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"What the star student-athlete learned from the slowest runner on the track."

Media Source:

EduLedger

Media URL:

https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15820613/leadership-lessons-from-the-slowest-person-on-track-at-csuf

Date:

2026/03/26

Summary:

How does a first-gen college student learn the leadership skills that she will one day use when she becomes a college president? In this opinion piece, Lewis & Clark President Robin Holmes-Sullivan reflects on the lessons she learned from the groundbreaking biologist Jewel Plummer Cobb, whose carefully paced persistence proved transformative.

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