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It’s all about the approach: Mayor takes lessons learned at Calvin into new role

msk23@calvin.edu — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:28:17 +0000

It’s all about the approach: Mayor takes lessons learned at Calvin into new role msk23@calvin.edu Wed, 03/26/2025 - 13:28

On January 1, 2025, David LaGrand ’88 was sworn in as the mayor of Grand Rapids, Michigan. In doing so, he became the first �鶹�� graduate to assume this specific role.

A mayor’s role, in essence, is to manage various aspects of a city, everything from preparing and planning a budget to issuing administrative decisions and minor regulations. What a mayor accomplishes during their term is typically what they are remembered for. Addressing the “what”—the city’s needs—is important to LaGrand. But he believes the “how”—the approach to doing so—is what will actually lead to the city’s flourishing.

Providing space for many voices

“If there’s one thing I want to do in the next eight years, it’s actually getting all of us in the habit of thinking government is not something that happens to us, government is something we do together,” said LaGrand.

A way LaGrand is doing that is by hosting Mayor Mondays, an in-person gathering held in various locations around the city that provides a weekly opportunity for the community to have open discussions around the topics that matter most to them.

“I want to be someone who helps all of us frame and envision how to live in a community where we actually listen to and value each other equally, which is really hard,” said LaGrand. “But guess what? I think that that’s the central calling of being a follower of Jesus Christ—to figure out how to absolutely instantiate those kinds of values.”

Prioritizing posture in solving problems together

LaGrand says that housing, justice, infrastructure and neighborhood development are a few of the key issues he’s hoping to work with the community to address in the coming years. But he’s aiming higher than simply trying to make headway in these areas. Again, he says it comes back to the way in which the problems get addressed.

“Our politics right now are defined by a lot of self-righteous dynamics on the left and the right. If you listen to people on both sides, they’re so busy reinforcing their own biases and being so sure they are right and demonizing people who disagree with them because it’s sort of a drug, it can feel good, it can feel self-affirming,” said LaGrand. “But it breaks down on human contact. It’s really hard to hate somebody in person. It’s a lot easier to hate someone in isolation. So, if we can spend more time with each other, I think we can fight that mechanism. But we have to figure out how to do it. Because if we can’t deeply and profoundly disagree with each other about things without imputing malice, we’re done, it’s a necessary precondition for democracy.”

Practicing values learned at Calvin

Figuring out how to do this well is a top priority of LaGrand’s and he’s grateful that his Calvin education was a pivotal training ground equipping him for this very task.

David LaGrand talks with guests at the "Executive Breakfast Series: The Future of Grand Rapids" held on February 12, 2025, at �鶹��.

“I always say that I think Calvin is grad school for being a Christian. It’s the place where you get to spend four years thinking about how does being a Christian going to integrate with the work you do for the rest of your life,” said LaGrand, who also earned a juris doctorate after Calvin. “For me, this [my time at Calvin] was easily the most important part of my education. I mean law school is a credential, but Calvin is where I got to spend four years thinking about vocation. And the ability to do that is priceless.”

LaGrand is now hoping that training will pay off for the city he is entrusted with leading.

Seeking renewal here and becoming a model to follow

“Forty percent of this country doesn’t believe anything the government says right now. And I’m not saying we’ll be able to solve this in the United States of America. I’m just hoping we can solve it in Grand Rapids,” said LaGrand. “God puts us into places, and we can try and do things in the places we are. So, we are all in Grand Rapids, so we can figure out how to do this here as a response to a national challenge and maybe that’s a scale we can wrap our brain around.”

Because as LaGrand mentions, while Grand Rapids can’t solve the country or world’s problems, it can provide a model for what participating in government with civil discourse looks like. And that can have ripple effects.

“States watch what other states are doing. So, the stakes for Grand Rapids doing great things are that other cities may copy us,” said LaGrand. “There’s an opportunity for us to have outsized influence, but the way to have outsized influence is just to do better. If we can figure out how to live in a community where we actually value everyone’s voices equally regardless of whether you think they work as hard as you, whether you think they’re as smart as you are, whether you think their lived experience is as important as your lived experience—figure out the list that makes you feel better than other people and try and burn that list—if we can live and model that out in ways that work and make sense, we can be an example.

