St. Louis Park's Taylor McCanna took the first step in becoming a Boilermaker by participating in the annual STAR program at Purdue University's West Lafayette campus.

Summer Transition, Advising and Registration (STAR) is Purdue's program for new undergraduate students to receive academic advice and create their initial course schedule. Incoming students select their one-day STAR session and come to Purdue's West Lafayette campus to conduct this and other important business.

McCanna's younger sister, Ryan, has been blogging on St. Louis Park Patch about her sister going away to college.