many pre-professional tracks spread among four divisions: Fine Arts, Humanities, Natural Sciences & Mathematics and Social Sciences. It offers such majors as Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) and Writing, Rhetoric, and Communication (WRC), as well as interdisciplinary studies, or the ability of students to design their own majors. In 2018, Transylvania became the first of Kentucky's liberal arts colleges to partner with the Peace Corps to establish a Peace Corps Prep program, a diversity-oriented program designed to prepare undergraduates for international development fieldwork and potential Peace Corps service. Transylvania also announced a partnership with Appalachian Regional Healthcare to incentivize students from Eastern Kentucky and West Virginia who are interested in healthcare, whether as a practitioner or administrator, to attend Transylvania. Students who participate will return to their home region and communities to work for ARH post-graduation. Student life Before beginning classes, first year students take part in an orientation week and various community building exercises including long standing traditions, such as the first-year serenade and greet line. The serenade divides the class in two for a fun sing-off. The greet line starts as a large arch made up of every member of the first-year class (and various faculty, staff and campus student leaders). Every member of the line goes down and shakes hands with all other members, introducing themselves along the way. There is a week-long celebration of Halloween by students known as "Raf Week" in honor of the 19th-century botanist, inventor, and Transylvania professor Constantine Rafinesque. The university ends October with a unique combination of activities including a lottery for four students to win the chance to spend the night in Rafinesque's tomb. The steps of Old Morrison are lined with pumpkins carved by students, faculty, staff, and members of the community around Halloween for what is called Pumpkinmania. In honor of Professor Rafinesque, the grab-and-go dining space in the Campus Center is named the "Rafskeller" – a pun on the word Rathskeller. Transylvania is also known for the Kissing Tree, a white ash tree that is estimated to be nearly 280 years old – 35 years older than the university itself. In the 1940s and 1950s, the administration turned a blind eye to students kissing in public near the tree, at a time when it was frowned upon elsewhere on campus. Today, with the rules on public displays of affection slackened, students refer to the tree as the