<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Lola Velush Honors Portfolio]]></title><description><![CDATA[Unleashing the Power of Honors]]></description><link>https://lolavelush.wixsite.com/lola-velush-honors-p/my-blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 03:12:09 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://lolavelush.wixsite.com/lola-velush-honors-p/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Winter Reflection]]></title><description><![CDATA[This winter quarter was my hardest quarter thus far (and hopefully ever) at UW, and honestly some of the worst days I think I've ever experienced (not to be dramatic). A couple of factors made this quarter incredibly challenging, including working, a full STEM course load (biochemistry, molecular and cell biology, and physics), and a horribly stressful experience trying to organize and find housing for next year. However, the thing that made it the worst was a somewhat devastating friendship...]]></description><link>https://lolavelush.wixsite.com/lola-velush-honors-p/post/winter-reflection-2</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d1fa79072d140cb95897b2</guid><category><![CDATA[Year 3, Winter Quarter]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 06:30:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/43e8d6_e610dc91f4784518a1512f66e2ddd184~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lola Velush</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shadowing!]]></title><description><![CDATA[This quarter, one of my biggest achievements was getting some shadowing opportunities. As I continue to explore medical school as a possible future career/academic path for myself, I have been working to try to find opportunities to shadow doctors. I see shadowing as one of the most important ways for me to see if I truly want to be a doctor. However, the process has been long and difficult, and I've struggled a lot to actually connect with doctors who are willing to have me shadow. Our area...]]></description><link>https://lolavelush.wixsite.com/lola-velush-honors-p/post/shadowing</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69ca0af3a1a7d88074a79d0a</guid><category><![CDATA[Year 3, Winter Quarter]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 05:55:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/43e8d6_6107fd1a9baf4671abb54af12327d595~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_338,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lola Velush</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shooting for the stars...and missing]]></title><description><![CDATA[This quarter, I decided I wanted to apply for the Mary Gates Research Scholarship. This is a really prestigious scholarship given out for research projects at UW. Since I was going to be getting started on my own project at work in my lab anyways, I thought it was good timing. My PI and manager in my lab helped me to formulate my project and design it. I ended up landing on a project centered around examining liver sections of malaria infected mice to see how parasite zonation in the liver...]]></description><link>https://lolavelush.wixsite.com/lola-velush-honors-p/post/shooting-for-the-stars-and-missing</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6953303323e37bb9569abbc8</guid><category><![CDATA[Year 3, Autumn Quarter]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 02:06:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/43e8d6_3a46c1981557499db12f653887f0f2c6~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lola Velush</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Interning!]]></title><description><![CDATA[This quarter, I began my year-long stint as the First-Year Engagement Intern at Hillel UW. Hillel is a Jewish community organization that provides resources and events to support and connect Jewish students at UW. Last year, I got involved at Hillel as a part of the B' Mitzvah cohort (check out my blog post here ) . This was such a great experience that I wanted to continue to stay involved at Hillel, so when I was presented with the opportunity to be the First-Year Engagement Intern, I was...]]></description><link>https://lolavelush.wixsite.com/lola-velush-honors-p/post/interning</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69532bb9bc6e9ca01962389d</guid><category><![CDATA[Year 3, Autumn Quarter]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 01:49:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/43e8d6_d845f15fc4484e4dbd4550d28a4e062a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_225,h_225,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lola Velush</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Storytelling in the Sciences]]></title><description><![CDATA[This quarter, I took Honors 220A: Storytelling in the Sciences. This was my first natural science honors course, so I was a little nervous at first that it'd be a bit more challenging than the others I'd taken. However, I was super excited because I'm a very science-y person, being a biology major, so I thought it'd be cool to take an honors class that overlaps with my main studies a bit more! The class didn't end up being too challenging, and I had a really fun time. Dr. O, the professor, is...]]