“…Yet, there is mounting evidence that a significant number of students experience the death of loved ones at the same time that they are negotiating the demands of college (Balk, 1997(Balk, , 2008(Balk, , 2011Balk & Walker, 2008;LaGrand, 1986;Servaty-Seib & Hamilton, 2006;Varga & Bordere, 2015;Walker, Hathcoat, & Cupit, 2012). Across a number of campuses in the United States, the findings are fairly consistent that within a 12 month period approximately 22 -30% of a college student body has experienced death, typically of a family member or of a friend; percentages increase when students are asked if they have lost someone over a 24 month period (Balk, 2001(Balk, , 2008(Balk, , 2011. Frazier et al (2009) in a multicampus assessment of undergraduates' exposure to traumatic events learned that 47% of participants claimed that an unexpected death was their most traumatic event.…”