Penn State's Irvin Hall

“Dear Irvin” A note from your faculty adviser Fall 2017 Dear Irvin Hall residents: Welcome to a new school year at Penn State!  If you are here then you have shown that you have what it takes to prosper at Penn State, congratulations!  Irvin Hall, the Special Living Option of the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, has been around a long time and many very successful people have passed through this dormitory over the years.  The path to success is easier in Irvin because you have unique resources to help you find the proper balance between your studies, your community activities and your entertainment.  By living in Irvin, you will get help finding that proper balance through required social, academic and community service events.  Still, you need to put in some effort in order to take full advantage.  Be alert for email, Facebook, and posted messages in the lobby so you know what’s expected of you.  Get involved and be thankful for the...

“Dear Irvin” A note from your faculty adviser Fall 2016 Dear Irvin Hall residents: Congratulations on being accepted to what really is the premiere college in the study of earth and mineral sciences, and welcome to a new school year at Penn State!   By living in Irvin you have chosen to be active not only academically, but also socially and in the community.   Irvin Hall, the Special Living Option of the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, has been around a long time and many very successful people have passed through this dormitory over the years.   The path to success is made easier because you have the resources other people don’t have to over-come one of the biggest challenges for many students, especially new ones: finding the proper balance between your studies, your community activities and your entertainment.   By living here you will be assisted in finding that proper balance through required social, academic and community service events. ...

“Dear Irvin” A note from your faculty adviser Spring 2016 Dear Irvin Hall residents: Happy New Year!   Welcome back (or for a few of you, welcome!) to the best living option on campus, and possibly in all of State College, and possibly in all of Pennsylvania, the U.S., in North America, the northern and western hemispheres, on the planet and across the universe…   Anyway, Irvin is a special place for many reasons and I am sure many of you appreciate that. Sometimes I tend to overlook what’s good about my life and focus on the negative, often stressful things going on around me.   Don’t we all?   So, in case you aren’t 99.5% pumped up about the new semester (I’ll allow a half percent negativity as a healthy dose of reality) I would like to let you know what makes me happy to be a part of your college experience. First, I thank you for allowing me to feel welcome in your “home away from home.”   It is always nice for me to see how some thi...