></description><link>https://lolavelush.wixsite.com/lola-velush-honors-p/post/storytelling-in-the-sciences</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69531eb0386e8faaa22105db</guid><category><![CDATA[Year 3, Autumn Quarter]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 01:05:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/43e8d6_a5b00584c2054020885f7649bec07329~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_900,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lola Velush</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spring Reflection]]></title><description><![CDATA[This Spring Quarter was challenging, but rewarding. I think I grew in a lot of areas and had some moments of conclusion that were...]]></description><link>https://lolavelush.wixsite.com/lola-velush-honors-p/post/spring-reflection</link><guid isPermaLink="false">689d511e6aa481be4921081c</guid><category><![CDATA[Year 2, Spring Quarter]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2025 03:35:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/43e8d6_3793c09f6dab4928b96f5123c532ee16~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lola Velush</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honors 394: Learning About Love]]></title><description><![CDATA[This quarter, I took Honors 394A: Lovework: An Unfinished Syllabus. This class was really different from any class I've ever taken. It...]]></description><link>https://lolavelush.wixsite.com/lola-velush-honors-p/post/honors-394-learning-about-love</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68523e4a24a0755436d56e02</guid><category><![CDATA[Year 2, Spring Quarter]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2025 18:25:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/43e8d6_c9fad2aa5a054e3cb0a4688af1324a18~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_786,h_608,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lola Velush</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Moment for the Culture]]></title><description><![CDATA[This year, I did one of the most meaningful things I've ever done: I had a Bat Mitzvah. Now, you may be wondering, aren't you 19 years...]]></description><link>https://lolavelush.wixsite.com/lola-velush-honors-p/post/a-moment-for-the-culture</link><guid isPermaLink="false">685c7398d99c65dd82f24d3b</guid><category><![CDATA[Year 2, Spring Quarter]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 21:15:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/43e8d6_368d8ec61fa84c5b9ab7479be72ec72d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lola Velush</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winter Reflection]]></title><description><![CDATA[Honestly, this quarter was one of my most challenging yet. Due to a combination of academic, personal, and societal factors, plus the...]]></description><link>https://lolavelush.wixsite.com/lola-velush-honors-p/post/winter-reflection-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67e4e52b21a7b44b35f7f8a8</guid><category><![CDATA[Year 2, Winter Quarter]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2025 06:10:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/43e8d6_58d85f61558a415fb73f2e00963690ac~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lola Velush</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tackling Organic Chemistry Lab]]></title><description><![CDATA[Approaching this quarter, I was the most nervous for my ochem lab. I had heard horror stories from friends at other schools and online,...]]></description><link>https://lolavelush.wixsite.com/lola-velush-honors-p/post/tackling-organic-chemistry-lab</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67e4df8c21a7b44b35f7e435</guid><category><![CDATA[Year 2, Winter Quarter]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2025 05:40:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/43e8d6_2741c70a635045de95b42f72112a69bc~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lola Velush</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talking About Tiktok...In Class!]]></title><description><![CDATA[This quarter, I took Honors 211C: Situating Publishing in the 21st Century: From Penny Dreadfuls to Booktok. 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(Finally)]]></title><description><![CDATA[This quarter, I took Biology 200, the second course of the intro bio series (one step closer to getting into my major!). While Biology...]]></description><link>https://lolavelush.wixsite.com/lola-velush-honors-p/post/doing-biology-finally</link><guid isPermaLink="false">667f966c714e1f8f74382abe</guid><category><![CDATA[Year 1, Spring Quarter]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 29 Jun 2024 05:50:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/43e8d6_0c9b48ff23d745d9830ee6d50b92b299~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_754,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lola Velush</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[My ENGL 282B Portfolio]]></title><description><![CDATA[As I was registering for Spring Quarter, I decided I was going to take an English course to satisfy my requirement. 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I took Chemistry 152, which was...]]></description><link>https://lolavelush.wixsite.com/lola-velush-honors-p/post/winter-reflection</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65fde5865c4d6374eebbae5a</guid><category><![CDATA[Year 1, Winter Quarter]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2024 20:33:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/43e8d6_06e7f1e3361f47a79892e2bd4c649c47~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lola Velush</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taking My Greek Myth Obsession to the Academic Level]]></title><description><![CDATA[This quarter, I took my first Honors class, Honors 394A: Women in Greek and Roman Antiquity. 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