It’s finally cool enough for me to wear my Salish Kootenai College long sleeve shirt. I picked this up from the SKC college bookstore in Pablo, Montana when I was there in August visiting family. I’m proud to wear it and offer support to the native/indigenous community in the area. GO BISON!
This is a really cool sign for the Salish Kootenai College in Pablo, MT. It primarily serves the tribal communities in the area. About 1100 students attend majoring in various programs.
Graduations are happening in many places which means that high school and college/university students are receiving hard-earned diplomas and degrees. Their hard work hopefully has prepared them for the next chapter in their lives. Let’s hope they will make the world a better place for everyone. May they prosper in all their endeavors in the years ahead. Congratulations good people, well done!
Adults tell students that it gets better, that the world changes after school, that being ‘different’ will pay off sometime after graduation. But no one explains to them why.
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Students on all levels are headed back to school. This time of year can be great for parents and even students wanting some normalcy and the classroom can be an important part of that.
As they reconnect with their teachers and friends safety is vital. The COVID situation means care and prevention is very important.
Attention teachers and students have a great year. Do good work.
Hiwassee College in Madisonville, Tennessee is where I earned my Associates of Arts degree in 1992. It has been a place very special to me because it helped shape me into the person I am today. Without it you wouldn’t know me most likely. People from all walks of life and all around the world came there and were changed for the better. A few weeks ago it was announced as a shock to many its closing at the end of this term. The college has been serving and educating for over 170 years. Many people have gone on to make the world a much better place for having gone to college here. Me included.
Today I visited campus for probably the last time where I went to an Alumni Association meeting and a question and answer session from the president and board of trustees. It was like a funeral of sorts. A time to ask hard questions and to express grief and to seek some level of understanding and comfort.
I am grateful to Hiwassee and I will miss it very much. I am indeed grateful for all it gave me and for what it meant to so many others.
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