That’s cool…he has lost a lot of weight- hope it is on purpose and is not ill. I need to do something like he does every before beginning meeting- maybe instead of a swig of coffee and saying “How ya livin”…instead…I’ll take a swig of a Monster drink and say “How is research comin?” Mack From: EBONI BAILEY BONAITI <ebaileybonaiti(a)tamu.edu&gt; Date: Friday, August 23, 2024 at 7:03 PM To: Burke, Mack <Mack_Burke(a)baylor.edu&gt; Cc: project.leer(a)lists.it.utsa.edu <project.leer(a)lists.it.utsa.edu&gt;, project.diverse(a)lists.it.utsa.edu <project.diverse(a)lists.it.utsa.edu&gt; Subject: [Project.leer] Re: [Project.diverse] Lessons from a 3rd Grade Dropout I used to attend church with the Rigsby family when I was teen before he became a widower and prior to his second marriage. He has embodied a true testament of how unforeseen trials make us stronger and can serve as portals that project us into our destiny! On Fri, Aug 23, 2024 at 6:43 PM Burke, Mack <Mack_Burke@baylor.edu<mailto:Mack_Burke@baylor.edu>> wrote: If you need a little motivational “pickmeup”- I ran back across this old piece by Dr. Rick Rigsby that was circulating a few years back on his talk at the marintine marine commencement- he was the Aggie Character coach (we call it PBIS) and ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart This Message Is From an External Sender This message came from outside your organization. ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerEnd If you need a little motivational “pickmeup”- I ran back across this old piece by Dr. Rick Rigsby that was circulating a few years back on his talk at the marintine marine commencement- he was the Aggie Character coach (we call it PBIS) and Chaplin for the football team at TAMU (and we both share the distinction of graduating from University of Oregon! Go Ducks!). I think he still lives in Dallas…still a great speech even after hearing it multiple times. https://youtu.be/lw-5f4QN1zs<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://youtu... PS: I started watching his Sunday talks during COVID also when we couldn’t get out and everything was shut down and started them on facebook...started every podcast with a swig of his coffee mug…and I think that is a picture of him and Gene Stallings behind him on the wall (for those that follow A&M football…😊 ). https://fb.watch/u8RseXQt4L/<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://fb.wa... _______________________________________________ Project DIVERSE mailing list -- project.diverse@lists.it.utsa.edu<mailto:project.diverse@lists.it.utsa.edu> To unsubscribe send an email to project.diverse-leave@lists.it.utsa.edu<mailto:project.diverse-leave@lists.it.utsa.edu>