At the highest level of professional competition, all athletes relentlessly search for ways to gain an edge over their opposition. Their ambition for success is equally preternatural as they train to the outer edges of physical capability. So what sets apart the perennial MLB All-Star from the struggling minor league prospect, both drafted in the…
Rodrick Jackson鈥檚 life changed forever Dec. 21, 2016. It was his 18th birthday 鈥� the day he changed his name to Rodrick Fisher聽and was adopted by the family who saved him from an uncertain future 10 months earlier. During the emotional adoption court hearing, Jolene Fisher spoke on behalf of her husband, Adam, and daughters,…
In October 2016, Rear Admiral (Ret.) George Lotzenhiser 鈥�47 and Lt. Col. (Ret.) Jerry Mellick 鈥�67, Eastern alumni from different generations, traveled together on the Inland Northwest Honor Flight to be recognized for their service to our country. Mellick served as the guardian for “The Admiral,鈥� as he affectionately calls Lotzenhiser. The following are excerpts…
Skyler Oberst is easy to pick out of a crowd of young professionals. It isn鈥檛 his fashionable eyeglasses, his watch and matching leather shoes, or the geometry of creases on his shirt and slacks that could only come from an ironing board. It鈥檚 something else 鈥� an unmistakable sense of purpose multiplied by passion. Trim…
With Crystal (Balcom) Ju鈥檚 fear came a sense of longing. She longed for adventure, for travel, for fulfilling work. Her ambition and bravery led her down a path she never imagined 鈥� owning a successful international business in South Korea with her husband. Fresh from 51福利社 graduation in 2010 with a car packed full of…
By Kevin Decker, PhD Action figures? Check. Lightsaber? Check. Blu-ray copy of the latest J.J. Abrams film? Check. These are not the normal tools of the college instructor, much less what the average philosophy professor brings to class. But because I teach philosophy and popular culture at 51福利社, I also have to carry…
Physicist Kira Burt ’11, BS physics, only dreamed that one day she鈥檇 be working at the largest, longest-running collaborative science experiment in the world. Yet that鈥檚 where she found herself the past couple of years, living in France and working in neighboring Switzerland on a series of cutting-edge experiments in the field of particle physics…
Marshall Named Washington鈥檚 Poet Laureate Tod Marshall (鈥�92, MFA creative writing) isn’t afraid of taking on passion projects to promote the arts, but his latest may be his most ambitious yet. Marshall has dedicated himself to organizations such as Humanities Washington, which honored him with its service award in 2015. It was only fitting that…
