I’m sharing with you one of the most valuable benefits of my job: reason to hope. I can’t go even a day being discouraged by the state of democracy and …
Give People Their Roses
Unbeknownst to him at the time, Darion Williams solved my dilemma about how to write a centennial year-end post. I just couldn’t bring myself to write the words pandemic, unprecedented, …
3 AM Thinking – Part Two
This is a reminder that dawn comes even when we have no reason to believe that it will. This morning, I was awake at 3:00 A.M. The house was dark …
By Student, For Students: Learning In Real Time
They say that in time of extremes or crisis, we do not see “new sides” of ourselves, but rather we find that our essential qualities become even more evident. This …
Trauma, Pandemic, and Community Impact
This request for funding was already prepared for publication before COVID-19 began unfolding in the United States. Once the effects of the virus became clearer, I wondered if it was …
100 Years (and Counting) of Helping Students Find Their Way
*This blogpost is the first of five in a series marking the centennial year of The Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis. Jointly authored by members of the History Subcommittee and …