“If we can make Grand Rapids an important part of the kingdom of God, then we’ll be in a beautiful place.”

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A New Direction

ag64@calvin.edu — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 13:41:16 +0000

A New Direction ag64@calvin.edu Tue, 03/18/2025 - 09:41

Francis Sylvester describes himself as “a student who likes to sit in the front row,” someone with an internal drive to work hard in pursuit of his dreams. A junior in his second year at Calvin, Sylvester is majoring in supply chain management. He says figuring out the best academic fit hasn’t been straightforward, but one thing has always held: “I wanted something focused beyond me.”

Sylvester graduated high school from the West Michigan Aviation Academy, located at Gerald R. Ford International Airport, in 2021. He devoted his four years there to meeting the rigorous academic and physical requirements that would earn him a coveted place at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. When he stepped onto the campus of USAFA in the fall of 2021, his path forward felt secure. He would become an Air Force pilot and serve his nation.

On May 13, 2022, everything changed. Sylvester and a group of friends decided to go camping in the mountains while on leave from the Academy. Led off-trail during a hike, he and his fellow cadets found themselves at a cliff edge evaluating the direction they should take. The ground Sylvester stood on suddenly gave way, plunging him 300 feet down the side of the mountain. He sustained multiple injuries, including a brain bleed, broken bones, and a severed artery in his leg. It took first responders eight hours to reach him and bring him to safety.

Sylvester spent six weeks in a coma and eventually needed his leg amputated. The road to recovery took many months, but eventually he was able to move back home to continue therapies and regain his strength.

The injuries that nearly took his life also meant being medically retired from the Air Force, something that dramatically altered the future Sylvester had imagined. But that has not stopped him from dreaming new dreams.

He says he realized he could still seek a vocation oriented toward service. Drawn to Calvin because of its Christ-centered focus and small classes, he saw in it the potential for a new beginning, a way forward.

He first pursued mechanical engineering—accustomed to doing well in school, he didn’t anticipate the challenges. "My whole life, I was never worried about classes or passing; it was always, ‘Am I going to get an A or an A-?’” says Sylvester. “The first semester of engineering I passed everything, but, boy, was that a struggle.” He decided to re-evaluate his options to find a major that still utilized his gift for problem-solving.

“Studying supply chain management, I realized I could use my hands and work with people and customers who come to me with a problem. Maybe they say, ‘Here’s what I’ve got going on, can you design a solution to help me out?’"

Sylvester says as a newcomer to Calvin’s School of Business, he especially relishes Wednesday nights at Startup Garage, a student business incubator advised by entrepreneur and Calvin alumnus Jon Ver Lee. “I didn’t yet want the time commitment and responsibility of starting a business, so I asked, ‘Can I just show up?’” He says he was immediately welcomed. “It’s been incredible to get to know Jon Ver Lee and to see how Startup Garage is opening doors and teaching us all to explore.”

That exploratory attitude keeps Sylvester motivated through the challenges he faces daily. “Losing so much so quickly is hard in the sense of seeing God in all of it. But even if I could take this away, I don’t know if I would. I would love to be back at the Academy and the exciting future I had there, but Calvin has done a phenomenal job picking up that excitement again for me, especially as I transitioned to business. Maybe there’s even a little excitement in the uncertainty, as I figure out God’s calling.”

So far, Sylvester feels well-supported financially, academically, and socially at Calvin. He is the first student to receive the newly established Mephibosheth Scholarship, a named scholarship created by businessman Peter DeKorte awarded to academically motivated students who have disabilities. He says, “It put Calvin back on the table for me at a time when I didn’t think the price tag was feasible.”

Sylvester also appreciates having access to academic support and making connections with peers through the Disability Inclusion Project, a student organization that creates a safe space to share lived experiences and organizes awareness and advocacy events on campus.

He is quick to add, however, that being an amputee and needing more time to complete his studies do not define him. “It’s not my whole life; sometimes it’s hard to distinguish. People try to support and help me, but then I also don’t always want that to be the focus of my interactions with them.”

