Trio of Women’s Track & Field Athletes Make Lasting Change at WashU and Beyond For Black Student-Athletes
Before co-founding Washington University’s first Black student-athlete group, neither Eka Jose nor Caira Watson-Haynes anticipated the leadership role they would take, but when they saw the need for the affinity group, they stepped up to make a difference not only with WU BLAC (Washington University’s Black Letterwinning Athlete Coalition), butContinue Reading
Emory All-America Track Alum Tommy Davis Finds His Calling in the Dominican Republic
Having faced career-altering injuries as a young man, Emory University student-athlete graduate Tommy Davis has leveraged personal knowledge and a passion for helping others into life-changing experiences in global health. He spent six months in Las Terrenas on the peninsula of Samaná in the Dominican Republic starting in June, shortlyContinue Reading
UChicago Wrestler Cade Creighton: Life-Changing Experience in Senegal
As he hoped when he decided to study abroad this quarter, University of Chicago wrestling student-athlete Cade Creighton is finding his time in Senegal to be the perfect combination for his dual major of economics and anthropology. What he did not anticipate was a meaningful wrestling experience on top ofContinue Reading
Dance Mental Health Series: Jeremy Tiongson
Being a dancer who specializes in tutting, Jeremy Tiongson often deals with others’ criticisms, or at the very least misconceptions, about his style of dance. “It is not a conventional style of dance or what people are used to seeing. A lot of people’s first impression is that it isContinue Reading
Buckeyes on a Mission: Coach Ryan Day’s Quest for Redemption
In most programs, a head coach with a 45-6 record and three trips to the College Football Playoffs in four-plus seasons is not facing any pressure. Ohio State is not most programs. As with any head coach at an elite football school, Ohio State Head Coach Ryan Day knows theContinue Reading
Dance Mental Health Series: Ana “Lady Rokafella” Garcia
View in Adobe Express Ana Garcia, best known as Lady Rokafella or B-Girl Rokafella, has never backed down from addressing situations that others were uncomfortable with. “People are so much more aware of mental health now, but for so long, we used to have to take things on the chinContinue Reading