Director’s Corner continued... The bent photograph is famous to the one who carries it and not at all famous to the one who is pictured. I want to be famous to shuffling men who smile while crossing streets, sticky children in grocery lines, famous as the one who smiled back.
Virtual Voices: A look into the lives of Gonzaga Virtual Campus Students
I want to be famous in the way a pulley is famous, or a buttonhole, not because it did anything spectacular, but because it never forgot what it could do. As a Gonzaga community, let’s not forget we are all some form of pulley or buttonhole that can impact students, colleagues and many others in our circle of influence. Use your fame wisely! Name: Antoinette Robinson
Tracy Ellis-Ward Director, UMEC
Educational Status: Organizational Leadership Masters of Arts candidate From: Cleveland, Ohio
Head Off and Split: Politicized Poetics Pictured below: English Professor Tod Marshal giving introductory remarks during the warmup event for award winning poet, Nikky Finney’s end of February poetry read. The lunchtime warmup event featured students reciting Finney’s pieces, their own original pieces, and overall discussion of Finney’s work.
Photos courtesy of UMEC Staff
Tell us little bit about your yourself and your previous educational and professional experience before becoming a student with Gonzaga Virtual Campus: I am a Dream Architect and founder of CouturePurpose.com, a multicultural platform intentionally designed to reveal the global voices of female social entrepreneurs. I have used my formal training in development and implementation in various organizations in the sacred and secular spheres. My expertise has afforded me the opportunity to sit on several reputable boards aimed at cultivating affinity programs for the next generation of servant leaders. I have a Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminal Justice-Sociology, a Master of Business Administration degree in Management and I am a Georgia Real Estate licensee. How’s your Virtual Campus experience been with Gonzaga University so far? My virtual campus experience has been very rigorous, challenging and transformational. What’s one takeaway from your current Gonzaga Virtual Campus experience that will be most applicable to you after graduating from your program? The one takeaway from my Gonzaga Virtual Campus experience I will apply after completion of the Organizational Leadership program is the understanding— connectivity is best achieved when willing spirits work together to enable progress for the greater good. What advice do you have for other Gonzaga students? My advice for Gonzaga students is to keep the purpose for their education at the forefront of their minds and deep in their hearts. Additionally, I suggest, trust the process, the courses and materials are truly designed to educate the whole person.
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