“I’m still the kind of student who likes to sit in the front row. That hasn’t changed,” Sylvester says, yet he finds himself asking new questions of God as he discerns a different but still meaningful future.

“I don’t think many of us understand what love is, especially in the godly sense. He does love us. Love comes with challenges. Each day I pray, ‘God, gently direct me where I should be going.’”

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Design and Innovation Expert Andy Van Solkema Joins �鶹�� School of Business to Lead Open Enrollment Graduate Course in May

ag64@calvin.edu — Wed, 12 Mar 2025 18:43:38 +0000

Design and Innovation Expert Andy Van Solkema Joins �鶹�� School of Business to Lead Open Enrollment Graduate Course in May ag64@calvin.edu Wed, 03/12/2025 - 14:43

Design and innovation expert Andy Van Solkema joins the �鶹�� School of Business as an adjunct instructor. He will teach Leading in an Era of Disruption and Change, a four-week open enrollment course in the Master of Business Administration (MBA) program starting in May 2025.

"Andy’s extensive experience in design and innovation, coupled with his entrepreneurial spirit, will provide our students with invaluable insights and practical knowledge,” said Jim Ludema, Dean, �鶹�� School of Business. “His presence will inspire our students to think creatively, design with excellence, and lead with confidence. We are thrilled to have him on board and look forward to him teaching in our MBA program.”

Learn more about Andy Van Solkema or the course Leading in an Era of Disruption and Change.

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Announcing �鶹��'s New Four-Week Online Graduate Level Business Course: Leading in an Era of Disruption and Change, Open to all Working Professionals

ag64@calvin.edu — Wed, 12 Mar 2025 18:09:56 +0000

Announcing �鶹��'s New Four-Week Online Graduate Level Business Course: Leading in an Era of Disruption and Change, Open to all Working Professionals ag64@calvin.edu Wed, 03/12/2025 - 14:09

�鶹�� is excited to announce a new open enrollment graduate level business course, Leading in an Era of Disruption and Change. The four-week online course is designed to equip participants with the skills and insights needed to navigate and thrive amidst disruptive innovation, and is open to all interested working professionals

How Participants Will Learn

Over the course of four weeks, participants will delve into the world of disruptive innovation. Working individually and in teams, they will explore how some organizations struggle to evolve while others, more resilient and adaptable, are able to change, and in some cases, reshape entire industries. Through real-world case studies, participants will uncover strategies for change and gain valuable insights and practical tools to drive innovation within their own organizations.

How and When Participants Will Learn

The course runs from May 12 through June 7 and features a blend of self-paced online coursework, group work, and live online sessions. Participants have weekly deadlines to stay on track and the opportunity to participate in four live sessions with classmates and instructors from 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on the following dates:

May 13
May 20
May 27
June 3

Learn from the Best

Andy Van Solkema (Instructor) is a design and innovation leader with over 25 years of experience spanning graphic design, systems thinking, human-centered design, and business model innovation. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design from Grand Valley State University, a Master of Design in Design Leadership from Kendall College of Art and Design, and a Business Model Innovation certificate from the Wharton School of Business. Andy co-founded Physics of Creativity, an Innovation and Investment Studio, and has collaborated with organizations such as KitchenAid, Nest, Apple, Amazon, Caterpillar, Mayo Clinic, High Alpha Innovation, and Stryker.

Jennifer Yoo (Special Guest) is a design researcher, innovation strategist, and restaurateur. She is the founder and principal of Inventional, where she has worked with global clientele in industries including eCommerce, manufacturing, telehealth, workplace technology, and AI. Jennifer has also served as an innovation lead at Steelcase and co-owned Osito, a Michelin-starred fine dining restaurant in San Francisco. Her educational background includes a Bachelor of Arts in English from Yale University and a dual-degree Master of Public Administration from Columbia SIPA and the London School of Economics.

Investment and Next Steps

The course costs $673 and a spot can be secured by completing a guest application on our website. Participants should look for MGMT 554 when registering for the course. The course can also be part of participant's pursuit of Calvin’s Master of Business Administration. Contact Robin Wait, Graduate Recruiter, with questions.

