On The Duck Pond Wall

Ed Morgan is the director of the SWVA Higher Education Center's popular lifelong learning event called College for Older Adults. Here, he outlines the Spring 2025 schedule and also discusses the Virginia Creeper Trail.

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Mike Fath is first and foremost a rock guitarist -- but he is also a poet and an author. His newest book is a memoir entitled Sonic Tapestry: Confessions of an Almost Famous Rock Guitarist. In this interview he discusses his journey into music and writing -- that actually began on the basketball court!

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Ty Spires is doing marketing for the famed Hula Bowl -- and you should be prepared to be surprised by a lot of cool facts about this all-star football game!

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We all know that someone must be in charge of making sure hospitals run with the highest efficiency and safety, and in this interview you'll get to meet one of the real people behind that work. Megan Coulston is a hospital auditor, and she offers fascinating insight into what that involves.

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When you work for FEMA as a local preparedness coordinator, you have to be ready for anything! Max Palmer discusses challenges and opportunities and offers some great advice for how each of us can be ready disaster.

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Layne Hubble is doing marketing for one of New York City's oldest and arguably most interesting art fair. The Winter Show kicks off its 71st event in January 2025 and Layne is here to tell us all the history behind those historic pieces of art.

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Andrew McClung hasn't been out of school a long time, but he's starting to sound like a veteran newsperson!

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Josh is about to make history in his professional life...but there's a small chance that his love for golf is also influencing his success as an educator.

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120,000 pounds of pet food.

That's how much Ellie Mosser's company donated the areas recently affected by hurricanes, and she used her connections to Emory & Henry and the SWVA community to offer relief to families in the path of Helene. It's a great story of a company doing good and an E&H alum using her corporate connections to orchestrate good work for hard-hit communities.

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She's traded 4 walls for no walls! Anne Thomas Abbott has retired from teaching and is now focused on getting kids to visit the Smoky Mountains. It's a fascinating look at her new role and the work of the Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont.

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