<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2026/hollisa-liburd-balancing-academics-and-athletics.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>10/07/2026</pubDate><title>Balancing Academics and Athletics as a Division I Student-Athlete</title><description>University of New Haven track and field student-athlete Hollisa Liburd ’27 shares how she balances Division I competition, academics, training, and life beyond athletics while pursuing her degree in history.</description><hide-description/><author>Shana-Kay Hyde ’27</author><author-details/><hide-author/><date>October 7, 2026</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/arts-sciences/news/blog/2026/hollisa-lilburd-baton.jpg" alt="Hollisa Liburd ’27 running with baton"/></image><image-caption>Hollisa Liburd ’27  </image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>college-arts-sciences</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>program-ug-history</tag><tag>year-2026</tag></tags></item>