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School of Business Students Excel in ACG Cup, Earn Top 7 Status in Michigan

ag64@calvin.edu — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 14:38:41 +0000

School of Business Students Excel in ACG Cup, Earn Top 7 Status in Michigan ag64@calvin.edu Thu, 02/27/2025 - 09:38

An interdisciplinary team of �鶹�� students brought home first place in their division with the chance to compete in the final round at Saturday’s Association of Corporate Growth student competition. Commonly known as the ACG Cup, the business simulation provides students a hands-on opportunity to use classroom experience in a practical setting. The student teams analyzed and presented a merger and acquisition case study. Calvin students included Carissa Springvloed ’25, Keegan Hall ’26, and Noah Buys ’25.

“The ACG Cup is a unique opportunity for students to develop and promote their skills in corporate strategy, valuation and acquisition decision making,” said Ron Winowiecki, associate professor of finance. “The competition offers an opportunity for students to network with leading professionals in this space. By winning their division and competing as finalists in the ACG Cup, Carissa, Keegan, and Noah achieved a Top 7 status as one of the best teams in the state of Michigan against both undergraduate and graduate level students. It’s an amazing accomplishment.”

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A Business “Sweet to the Soul”

ag64@calvin.edu — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 15:53:11 +0000

A Business “Sweet to the Soul” ag64@calvin.edu Mon, 01/06/2025 - 10:53

Melissa Scholten says she has always had “an entrepreneurial mindset.” She started her first business in middle school and never looked back. A native of west Michigan, Scholten grew up with parents who modeled that spirit and taught her not to fear failure. “When I was growing up, my parents were always trying out new business ventures. Some were successful and others failed, but they always stayed positive and kept trying. I think that's what encouraged me.”

From childhood, Scholten has fearlessly pursued her love of creativity, design, and fashion. In high school, she sold macrame and home decor on Etsy, but for practical reasons didn’t envision herself running that business out of a dorm room. After her first year at Calvin, she realized she missed having a creative outlet. “I had the itch to do something new,” Scholten says.

The �鶹�� School of Business junior is pursuing a triple major in entrepreneurship, marketing, and Spanish with a minor in accounting, all while running her third successful business, Honey & Grace Boutique, a retail clothing venture inspired by Proverbs 16:24: “Kind words are like honey sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.”

Scholten explains her vision for the company was to both live out and share that message. “What you’re wearing can make you feel more confident. So, I had the idea to sell products that could equip you to share the word of the Lord with those around you, even through something as simple as clothing.”

No better time to fail

Hoping her idea would appeal to a wide range of customers, Scholten took a leap of faith. “After hours of research and listening to so many podcasts on the topic, I felt confident I could launch Honey & Grace. My parents said, ‘There’s no better time to fail than right now. You’re in the perfect life stage to be able to bounce back.’”

Scholten set up a Shopify account, and at first, orders poured in. But then business slowed, and she found herself searching for new ways to bring her curated collection to buyers.

“That’s when I decided to do in-person pop up events. I applied to probably 10 events and got into two of them.” But in Scholten’s words, “Two is pretty good!”

She borrowed clothing racks from family friends, loaded up her mom’s minivan, and sold a little over a thousand dollars' worth of merchandise at her first event.

Today, she sells her inventory exclusively in the vendor market, bringing Honey & Grace Boutique to special events such as harvest festivals and holiday markets.

Calvin Startup Garage

Juggling three majors, a part-time job at the School of Business, and her own small business leaves Scholten with little free time, but like all good entrepreneurs, she stays flexible and takes advantage of available resources.

She enjoys participating in Calvin Startup Garage and currently serves on the leadership team as an event planner. Listening to guest speakers share their own small business journeys is “the fuel behind the fire” when it comes to pouring energy and heart into her boutique.

Scholten also appreciates the financial support Startup Garage offers, but emphasizes, “I’m also being held accountable for what I’m doing, for making progress each week, even when the effort sometimes feels like a hassle.” That accountability includes setting weekly goals and checking in with leadership team members about how things are going. When life gets especially busy, Scholten says, “it makes a difference.”

