In case you missed the breakfast in Birmingham a couple of weeks ago, TPI’s own Ron Medved presented the Leadership Innovation Award to Alabama football coach Nick Saban for his team’s incredible championship season this year. This nine minute clip below shows some of the highlights from the event. If you are a coach, athletic [...]
And another door opened…
by Zac on Dec 29, 2009 in Personal
One of the paradoxes of the curriculum at The Pacific Institute (and I mean that in a very complementary way) is the mandate to set a firm goal, and to be flexible with the process that gets you there. Maybe its more of a misnomer than a paradox, because it’s often difficult to identify what [...]
Pat Tillman Remembered
by Zac on Dec 06, 2009 in Personal, Sports
Last month, ESPN produced a nice 8-minute piece on Marie Tillman, the widow of Pat Tillman. While speaking to a group of high school students last month after the Ft. Hood shooting, our discussion touched on the volunteer nature of American armed forces. When someone mentioned how much soldiers have to sacrifice in order to [...]
New version of PX2 coming soon.
The Pacific Institute‘s video based curriculum for teen and young adult audiences is being updated and refined. Here is a video taste below. Please check out the PX2 page for more information on how to take PX2 online or have a facilitator take your group through it together.
Guest Blogger – Erich Stauffer – The Winning Goals
by Zac on Sep 18, 2009 in Sports, Writers
It was our sophomore year in college and my ex-girlfriend had just started dating my best friend, Jason. Jessica and I broke up shortly after I traveled over four hours to watch her graduate high school. She had planned to attend KCU before we started dating, but the added pressure of going to school with [...]
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