{"id":1399,"date":"2016-05-18T11:23:13","date_gmt":"2016-05-18T15:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mansfieldu.wpengine.com\/?p=1399"},"modified":"2016-05-18T13:53:06","modified_gmt":"2016-05-18T17:53:06","slug":"sycamore-hall-program-ends-year-on-a-positive-note","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?p=1399","title":{"rendered":"Sycamore Hall Program Ends Year on a Positive Note"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>MANSFIELD, PA\u2014<\/strong> Before finishing the semester and heading home for summer break, 82 Mansfield University students participated in the \u202a#\u200etakeaslicetalkaboutlife program on May 2 at Sycamore Hall.<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mansfieldu.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Sycamore-slide.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1400\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?attachment_id=1400\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Sycamore-slide.jpg?fit=778%2C738&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"778,738\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-G900V&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1462217396&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sycamore slide\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Sycamore-slide.jpg?fit=300%2C285&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Sycamore-slide.jpg?fit=778%2C738&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1400 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mansfieldu.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Sycamore-slide-300x285.jpg?resize=300%2C285\" alt=\"Sycamore slide\" width=\"300\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Sycamore-slide.jpg?resize=300%2C285&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Sycamore-slide.jpg?resize=768%2C729&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Sycamore-slide.jpg?resize=41%2C39&amp;ssl=1 41w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Sycamore-slide.jpg?resize=560%2C531&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Sycamore-slide.jpg?w=778&amp;ssl=1 778w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The program, facilitated by Sycamore Residence Director Ben Auger and Resident Assistant Jeffrey Pelachick, was created \u201cin order to share some positivity with students during a difficult and stressful week of finals\u201d according to Auger.<\/p>\n<p>The relaxed, open discussion encouraged students to talk about positive happenings and experiences in their lives. The comments ranged from saving a life to taking four hour naps.<\/p>\n<p>\u202a#\u200etakeaslicetalkaboutlife was sponsored by Pennsylvania State Employees Credit Union (PSECU), with support from Papa V&#8217;s in Mansfield and Sodexo.<\/p>\n<p>More information and photos are available at the Sycamore Hall Facebook page at <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/sycamore.hall.1\" target=\"_blank\">facebook.com\/sycamore.hall.1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANSFIELD, PA\u2014 Before finishing the semester and heading home for summer break, 82 Mansfield University students participated in the \u202a#\u200etakeaslicetalkaboutlife &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?p=1399\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"more-button\">Continue reading &gt;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sycamore Hall Program Ends Year on a Positive Note<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1400,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Sycamore-slide.jpg?fit=778%2C738&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6V0yH-mz","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1199,"url":"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?p=1199","url_meta":{"origin":1399,"position":0},"title":"Student Life Leadership Celebration Held","author":"Terry Day","date":"February 22, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"MANSFIELD, PA\u2014The third annual Student Life Leadership Celebration was held at Mansfield University on Thursday, February 18. 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