Grove City College strives to be the best Christian liberal arts college in America. We provide a learning experience unlike any other. But not everything you learn comes out of a textbook. At Grove City, faith informs education every bit as much as our esteemed faculty. This one-of-a-kind experience means that while students are preparing for a career, they are also discovering their purpose. This podcast features the alumni and faculty thought leaders of the highest proficiency, purpose, and principles sharing their personal and professional experiences and expertise. In their own words, these are their stories.
Episodes
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
On 9/11, Steve Frank '74 was a full-time Army National Guard LTC assigned as Director of Public Works, U.S. Army Engineer Corps. He was on a phone call with the Pentagon when he heard a loud "bang" and the line went dead. He had heard Flight 77 crash into the Pentagon in real-time, and was immediately deployed to Ft. Hood, Texas to assume command of the 4th Infantry Division’s Rear Operations Center (Division) Logistics Command Post. This is his story.
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
Jim Hogan '79 was retired from the Air Force and working as a civilian employee in the Freedom of Information Office at the Pentagon on 9/11. He recounts his miraculous evacuation from the building that day.
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
Tom Gregg '80, former Vice President of Operations, shares his memory of campus life during the events on 9/11. He recollects his day and how the events unfolded, as well as the response from the campus community that day and years later.
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
Todd Gibson '02 was a senior Political Science student and captain of the football team at Grove City College on September 11, 2001. Todd shares his recollection of the day, from hearing about the news to recognizing the impact across campus. He also shares the impact 9/11 had throughout the week with events cancelled or postponed, including football practices and games.
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
Former Dean of the Chapel (1999-2018), Stan Keehlwetter, shares his memory of 9/11 on-campus. Stan recalls the student's response as the most moving experience in his 19 years of service at Grove City College.
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
Listen in to the recording of Grove City College's Chapel service on Thursday, September 13, 2001 - featuring Roger K. Towle '68 (Then-Vice President of Financial Affairs at Grove City College).
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
Listen in to the recording of Grove City College's Chapel service on Tuesday, September 11, 2001 - featuring then and current Professor of Music, Beverly Carter.
Monday Aug 30, 2021
Monday Aug 30, 2021
Stephen Sleigh '86 received news of the terrorist attack on 9/11 while working in London. Immediately he retreated to his office to call his Dad, who worked in the North Tower in New York City. Stephen shares an emotional recollection of 9/11 and his father's story evacuating the North Tower.
Monday Aug 30, 2021
Monday Aug 30, 2021
Scott Duesterdick '76 was on the Amtrack train from Albany, New York to Manhattan early morning on 9/11. Due to the train being late at Penn Station, he missed a meeting in the World Trade Center and took a subway to Midtown. Scott tells his story about missing this meeting and his recollection of watching the smoke from the Twin Towers.