So hear’s to you (typo intended)
I am always excited to see members of the WFU family do well, and today I am especially proud. Two of my colleagues’ children just won the social entrepreneurship portion of the Babcock School’s elevator competition.
Siblings Catharine (’06) and Frank McNally (’02) paired with Campus Kitchens co-founder Karen Borchert (’00) and others to create a business plan for Bonseye Guides. The team plans to use its winnings of $5,000 and the $40,000 in resources to provide deaf people and others access to audio tours at museums through personal media players. Read about it here: http://www.mba.wfu.edu/newsDetail.aspx?id=248
Catharine is hearing impaired, as is one of my very best friends from Wake Forest, who helped me see a tiny slice of what life is like when you can not hear. My friend Heather coached me through Biology (which I barely passed even *with* her tutelage), and I coached her through French. I don’t remember a lot of the sign language she taught me, but I do remember how important it is to always look someone in the face when you speak to them, because you never know if they might be reading your lips to help them hear.