Welcome Back

This is it, my final semester at Appalachian State University is about to begin. However, it’s going to be a somewhat non-traditional semester in term of classes for me because I am student-teaching. Consequently, right now I am feeling a little over-whelmed, although, deep-down I know the physical education program and Reich College of Education has prepared me for the challenges that lie ahead. One could even apply this to not only my student-teaching experience, but whatever the next chapter of my life entails, but more on that later.

Since this is my last semester here at App I am going to try and reminisce over the most memorable moments of my undergraduate college experience. Some of you may find my recollections boring but hopefully they’ll give you a great insight to an institution which has influenced my life in more ways than just providing me a career path.

To start this journey through my memory I think I should start by acknowledging every single person who has touched my life. Appalachian has been absolutely amazing to me, and I really can’t understand how I managed to get so spoiled. I think back from the day my soccer coach picked me up from the airport in Charlotte, I was just a nervous 18 year old not knowing what to expect. Since then mates, partners, colleagues, teachers, team mates, and friends have helped develop me into the mature young man I am today. In the future, when I think back of my undergraduate career academics and sports will not be the first thing to come to mind, despite their significant impact. It will be the people of Appalachia. I am eternally grateful to everyone who I encounter and I hope someday to pay it forward, in some capacity, to all those who I encounter.

Next blog I try to divulge how Appalachian helped expose my love of learning and developed me into a lifelong learner.

Until next time,

~ Cam