Early June Reflections

It’s just a wonderful time to be alive! The spring term has ended; summer sessions are in full gear and the world is bustling with options and opportunities. Often, you must take a moment, reflect on recent accomplishments and chart your future course. This helps solidify your action plan for what’s to come. My writing and communication students know I’m BIG on planning and research.

As President Barack Obama addressed the world’s 1.5 billion Muslims, visited the Buckenwald concentration camp site in Germany and participated in D-Day celebrations with world leaders in Normandy, France—it reset the worldview of East/West relations.

These actions also cause us to consider what’s possible and probably, if we take a risk, step up and answer our own “calling.”

Soldiers risk life and limb for our freedom on a daily basis. In their honor, we should memorializing their efforts by stepping up on a daily basis to do what we do best.