Big News on Campus

Well as you know I work for Concordia University here in Mequon Wisconsin, and over the past months their has been some big stir around two main events that came and are coming to Concordia's campus;

1. Henry "Hank" Aaron was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws this past weekend where he gave the Commencement Address.
2. The St.Louis Rams have decided to declare our campus as their Summer Training facility from late July into late August.

As a baseball fan, it was quite the honor to be associated with having MLB's all time home run leader (minus Bonds with 762) on our campus. Mr. Aaron's role on, and more so off the field spoke to his character and the leader he is. You have to be very humble in your life success to address graduates with these statements:

"This is advice from an old man who has been a lot of places, seen a lot of things," "Be careful before you make choices. Avoid shortcuts. They are quick fixes and unrewarding."

You can see why there are few professional athletes across the board that I hold in the same high esteem as him.

(picture) Ernie Banks congratulating Hank on the Lou Gehrig Memorial Award in 1970 before Cubs-Braves game (two class act guys)

As for St. Louis coming to campus this is neat because it increases the exposure for our small Lutheran campus on Lake Michigan. I'll probably be seeing a lot of them in the halls and roaming around campus. Although Belichick has called me to request videotape, I had the moral intelligence to say no...unlike Matt Walsh (I couldn't resist...kidding)

Well 2008 is turning out to be an exciting year on campus and come fall I'll be teaching too!!!