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Letting Go: A Conversation with Parents of Seniors on the Transition to College and Adulthood

Words by Debbie Pitcairn, Director of College Counseling & Registrar   This time in the lives of our seniors and their families is exciting and scary.  Expectations and relationships are changing and evolving fast, and new modes of interacting and communicating need to be negotiated. The process of becoming an adult begins before seniors graduate […]

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