I love the FISH philosophy. It goes back to my freshman year when I started volunteering with the YMCA at Virginia Tech as a freshman at Virginia Tech. A section of the four-part FISH philosophy is to “make their day.” That part of it always really stood out to me. And so, today I was …
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My name is Justin Graves. I am a 20-something young professional based between the Washington, D.C. metro area and Blacksburg, Virginia. I thank you for visiting this journal about my life: what I learn, who I love, what I am passionate about, what I eat, and who I impact. | Ut Prosim | Go Hokies! | Life is all about what you have done for other people.
#jcamp12
This week, I’m doing a camp, as a counselor, for something called jCamp. The J stands for journalism. It’s a pretty popular journalism camp for students all over the place, from Virginia and Maryland I believe, and they are actually pretty awesome. We bring the students here and they have the opportunity to learn about …
Things we Forget.
I haven’t checked this website a whole lot this summer, but it’s one of my favorite blogs by far. It shares a lot of random words of wisdom – the site is known as “sticky notes left to their fate in public places.” Kristin showed it to me years ago, and we’ve both followed it …
Charlotte goes to Petsmart.
So, obviously everyone knows that I love my dog. Her name is Charlotte and she is a beagle hound mix. However about every month we go on a little adventure. And this adventure involves the grooming salon at Petsmart in Christiansburg. Every single time we go into Petsmart Charlotte freaks out and either urinates or …
Ummm, what, Floating Cup!?
This is GREAT.
Things like this make my job worth it in SO many ways.
Here’s an e-mail a student sent me after coming to my Admissions Information Session yesterday. WIN. Hey Justin, I don’t know if you remember me or not but my parents were asking about architecture and industrial design after your presentation this afternoon. First of all I would like to commend you on the first interesting …
Identifying as disabled.
Whenever I can, I try to be an advocate for individuals with disabilities. This weekend, I’m involved in a summer camp/conference that’s being hosted on Tech’s campus. In year’s past, it’s been my week to get away to Blacksburg in the middle of a long summer in Washington D.C. working for Homeland Security, and it …
I’m 21. But whatever. I’m almost 22.
You know, it’s somewhat surprisingly often that I meet a person that changes my life. One of those people was Kristin. Without being too mushy, gushy, and gross, she is one person that I’ve known for about four years running now, that has challenged me more in the past 2 of those years, than anyone …