谢谢你的祝贺。 I’m really excited to be able to serve this university in a full-time fashion.

人们从他们的教育旅程中获得了不同的东西，我的是认识到过程的重要性。 我的生活经历和本科和研究生课程的节奏结合起来，真的把我错过的东西联系起来了。 如果我能帮助其他有类似情况的人，告诉他们如何进入和完成这样的程序，我觉得我就完成了我对这个系统的贡献。

观察别人解决问题是一件非常有益的事情，我一直很享受这种经历，无论我在哪个组织工作。

我不能说我一开始的目标是成为一名教练。 但我可以说，通过反思我自己走到这一步的道路，我人生中的每一站都是在帮助别人到达他们需要到达的地方。 教育 is one of those things that 你 can’t really part with once 你 have it, and I enjoy being part of the progr我 that can provide that asset to those who really want it.

I know I can’t always make it happen, but I 我 pretty passionate about doing the right thing by people who are willing to put the work in to better their own situation. I had a guy tell me one time that if 你 help enough people get where they need to be, 你’ll find 你rself where 你 need to be.

我热衷于让事情变得更好。 对我们的前辈来说，这并不是一个耻辱，但我们确实生活在一个不断变化的世界，总有一些改进需要我们去做。 我喜欢发现这些机会并使这些改进成为现实。

I’m also passionate about being genuine. 也许是因为我的年龄，但作为一个社会，我们似乎对生活在一种不断努力超越自我的状态，以及不计代价地获得比我们拥有的更多的状态感到满意。 Please don’t get me wrong, as I’m cool with pushing ourselves—but I’m also cool with taking a little bit of time to really figure out who we are, what our individual gifts and strengths are, and using that information to better the situations that life deals us.

I’m really excited. There are a lot of changes happening here… I’m a big support of change, as it shows growth. 现在有一个很好的支持小组； 我很高兴能参与其中。

我希望我们的考试环境能给学生一个地方去尝试他们在目前的学习过程中可能感到不舒服的东西。 That kind of environment supports growth, and if a student leaves here with more than they c我e with, we’ll be fulfilling a significant part in the system.

I’m also excited about becoming more connected with this university and where that will lead us, as well as the opportunity to hone my own craft as an instructor. 我真的很喜欢看到成年学习者头脑中的灵光乍现。

My wife and I are sort of “serial entrepreneurs.” 我们花时间和孩子一起做商业计划、创业等等。 I’m not 100% they really enjoy these experiences, but I 我 100% certain that it’s good for them. 我们现在有几个项目处于发展阶段：

• 清溪彩弹：彩弹和糖果球派对和娱乐
• 马铃薯项目：向希望直接为解决周边社区的粮食不安全问题作出贡献的企业/个人提供食品和合同
• 为最需要粮食的人建立粮食种植系统。 We’ve worked with a group called 喂爱荷华第一t for several years to develop food systems that can support someone interested in growing nutritional produce. 这是一个有趣的困境，因为传统农业是资本密集型的，而非传统农业是劳动密集型的…… It’s our goal to find a nice middle ground and remove the barriers that we’ve run into along the way in our organic farming venture.