If you made your list of things to do today yesterday, you are like a cassette tape being ejected into the day. If you didn’t make that list, your today is in serious jeopardy of being overtaken by the day. Be careful out there!

Delighted to deliver the closing keynote for the TEA conference today. Teachers deserve to be saluted and celebrated. Happy to help, I am. #educatorsrock #specialpeople

Above all else, the cranes on DuBai’s skyline stood out to me. Everywhere I turned, I saw cranes. Yet, each one was connected to a different project. The needs of one did not interfere with the needs of the other. If we can construct like that, we can instruct like that, right?

What are you waiting on to pursue YOUR dream, to climb YOUR mountain, and to claim YOUR place?

Was honored to have dinner with the iconic Rev. Jesse Jackson tonight. Among the many nuggets he gave us ,my favorite was regarding our eating habits: we are digging our graves with our teeth. #whoa #classic

Ohhhhhh boyyyyy. What time is it on this wonderful Mother’s Day? It’s time for my date with Michelle Obama! Look who is accompanying me. #iambecoming

Think about it. Is the seed alone responsible for germination? Does not the ground have a part to play? Well, what about our students being planted in our schools? Don’t we have a part to play in their successes? Or is it just on them?

For the past 6 years, I’ve been honored to be a part of BOOST, a free summer academic enrichment program that positions 90 students from the community for success in the upcoming school year. #village

In my many years here on earth, I’ve not met anyone who volunteered to be born into poverty. Soooo, let’s not blame them, shame them, or game them. Rather, let’s help aim them in the right direction towards a bright future.

What a wonderful time I had and a wonderful message I heard at last evening’s Boys and Girls Club fundraiser. Charles Barkley was great! Shout out to Kia for the VIP seat.

Derek Young is absolutely nailing his talk on the Power of Positioning here at the closing ceremony of TBR’s Maxine Smith Fellows Class of 2019.

Excited to participate in MTSU’s Constitution Day 2019 with these students. As the forming of the more perfect union continues, let us not be apart from what we say we are a part of.

What does it look like to be among a group of super-excited educators? Here’s a great example:

While battling Covid-19, I held on to what holds me together. I’m better now. Working on good. #staysafe

Attend to what you are intending to. Be a PRO at remote learning. youtu.be/cQ2Mk5pxsfc

My wife wished me a good first day of school.😂 It feels sooooo good for our Student Success team to be back in the office again. We're about to help students BE GREAT!

Karla Robles was in our 2014 Scholars Academy cohort. She’s now a 3rd year PhD student at John Hopkins University. Arriving early to MTSU works!

Supporting all students cannot be optional. It is our obligation as educators and administrators. What can you do TODAY to improve the product or the process? Hoping someone else does it doesn't count!

Ten years ago, I authored the draft of MTSU's True Blue Pledge - nearly 95% of its adopted form. Freshman continue to recite it and the university continues to reference it. That's cool. What I know is people can add value when they are added to the conversation.

Excited that DL Hughley shared his insights at MTSU for Black History Month. He was both phenomenally funny but also fairly ferocious in his takedowns of what he views as injustice in society. #RQQ