This past Monday evening, I attended PCOM’s Welcome/Welcome back
Psychology Department picnic for new and returning students. I saw a
lot of familiar students and faculty from various programs and also met a lot
of new students. It was a great way to
mingle with students in programs other than the school psych ones. There were yard games and a PCOM-related
trivia game that had me trying to remember the actual name of the library (surprisingly
enough it’s not just “The Library”). Liz
(fellow cohort member and treasurer of PCOM’s Psi Chi chapter and Psychology
Society) and I visited each picnic table and advertised for the Walk Now for
Autism Speaks event. Sponsored by Psi
Chi (International Honor Society in Psychology), the Psychology Society, and
CAPS (Culturally Aware Psychology Students), the event is open to all PCOM
students and is FREE to join, raise money, and walk.
The walk is now scheduled for Saturday November 2 from 11am to 1pm at
Citizens Bank Park in South Philadelphia.
As of my last update in March, the Philadelphia walk location had raised
just over $18,000. As I post this today after five months, that
total is almost $143,000! PCOM students
will join the Philadelphia area teams as well as teams across the nation in support to fund research and spread
awareness about autism. Below is the
link to our PCOM team homepage where you can register to walk and raise funds. I am
looking forward to getting to know other PCOM students as we work together to support
a great cause. Tell your friends and come out and walk!
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