Junior Scholars Move In

Hello all!

Just wanted to update you all on the progress of the Junior Scholars Program! The staff for the Junior Scholars program moved in on Friday and we prepared the hall all day Saturday. Today (Sunday) we had our move in day for all of our students and everything went smoothly, which is always the goal for a day when so much information is going all different ways. As I mentioned in an earlier post, all of our students are rising high school seniors who come and take two Miami classes in 6 weeks. The staff counsels and programs for them to make their experience one that will help them mature to a new level while enjoying the ride. We started today early with giving of keys and moving of luggage and finished late breaking from corridor meetings. We had a couple meetings for the parents of the students as well as a dinner picnic, followed by an all hall meeting before the corridor meetings. It was an extremely busy day but we accomplished a lot. I wish I was a better photographer and I promise the next post will have pictures.

I want to mention that I am so excited for these students to go through this program. Throughout the day I kept picturing myself as a 17 year old high school student moving into this college residence hall and so many emotions would come to mind. Fear, excitement, anxiety and so many more. I just kept seeing myself go through the program, day by day seeing my mind open to the world around me. Learning so many things about college, but more importantly so many things about myself and how I fit into a community. These six weeks are surely to give students a snap shot or peek at what college will be like but it will provide so much more. It will change the way they experience the last year of high school as well as their 4 years of college. I cannot wait to watch these students grow and learn from their classes, counselors, each other and themselves. I will surely keep you updated as I go with them on this journey. It has been such a privilege to have the opportunity I have had with this program and the leadership experience I have gained so far has been immense. I hope all is going well with your summer, and make sure you come back.

Love and Honor,

Daniel