Two of my former students are getting married today - Sarah and Tyler. I will attend their reception this evening where I am sure I will also see a bevy of other EM alumni that remain close to them. Sarah and Tyler are not the first pairing to come out of our program, there have [...]
Tag: NDSU Department of Emergency Management
Travel is a state of mind…
Today I report back on the 3rd Annual Cosmopolitan Soiree hosted by the STEM Center's 7th grade team. It was a long and busy day and I bet those kids will sleep well tonight. I wasn't there quite as long as the kids, but I too am fairly tired; as such, tonight I share mostly photos and only a [...]
Duck-Palooza 2011!!!
Well it is that time again - time for NDSU's 4th Annual Preparedness Expo! The Expo is sponsored by the Emergency Management Student Association and is a fab event that is free and open to the public. It is held in the Memorial Union and will run 10 AM - 4 PM today and features speakers, booths, [...]
We were # 316.
Photo credit: Carrie Snyder, The ForumI hate fire - always have. I think it is because from an early age I had a healthy appreciation of its relentless, take no prisoners' nature. When I was fairly young my brother was playing with matches in the house and caused a fire in a tall built-in storage [...]
“Extreme” ~ a label well-earned.
Well I can say one thing unequivocally about Extreme Makeover - the "Extreme" is well-earned. What a crazy week it has been (actually for my team the work on this project is measured in weeks, but this past week, the build week, has been - in a word that cannot be overused in relation to [...]
Extreme Heat – thanks to the cool 22!
On Thursday I was asked to pull together a small team of Extreme Makeover volunteers for a special project at Miracle Field on Friday. It was a project that we knew would be filmed and that would require flexibility on the part of the volunteers. In total we sent out 22 volunteers - 20 that [...]
Extreme Love…
The top five reasons why I love our NDSU Department of Emergency Management team that is managing the Extreme Makeover Check-In site: 1) They are flexible. They will step in and do what is needed, as it is needed and can do so with just a few limited instructions. Here are members of the team [...]
THE NEW FORTY 