A community is a group of individuals with imparted interests or goals. Everyone is a member of one community, at the least. Whether a community is considered the people who live in your neighborhood, the people who live in your town, or the people that live in your apartment building, the members of the community will always have responsibilities. My community is the University of Hartford. Being a positive community member plays an important role in how the university functions and how to be a better person in general. In order to be a positive community member, many things must be set in place. The first thing to do is to get involved. For a community to thrive, its members must work together. Member participation on campus is crucial. Being a first-year student here at the University of Hartford, it was difficult to jump in to the “college life” and to adjust at such a rapid pace but with the help of many people, for the most part, I am headed in the right direction. Another key attribute one should have in order to be a positive community member is to take responsibility. Many times, it easy to lose track and to make irresponsible choices. Responsibility means taking action, following the rules, and being accountable. For the school to be at its best, the people in it must make the most of it. To come out of college and be the successful person that you always dreamed of being, academic performance should be the most important priority. Because of recent tragedies that occurred in my life, I became a person that I never thought I would become. I started getting depressed and overwhelmed and did not know how to handle most of the situations I was in. Being so far away from my family, life became difficult. I did not know how to juggle the emotional aspect of my life with the social and academic aspects. With that being said, the results of my first semester in college were by far the worst I have ever experienced in my life.