I’m really into food. And as a result of being in Blacksburg for the first time without a student meal plan, I’ve had to take an alternative route in order to supply my body with loving nourishment. So I decided to take up cooking this summer – trying a ton of new recipes, and replicating …
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A sleepless night has turned into productivity.
I just read the final draft of the chapter for Dr. Geller’s book that will be going to the presses in a little under two months. The book is all about the Actively Caring movement, the science behind it, and how it was transitioned from a theory used predominantly in industry, and was then adapted …
Virginia Tech’s CAVE
Today, I had a really unique opportunity. Dr. Alfred Wicks of the mechanical engineering department here at Tech took my scholars and I on a tour of his lab – he works with the Autonomous Vehicle Team, which is a collection of all kinds of students but mainly graduate students who worked to develop a …
Samanta Wharton-Luper
If you haven’t been able to by reading my posts, I’m really into my friends. One of my biggest goals in recent memory was during last summer when I tried to cement friendships with people that I knew I wouldn’t physically be around a lot in the near future. I knew that I was going …
Sitting in a meeting with my interns…
Flat tire. What. the heck. I wasn’t even moving – the thing just burst spontaneously. This is getting old. But in better news, my interns are really reflecting on the trip to the SAEOPP Conference, and I’m happy they enjoyed it so much & got so much out of it. :) When I think of …
Flat tire.
For some reason this is a very popular question that people ask me – do you ever get flat tires? Yes, yes I do. And when it happens it is a huge pain in the butt. I mean I’d probably compare it to spraining an ankle or something like that. But, for my local business …
Road Trip to Atlanta
Currently enjoying a road trip to Atlanta with all of my interns and let me tell you it is quite the experience so far. From losing a van, to jamming to Call Me Maybe, to just trying to survive … Let’s just say I’m happy I’m a passenger with an iPhone charger and I can’t …
Best Friends.
I’m not one for burning bridges. For the most part, I’ve always had the same close group of friends, no matter where I move and no matter where my life takes me. One of the most forefront, trusting, reliable, and connected people in my life has been Hollyann Suellen Arnold. We met during freshman year …