As Nolan McPeek-Bechtold, California-Berkeley ’14, pulls on his favorite pair of barefoot-running shoes, his thoughts are still in the lab. He’s studying exoskeletons for military and private applications, and this was an especially taxing day. He’s also thinking about the chapter meeting he’ll lead tomorrow night and the mechanical engineering midterm that’s approaching. But as…

December 21 marks the longest night of the year. Each year in Houston, over 500 homeless people gather to pay homage to the men and women who have passed away living on the street. Volunteers, churches and other organizations chip in to provide food and toiletries for this night-long memorial. Frequent experiences like this continue…

Brett Brawerman, Elon ’12, leads practice for a boys’ basketball team as part of his Peace Corps volunteer experience in the village of Lapusna, Moldova. A phrase on the wall of the gymnasium translates to, “A sound mind, gives a sound body.” Brawerman, who tabled his pursuit of becoming a personal trainer to serve in…