any and all questions about campus life: “Here we are, with everything you ever wanted to know about college, and then some. So whatever it is you're curious about, (school-related, please), ask away. Or search for it. Because here, you'll hear it all first-hand from a group of us just living the dream. Welcome.”

Dunham said the new site gives prospective students a view into what life at Lyon College is really like.

“Where some institutions get caught up in trying to represent their school with a view through a rose-colored lens, we're trying to give an unbiased view that interested high school or transfer students can trust - one of their peers.”

He said so far topics have ranged from social life after hours to academics to dealing with the challenges faced when moving in with a person you may not have known before.
“Each of these topics can then be discussed between all Lyon students or even questions asked by prospectives by use of a comment forum,” Dunham said. “The site has been online for about two months now and we're approaching somewhere between 30 to 35 articles up right now, with many more expected to be posted once school starts back and the events and such for conversation increase greatly.”

Dunham said he hopes this new innovative approach to recruiting will be something that will be able to provide an unparalleled resource for high school seniors to make that difficult decision on where to continue their education. Opportunities for other writers to participate will soon be available as well, he said.

“We'll be looking for people to do some guest articles once school gets started,” he said. “Of course any input on what should be written about will be accepted or submitted to us to get posted. All Lyon students and prospectives are welcome to put any remarks they feel relevant to any of the articles posted by use of the comment feature.”