Now that college acceptance letters have been sent and the school year is rapidly coming to a close, the next thing on both parents and high school senior’s minds is one thing – COLLEGE! Being that this will be one of the biggest transitions in life, we want everyone (parents included!) to be as prepared as possible for the next amazing step ahead!

The Woman’s Club of White Plains Foundation is pleased to host an important program on college safety for parents and students led by PEACE OUTside Campus, The Lindsey M. Bonistall Foundation, on Wednesday, April 22 from 7:00-8:30 p.m. at the Woman’s Club of White Plains.  This free event will feature Kathleen Cooney Bonistall and staff from PEACE OUTside Campus as they lead a discussion about on and off-campus living, personal safety, social life, hazing, drugs and alcohol, date rape drugs, sexual assault, and dating violence. This presentation is a perfect conversation starter for incoming college students and their parents, as they prepare for the transition into college.   

For further information about this or any other presentation please contact Elise Murphy via email at elise@peaceoutsidecampus.org or at (914)428-4411.

Training is officially completed! After eight weeks of hard studying and practice, I am proud to announce that all the interns (including myself of course) have passed with flying colors! Last Saturday, March 7, each intern went in front of the executive board members and impressed them with their oral presentations. The topics that were covered included; on and off campus living, personal safety, social life, hazing, influence of drugs and alcohol, date rape drugs, sexual assault, and dating violence. A huge aspect of each presentation is the personal stories provided by each of the interns. It is this crucial personal connection with the audience that shows the passion each intern has for the Teens ‘N Transition program, and the final element the executive board searches for to make the final decision that we are ready to present to the public.

On behalf of my entire team, I am proud to say that the eleven of us have gone from complete strangers from six different colleges around New York to a new group of friends after sharing our thoughts and stories on all the topics covered for the past eight weeks. Thanks to the numerous guest speakers, training on the material and in the art of public speaking itself, we were all able to put our best presentations on for show. Thanks to this program, we all have a strong support system in whatever college or life may now throw at us. This is living proof that no one student is alone, and that is one of the most important messages we are trying to get across to our audiences. Going through this training program made me realize that college truly is the best four years of my life, and POC is here to make sure that you can get the most out of your experiences by coming into school prepared on all fronts. 

Intern, Taylor K.