This week, I’m doing a camp, as a counselor, for something called jCamp. The J stands for journalism. It’s a pretty popular journalism camp for students all over the place, from Virginia and Maryland I believe, and they are actually pretty awesome. We bring the students here and they have the opportunity to learn about all kinds of different aspects of journalism, from photo journalism, to editorial leadership, to news and feature writing. I’m currently sitting in the editorial leadership section, and it’s actually really cool to hear them reflecting on their experiences thus far on their papers and going through the exercises in class.

This is really just kind of cementing how much I appreciate being around students, of any age. It’s great how much eager knowledge students have, no matter what level they are at – first graders, college students, or high school students. Shouting out answers to questions and having such a strong desire to learn is something I think that people should never, ever stop doing.

In the day time they have their tracks, and t night they have free time and recreation which is nice. I have 12 guys that I’m responsible for, on my hallway, and we are living in East Ambler Johnston, which is the most newly renovated residence hall on campus – the Honors Residential College.  My dog is also super friendly with everyone and is living with me on campus this week, so that’ll be nice. We’ve been kind of splitting our time back and forth between home and campus, and it makes me even more grateful that I have such a well-adjusted dog. :)

Here’s to #jcamp12!