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To All the Incoming Students Who Are Petrified
On August 21, 2015
To all the incoming students who are petrified, unbelieving you’re ready for this, and just trying to make it through Orientation without crying in
In Defense of Being Alone
On August 18, 2015
For the next month, I’ll be studying invasive species management in Fiji on a National Geographic Young Explorers Grant. Follow along with the journey. I
A Dose of Perspective: On Failure and Asking for Help
On August 17, 2015
What is it about failure that makes life complicated? Is it the fear of failing? Is it letting others down? Is it letting yourself
Paddle Trip Report 3 – The Long Dash for Home
On August 5, 2015
The last post ended with my canoe trapped and broken on a granite outcrop at the base of the Fall Zone in Richmond, Virginia.
Paddle Trip Report 2 – Across the Piedmont and Fall Zone
On August 3, 2015
At the end of my last post we’d completed the first two days of an 8-day canoe trip from the Blue Ridge Foothills in
Welcome to Fiji
On July 27, 2015
For the next month, I’ll be studying invasive species management in Fiji on a National Geographic Young Explorers Grant. Follow along with the journey at
Paddle Trip Report 1 – Through the Foothills
On July 23, 2015
We successfully completed our 8-day paddle trip from the foothills of the Blue Ridge to Williamsburg. It was all the adventure I’d hoped for.
Advice from a (somewhat) recent graduate
On July 9, 2015
The first time I felt old, like really old, was when I met about twenty William & Mary students on the steps of the
A Journey Thirty Years in the Making
On July 7, 2015
In 1985 I enrolled at William & Mary. I remember bits of that summer day in which my mother and I made the journey