I didn’t think anything could could surpass the excitement and energy of the first day of SHO TIME, but I am so happy that I was proven wrong. A second day of downpour didn’t phase our brave little scholars, they just couldn’t wait to be king of the Brain Show (so much fun!).

The day started off with an entertaining twist to the usually dry (sorry…) information session about the college. Scholars met the Schreyer staff, learned about the bare necessities of requirements they had to fulfill, some of the wide array of offerings across the college, and met the student handbook. Four years from now these new faces in the honors college will be saying, “I can’t believe I did that! I can’t believe I did this!” because of all of the incredible opportunities they will create for themselves. The two lessons of the day that I think were most important to remember were: “Communication” and “Never give up, never surrender!”, because anything is possible if we just stay focused and know when to ask for help or guidance.

Back in everyone’s favorite room of 100 Thomas, the students heard stories and tales of travels, internships, and more from orientation leaders. Next came the popular lip dub challenge (which can surely be found online somewhere), where I heard that the staff did better in their rehearsals and performance than the incoming scholars *gasp*! But it was all good fun, and then it was off to dinner and the involvement fair! So many fantastic clubs and Schreyer initiatives, the night was filled with the sound of pens adding emails to never-ending list servs for clubs we may or may not be interested in.

And of course, the Brain Show. I may have been taking pictures all night, but that sure didn’t stop me from dancing in my seat! And the participants really got into the game and had an absolute blast! And of course, there were the excellent dance moves of some of our scholars and our very own Dean Brady. The applause was deafening.

At the end of this very long second day of SHO TIME, we are no longer inviting the new scholars to be our guest, Instead, they are now part of our group of Penn State Scholars. That’s what we call ourselves; we’re sort of like a team. Nerds and proud of it type of thing. And I think it is safe to say that everyone is beginning to feel right at home here in Schreyer.