Here We Grow Again

It’s 5:25 in Erie Pennsylvania on the morning of February 28th 2013. It’s a brisk 30 degrees, but I have warm coffee to get me started. I have heard from a number of students on this side of the pond via email and cellphone. I have been hearing from the other side of the pond as well. Everyone appears to be ready for our departure and our arrival. This spring we will have 32 students and 3 professors in Dungarvan, Ireland at a place now called Mercyhurst University Dungarvan. There have been a number of changes since last I was there (3 years ago). One thing, I imagine, will not have changed even a trifle bit. That is the warm hospitality and the genuine companionship that we receive from the people of Dungarvan. These 32 students, and 3 professors, are in for a transformational experience.