A balancing act

With such a full life, Scholten keeps her feet on the ground by striking a balance between the activities she wants to do and the tasks she must do. “If I were giving another student advice, I would say it’s okay to say ‘no’ to an event to enjoy spending time doing other things.” She has no regrets, for example, about weekends spent celebrating her birthday or attending the rivalry football game. “I could look at that as a missed opportunity, but I’m only in college once, and I have the rest of my life to be working on my business,” she says.

Ultimately, finding that student-work-life balance comes down to doing what she loves. “Honey & Grace is such a joy to me, so it feels less like work and more like something I just like to do,” Scholten shares.

Believing the journey is at least as important as its outcomes, Scholten plans to enjoy the present while looking forward to following new paths in the years ahead.

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Free Markets and Public Interest Article Recognized for 2024 Calvin Award for Scholarship on Christianity in Business

ag64@calvin.edu — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 17:41:25 +0000

Free Markets and Public Interest Article Recognized for 2024 Calvin Award for Scholarship on Christianity in Business ag64@calvin.edu Fri, 11/22/2024 - 12:41

The �鶹�� School of Business recently named the winners of its 2024 Award for Scholarship on Christianity in Business. The award recognizes an academic paper that makes an exceptional contribution to Christian theological inquiry in business, or to the social scientific study of Christian religious phenomena in business.

Mathilde Oosterhuis-Blok and Johan Graafland, Tilburg University, Netherlands, received the award for their article, “Free Markets and Public Interests in the Pharmaceutical Industry: A Comparative Analysis of Catholic and Reformational Critiques of Neoliberal Thought.”

Published in Business Ethics Quarterly, the paper provides a comparison of neoliberal, Catholic Social Teaching, and Calvinist perspectives on corporate social responsibility, both in general and applied to a market failure problem in the pharmaceutical industry. Lead author Mathilde Oosterhuis-Blok presented her paper, answered questions, and received the award in late October at the �鶹�� School of Business.

"The School of Business continues to seek and recognize excellent scholars who are studying Christianity in business,” said Jill Risner, Associate Professor, �鶹�� School of Business. “Through these efforts we are building meaningful networks with scholars around the world. Mathilde and Johan's work is especially important as a piece that integrates multiple faith perspectives related to corporate social responsibility to give us a more complete view of what a corporation's role in society should be."

The award is supported financially by the Calvin Center for Innovation in Business.

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School of Business Welcomes Renowned Expert in Strategic Talent Management as Teacher-Scholar-In-Residence

ag64@calvin.edu — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 18:04:21 +0000

School of Business Welcomes Renowned Expert in Strategic Talent Management as Teacher-Scholar-In-Residence ag64@calvin.edu Thu, 11/14/2024 - 13:04

Prolific scholar and strategic talent management expert Lidewey van der Sluis recently joined the �鶹�� School of Business as the 2024 William Spoelhof Chair. The chair role brings gifted teacher-scholars to �鶹�� on a rotating basis.

"We are delighted to welcome Lidewey van der Sluis to the �鶹�� School of Business," said Jim Ludema, Dean of the School of Business. "She brings world-class expertise in strategic leadership and talent development, along with a wealth of experience in executive education and high-level consulting across business, government, and educational sectors in Europe. Her presence will enrich our academic community. Her work is guided by Reformed Christian faith, and her global perspective and insights will provide valuable learning opportunities for the community."

Van der Sluis’ responsibilities include collaborating with various �鶹�� schools and departments to explore the potential for an executive education hub, guest lecturing in undergraduate human resource courses, delivering a keynote address at the Future of Leadership Executive Breakfast Series on November 22, 2024, and continuing her scholarship in leadership, strategic management, and talent development.

“It's an honor to join �鶹�� as the Spoelhof Chair,” said van der Sluis. “It is a great learning experience to work with the strategic and visionary leaders of this iconic institution. I am extremely grateful to be able to contribute to and be part of the Calvin community. On a personal level, it’s also a treat to soak up the West Michigan culture inspired by Dutch immigrants into an innovative and thriving Great Lakes region of Northern America.”

