Pennsylvania
Josh Balara ’24 dies at age 21
Balara, who performed as an offensive lineman on the Dartmouth soccer workforce, was “mild, quiet and considerate with a refined humorousness and a love of Legos.”
Josh Balara ’24, a pupil from Shavertown, Pennsylvania, died on March 16 after an sickness, Dean of the Faculty Scott Brown wrote in an e-mail to the Dartmouth group.
Balara was identified with adrenal most cancers in July, in accordance with a fundraiser launched on his behalf. He was surrounded by household and family members when he handed, Brown wrote.
At Dartmouth, Balara performed as an offensive lineman on the Dartmouth soccer workforce and was a member of the Gamma Delta Chi fraternity, in accordance with the Dartmouth Sports activities web site and Brown’s e-mail. On Balara’s Dartmouth soccer roster web page, he wrote that he attended camp on the Faculty earlier than his senior 12 months of highschool, performed the saxophone and had a “eager curiosity in expertise.”
“He was generally known as mild, quiet and considerate with a refined humorousness and a love of Legos,” Brown wrote. “Josh liked Dartmouth soccer, and his coach described him as dedicated, unselfish and devoted to his workforce, teammates and this system.”
Balara graduated from the Dallas Excessive Faculty in Pennsylvania, the place he performed each lacrosse and soccer, Brown wrote. In keeping with The Dallas Publish, Balara was a beginning lineman on his highschool’s soccer workforce, which performed for the 2019 PIAA Class 4A state championship. Throughout his senior 12 months, he was additionally chosen for the Pennsylvania Soccer Writers Class 4A all-state workforce, in accordance with the article.
For college kids, counseling providers can be found at (603) 646-9442 in any respect hours and thru the Division of Security and Safety at (603) 646-4000 for quick help. College students can name UHelp — a service of UWill, the Faculty’s free teletherapy supplier — at (833) 646-1526. College students can even attain out to the Faculty chaplain to arrange a confidential pastoral counseling session. The Pupil Wellness Middle and Undergraduate Deans Workplace stay obtainable assets for undergraduate college students.
In keeping with Brown’s e-mail, further assist providers will probably be obtainable when college students return to campus subsequent week.
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