Fri 14 Dec 2007
With all the talk this semester about Ephs behaving badly, here is a great story about a far more common, though less publicized, example of an Eph behaving exceptionally well. His level of community involvement is absolutely staggering standing on its own, let alone while playing a varsity sport and maintaining a summa-level gpa.
December 14th, 2007 at 9:01 am
Jeff.. cool. What has he done, specifically?
December 14th, 2007 at 10:50 am
Will Bruce once defeated a bear in single combat, but after the fight he let it live because he is in favor of conservation.
December 14th, 2007 at 10:51 am
Click on the second link in the post.
December 14th, 2007 at 10:52 am
… and scroll to the list of activities and awards.
December 14th, 2007 at 11:21 am
Color me skeptical, but what exactly does it mean “created or was directly involved in 17 community service activities at Williams?” I probably could put that I created or participated in 10-15 community service organizations while at Williams, but it’s not an accomplishment I’m particularly proud of–helping the Thursday Night Group chalk or poster every other week for a year is not really an accomplishment that I really thought was resume-worthy. Did Williams create 6 community service groups that are still around at Williams and was he an officer in 11 others? That would be impressive. However, if he simply founded 1-2 community service orgs that are foundering or no longer around, and participating via attending sporadic meetings/occasionally helping out in ~15 others…well that is not so impressive. Now, I hate questioning the accomplishments of a Williams students, especially one up for a very prestigious award. The Grovesner cup is a big deal at Williams and shows that most likely his community service engagement was more than marginal. However, I hate seeing things reported like “created or participated in 17 community service organizations” because it’s such an obviously inflated and misleading stat.
December 14th, 2007 at 11:21 am
PS–sorry for bungling the last quote…you get my point, though.
December 14th, 2007 at 11:29 am
Jeff:
The second link seems to go to the same place as the first link.
However, if you go to the “Athletes For a Better World” site, and then down to the bottom right, where it mentions nominees, click on more and you will see Bruce’s entire packet.
What a wonderful young man. I wish him all and more!
December 14th, 2007 at 11:35 am
Sorry, the link is now fixed. Based on that list, his involvement does seem to be in-depth and substantial (including leading the umbrella community service org. on campus).
December 14th, 2007 at 1:04 pm
I take what I said back–that resume’s damn impressive.
December 14th, 2007 at 1:43 pm
I believe there is a photo of one of Bruce’s efforts on the baseball site of the Williams website; the Williams baseball team working with community kids.
Community involvement like that is great for everybody, big and small. But it takes someone like Bruce to make the effort. Good for him!