She has an extensive publication record in the area leadership, strategic management, and talent development including:

13 practitioner books (4 in English)
31 book chapters (7 in English)
40 peer-reviewed journal articles (20 in English)
174 articles for practitioners and pieces of public scholarship (9 in English)

Van der Sluis holds a Bachelor of Science in economics and management along with a Master of Science in business economics from the University Amsterdam and a Ph.D. in business economics and econometrics from Erasmus University, Rotterdam. Additional education includes a professional certificate in academic leadership from the Free University Amsterdam, non-executive leadership from Nyenrode Business University and executive leadership and corporate social responsibility from the University of Cambridge Judge School of Business.

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Building Connections: How Calvin's Master of Accounting Program Supports Next-Generation Professionals

ag64@calvin.edu — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 12:24:35 +0000

Building Connections: How Calvin's Master of Accounting Program Supports Next-Generation Professionals ag64@calvin.edu Thu, 10/31/2024 - 08:24

�鶹�� graduates often talk about an alumni network, an informally structured, yet remarkably tight-knit and well-connected global community that support each other and give back to their alma mater. In 2020, Master of Accounting (MAcc) program director Marilyn Stansbury and alum Aart Boterenbrood capitalized on that unique network with the launch of a mentoring program for MAcc students.

The program augments a MAcc degree designed not only to prepare students with essential accounting principles and skills, but to also help them develop a comprehensive understanding of their chosen profession.

New mentors receive a list of potential ways to support their mentee, including sharing experiences, directing mentees to valuable professional resources, and assisting a mentee with career growth. Stansbury emphasizes the reciprocal nature of the mentor-mentee relationship and says the program is designed to be self-directed, not prescriptive.

Assurance manager at Chicago firm Plante Moran and 2017 graduate Cameron Earnshaw served as one of nine mentors in the program’s inaugural cohort. He says he immediately saw the value of having a field guide during the transition from student to professional life.

“When I was going through that period, it was truly one of the more stressful times of my life,” Earnshaw says. “I could have used someone as a mentor to help me work through the process.”

He still stays in close touch with his first mentee, Owen Brookhouse, also a resident of Chicago. Similar in age, Brookhouse’s experiences were fresh in Earnshaw’s memory. “I could see myself in Owen—moving to Chicago, starting a new job, studying for the CPA exam. Although a couple of years apart, we were still going through the same stage of life and had a lot of shared experiences.”

As a student, Brookhouse says he valued the MAcc program’s emphasis on collaboration and ethics. “I love how the program stressed collaboration with peers and wasn't solely focused on memorizing information. Thinking deeply was a daily part of the program,” he explains. “Being able to discuss ethical quandaries as Christians is something that you can't get at other programs. I honestly think that the students leaving Calvin's MAcc program are equipped with the tools to change organizations for the better.”

For Brookhouse, a key aspect of being equipped beyond the classroom involved the mentoring relationship. Brookhouse felt comfortable bouncing questions off Earnshaw, who helped him navigate the day-to-day challenges of being a professional newcomer. “I would ask him about how to communicate with the people above me or about general questions with auditing,” Brookhouse says.

Earnshaw believes the unique pressures of the accounting profession make the mentor-mentee relationship especially valuable. Long hours and tight deadlines during tax season make establishing a healthy work-life balance challenging, for example. Problem-solving with clients navigating difficult financial situations adds pressure, too.

Six years into his own career and now in a management position, Earnshaw says he enjoys passing on the tips, tricks, and wisdom he has learned along the way. He sees the value of listening well and being able to say, “This is what I would do in that situation.”

Now in its fourth year, the program continues to thrive—Earnshaw now represents one of a group of more than 20 mentors paired with 50 mentees for the upcoming academic year.

“It’s amazing to see the level of commitment and dedication from Calvin’s accounting alumni as they give through the mentor program and many other ways. Such contributions are impactful and influential in helping our students to become agents of renewal in the world,” says Stansbury, who has been thrilled to see many mentoring relationships extend beyond the one-year commitment.

Earnshaw and Brookhouse say the experience has felt rewarding to them both—they still talk regularly and play club volleyball together once a week. What began as a mentor-mentee relationship has grown into a friendship rooted in common interests and shared experiences.

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