Very, very sorry to hear the sad news for Dr. Misawa. Nancy Truett *Nancy Teresi Truett, MS, NCC, LPC-MHSP* Licensed Professional Counselor - Mental Health Service Provider/Approved Supervisor PhD Student, Adult Learning Graduate Research Assistant *The University of Tennessee - Knoxville* College of Education, Health & Human Sciences Department of Educational Psychology & Counseling Educational Psychology and Research, Adult Learning [log in to unmask] +1 (865) 898-1043 Past President (2018-2019) European Branch of the American Counseling Association (EB-ACA) East Tennessee Regional Representative - Tennessee Licensed Professional Counselors Association (TLPCA) On Tue, Jan 8, 2019 at 7:17 PM Sun, Qi <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear AL students, > > > > I am writing to tell you that Mitsu’s father passed away over the weekend. > My heart goes out to him for the loss. > > > > As many of you know, Mitsu’s father had been ill and Mitsu traveled to > Japan last summer to see him. He has now gone back to Japan for a couple of > weeks to take care of the funeral and estate. He plans to return on late > Jan. I always think that no matter how well we think we are prepared for a > loss like this, it still always hurts greatly. > > > > Mitsu asked me to share the sadness with our students. I understand this > will be very hard time for Mitsu or anyone who have experienced such > sadness. My mom passed away a little over a year ago and I still have hard > time to accept it and become emotional often… > > > > I offered that any of our faculty members here will be glad to help him > with arrangements for his/our students and other work here. > > > > Should you want to get in touch with him before he is back, Mitsu noted > that email may be the best way to get in touch with him while he is away. > > > > I look forward to his return and to any support that we may offer during > the difficult time to come. > > > > Have a great day! > > [image: id:[log in to unmask]] > > > > Dr. Qi Sun > > Program Coordinator > > Associate Professor > > Co-Editor, *Adult Education Quarterly* (AEQ) (SSCI) > Http://aeq.sagepub.com/ <http://aeq.sagepub.com/> > > Department of Educational Psychology & Counseling > > College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences > > 519 Bailey Education Complex > > Knoxville, TN 37996-3452 > [log in to unmask] > > 865-974-5403 >