I feel I live my working life pretty much chained to my desk but, any time I venture out on campus, it’s dangerous – you invariably come back with a story. Among things I found out this week: Two of our alums, now married to one another, first met in our cadaver lab. Now, they have given a gift to endow said lab. We have a thriving lacrosse team on campus, which travels to compete against other Wisconsin schools. “We are not at all intense about practice. But we are very serious about playing.” The student team that has established a community garden on campus this summer has so far donated 800 pounds of produce to local non-profits. (We have been maintaining a watching brief on this group, to see if they persisted. Who knew?! Next year they hope to fund student worker positions by selling to local businesses, so that they can grow and donate even more. Humbled.) One of our alums grew up in a household that was crazy about Disney. I mean, there were rooms in his family home decorated in Disney. Now he works at Disney World as manager of performers. Vocation speaks. The Rev. Stephanie [...]
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