The dorm move-in went well. One of my son's roommates also moved in yesterday and they appear to be getting along just fine. The other roommate doesn't arrive until later this week. The room will be a bit cramped as it is a forced-triple. Housing is short and so they are squeezing three persons into spaces made for two. Opportunity for lessons in living in community, right? Plus a housing credit on his account, which is also a good thing.

Orientation begins today. Interestingly, there is a parallel orientation for students and parents with both tracks lasting until Thursday afternoon.

Visiting one of the libraries yesterday, I saw this blessing written on a plaque:

O GOD
MASTER OF ALL KNOWLEDGE
MERCIFULLY POUR FORTH
THY BLESSINGS
UPON THIS LIBRARY
THAT IT MAY DAILY GROW
FROM DAY TO DAY
AND THAT ALL WHO COME HERE
TO HELP OR TO STUDY
MAY ADVANCE IN KNOWLEDGE
OF THINGS DIVINE AND HUMAN
AND GROW IN THY LOVE
THROUGH CHRIST OUR LORD
AMEN

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I hope that one of the things they tell the students in orientation is to read and reflect on those words every time they enter that library.