Don’t Stall, Just Call

By Patricia DiGiacomo, EdD, MSN via https://stti.confex.com/stti/bc17/webprogram/Paper87664.html Patricia DiGiacomo, EdD, MSN Susan E. Gresko, MSN Department of Nursing, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA Harmful drinking on college campuses is a public health...

The ripple effect of student death

By Michaela Winberg & Grace Shallow via The Temple News This semester alone — in the span of 14 weeks — five students died suddenly. Their names are Jenna Burleigh, Richard Dalcourt, Cariann Hithon, Michael Paytas and James Orlando. For each student, there is a...
2 1/2 Years

2 1/2 Years

Today marks 2 1/2 years that my son departed. No, not on a trip abroad, no not even leaving for college where I might be sad that I wouldn’t see him for a few weeks or months. No, he left forever when he died as a result of alcohol poisoning from binge drinking....