Each year as part of our “Letting Go” session for parents Dr. Mitch Kirsch prepares a profile, a brief summary of our incoming class. I thought I would share that with you all. As

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Plans have been announced for the viewing and funeral service for Tom Richards. The veiwing will begin at 8:30 a.m. Saturday August 21 at the Lenape Valley Presbyterian Church, 321 West Butler Avenue, New Britain, Pa., and the church service to follow.

Just a few more days until things get wonderfully crazy. If you are a blog reading person you should be following the the tag “SHOTime” on PSU blogs (or just click here). Our upperclass mentors are sharing about their favorite courses, the summer reading projects, and engagement opportunities at Penn State.

This morning our Leadership Jumpstart students and TAs have arrived and are off to Camp Blue Diamond for their retreat. Mentors arrive Tuesday and first year students get here on Wednesday! It should be a great three days and we are all geared up and ready!

If you have any questions be sure to take a look at the schedule and information online: SHO Time. See you soon!

And for our parents, it is going to be OK:

by Zyglis

An article in the Aug. 9 edition of the Richmond Times-Dispatch celebrates the life of Alice Cole, an alumna of the St. Philip School of Nursing. Raised in Richmond, Va., Cole worked as a public health nurse in Petersburg from the 1960s until she retired in 1985. Throughout her life, Cole made significant contributions to nursing, education and civil rights.

This is from BYU and the Harold B. Lee Library but it is too good not to use! New Spice | Study like a scholar, scholar