{"id":3664,"date":"2013-09-12T11:56:23","date_gmt":"2013-09-12T16:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/?p=3664"},"modified":"2013-09-12T11:56:23","modified_gmt":"2013-09-12T16:56:23","slug":"running-50-for-a-purpose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/2013\/09\/12\/running-50-for-a-purpose\/","title":{"rendered":"Running 50 for a Purpose"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Brett Foley (left) and David Chrisinger ’09<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Students in Professor Tom Wetter’s First-Year Seminar course “Running and the Meaning of Life” may have found answers and inspiration from guest speakers\u00a0David Chrisinger ’09 (social science history) and Brett Foley<\/a>. The two childhood friends are running a\u00a050-mile ultramarathon on October 26, 2013, to raise $10,000<\/a> for\u00a0The Mission Continues<\/a>, a national service organization that helps veterans transition from the military to service and leadership programs where they can continue to serve in their communities.<\/p>\n

The two took different paths out of high school. Chrisinger played football for the Pointers<\/a> and needed to find a competitive replacement after graduation, so he started to run. Meanwhile, Foley who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, was searching to find a purpose during his transition to civilian life. And that’s when they reconnected.<\/p>\n

Chrisinger and Foley helped each other through life struggles and running became a means to reach their goal of helping veterans find\u00a0renewed strength and purpose.<\/p>\n

While we train for this race and raise money for The Mission Continues, we will also be sharing Brett\u2019s story<\/a>. It is our hope that by sharing Brett\u2019s struggles (as well as his triumphs), we can make meaning amid the suffering and show other veterans that it is possible for them to take back their lives.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Created by faculty from all across campus especially for first-year students, First-Year Seminars are small 3-credit seminars prepare students to\u00a0thrive at UW-Stevens Point.<\/p>\n

More about Chrisinger and Foley’s story:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Students in Professor Tom Wetter’s First-Year Seminar course “Running and the Meaning of Life” may have found answers and inspiration from guest speakers\u00a0David Chrisinger ’09 (social science history) and Brett Foley. The two childhood friends are running a\u00a050-mile ultramarathon on October 26, 2013, to raise $10,000 for\u00a0The Mission Continues, a national service organization that helps […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3665,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12,15,18],"tags":[223,305,343,344,358],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3664"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3664\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}