The Norwich University Student Activities office is collaborating with several campus organizations to host a reading/signing event with a local author, Mary-Elizabeth Briscoe, who recently published The First Signs of April, a memoir. The inspirational memoir explores themes of coming-out, suicide, loss of loved ones, suffering and healing.

The event is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 25 at Norwich University in the Wise Campus Center, Mill.

Host organizations include: NU Alliance, Violence Intervention & Peer Advocacy (VIPA), Psi Chi (national psychology honor society), Psychology Department, Counseling & Wellness Center and the Campus Activities Board.

TITLE: The First Signs of April
PUBLISHER: She Writes Press
AUTHOR: Mary-Elizabeth Briscoe www.m-ebriscoe.com

Mary-Elizabeth Briscoe, LCMHC, CCTP is a licensed mental health counselor currently on sabbatical from her private psychotherapy practice in northeastern Vermont. After spending a year living on the Dingle Peninsula, Ireland working on her next memoir, she is currently splitting her time between Cape Cod, Vermont and Ireland. This Norwich campus reading and signing event is one among several campuses and other venues in Vermont, Massachusetts and New York.

Mary-Elizabeth has a master’s degree from Lesley University and is a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional.

In addition, she has worked as a Lecturer for Springfield College School of Professional and Continuing Studies St. Johnsbury, VT campus.

QUESTIONS? Please call (802) 485-2121, or email StudentActivities@norwich.edu