Competition Preparation – An Athletically Inspired Educational Journey
As a cross-country /track and field scholarship athlete in the NCAA, you are competing at a high level almost every weekend. Student-athletes must be highly organized and focused individuals in order to maintain a high level of competition worthy of maintaining their...
Surprising Upsides of Helping your Classmates
I spent a fair bit of time in grad school working as a teaching assistant (also known as a TA). That experience allowed me to do some lectures on second and third year topics in fluid dynamics and numerical methods. I especially enjoyed being a TA for numerical...
The Place We Call Home: Earth Day 2017
Earth day is an annual event that takes place on April 22, which aims to raise awareness on the need for environmental action. This environmental movement began in 1970, bringing over 20 million Americans together in attempt to increase ecological awareness. Today,...
Brushing Up Your Resume
Are you thinking of applying for a job this summer? Are you submitting your resume for an internship or a co-op job? If you’re nervous about getting your resume in shape for these processes, fear not, and read on for seven tips on brushing up your resume. Include a...
Identity After Sport – An Athletically Inspired Educational Journey
For many student-athletes in the NCAA our sport identifies who we are. Growing up as a child and continuing on through higher education, sport (track and field specifically) was all I knew. My sport was what people associated me with. Back home, I was known as “Runner...
Hidden Figures: Mary Jackson
Mary Winston Jackson was born on April 9, 1921. She grew up in Hampton, Virginia. She attended all-black schools in Hampton. Eventually, she obtained a dual bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and Physical Sciences from Hampton Institute in 1942. Between 1942 and 1951,...
8 Keys to Success
Success - We all want to achieve it. We all have unique hopes, dreams, and goals that we want to accomplish throughout our lives. Whether we want to succeed in school, work, our social life or our health and well-being. Keep on reading for 8 tips on how you can...
Transitioning From The NCAA – An Athletically Inspired Educational Journey
For many student-athletes in the NCAA, the time leading up to graduation is a very chaotic period; usually presenting us with more questions about our future than answers. How is the next stage in your athletic career going to play out? Is there a chance that you...
Hidden Figures: Katherine Johnson
Katherine Goble Johnson was born on August 26th, 1918. She grew up in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. From a young age, Johnson had a love for numbers and she counted everything she could. She had such an affinity for math that she sped through school, starting...
Hidden Figures: Dorothy Vaughan
Dorothy Vaughan was born on September 20th, 1910. Her hometown was Kansas City, Missouri. In 1929, at 19 years old, she obtained her B.A. in Mathematics from Wilberforce University. Vaughan taught math at Robert Russa Monton High School in Farmville, Virginia until...