Hello Incubus and welcome. You're not the first from your school to join us, and we hope you'll not be the last.
What area of culinary arts attracts you most at this point? There are veterans in all areas here to learn from. Besides the discussion forums, you'll want to check out the cooking articles, cookbook reviews, recipes, blogs.... there's a lot here to pull you away from your homework.
Enjoy it all!
Mezzaluna