Category: Virginia Tech

Mandela Washington Fellows.

Today is Mandela Day. Folks are celebrating this amazing man around the world. Hearing and seeing these celebrations is inspiring me to reflect on an experience I had a little less than a month ago. The power and wisdom that I felt on that day and with those fellows left memories and an impact on me that feels like …

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“It seems like learning has evolved.”

I was recently clicking around cable television, and plopped down on CNBC (don’t ask why). Ironically enough, they were featuring the ol’ alma mater, Virginia Tech, and some of the entrepreneurship initiatives going on at the university. Check out the video, an interview with President Timothy Sands, below.

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Paralysis vs. Blackness

For laughs, first, check out this recent skit from SNL. It is SPOT on, if you’ve been paying attention to the popular media lately. As I wrote earlier this month, as I’ve gotten older, I’ve learned that my identity as a man who has paralysis living with him is much stronger than my identity as …

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