SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa., Aug. 20 -- Slippery Rock University issued the following news release:
Support begins from the moment students arrive on campus at Slippery Rock University. Volunteers from all over the campus community show up to welcome new students. Among the more than 500 volunteers are returning students and 120 SRU faculty and staff who roll up their sleeves to direct traffic, carry boxes and greet arriving families.
For SRU professors, trading in the lecture hall for a curbside instruction is all about building immediate connections and taking the stress out of move-in day.
"I just want to help out students and make sure their first day at SRU is a memorable one -- one that is stress-free and easygoing," said Louis Christensen,...