Rhymes With Orange

A Buckethead is an enthusiastic devotee of baseball who has a “bucket list” of baseball-related items. We chat with Anna DiTommaso ('11), a former Campbell women's soccer player and current manager of BaseballBucketList.com about her passion for travel, the fascinating sights and sounds of minor league and professional, and what makes her ultimate bucket list. Visit her website BaseballBucketList.com to document your next journey. 

Kendra Hancock has been director of student athlete support at Campbell University for over 10 years now — helping not only our wrestling program, but golf, women’s soccer, softball and swimming, to name a few more. She joins Rhymes With Orange this week to talk about what it takes to motivate athletes to win in the classroom and her passion — running. Kendra will take part in the Boston Marathon next year, and in doing so, she’s supporting a good cause.

 

Help Kendra reacher her fundraising goal: https://www.givengain.com/ap/kendra-hancock-raising-funds-for-good-sports-inc/#timeline

 

Campbell Ransom is one of the many student-run organizations on campus. Ransom is a "radical ministry that strives to provide an open community that is comfortable and relatable." We sit down with student leaders from the organization to explain more.

When we featured Michael Watkins in a 2018 edition of Campbell Magazine, he was on the doorsteps of a college degree after spending over 20 years of his life homeless and battling addiction. Now a 2020 Campbell graduate, Watkins has since gone on to earn a master's degree and is currently enrolled in a doctorate program at Walden University. Watkins shares his story with Rhymes With Orange host Billy Liggett in this week's podcast. 

Former Campbell Football OL and current team chaplain, Adrian Dorsey, first stepped foot on campus as a wide-eyed freshman in 2014. Eight years later, Dorsey completed his Master of Divinity and transformed his passion and excitement for the Campbell community into the first-year experience program. Dorsey explains what makes Campbell University special and unique for people from all walks of life.

In a study published in August, researchers at Campbell and Baylor University found that users will be disappointed if they expect smartphones and social media to fill their need for purpose and meaning. In fact, it will probably get worse, according to their findings. 

Dr. Justin Nelson, assistant professor of sociology at Campbell University, and Dr. Christopher Pieper, senior lecturer of sociology at Baylor University partnered to understand the complex relationship between meaning-seeking and technology using the most recent wave of the Baylor Religion Survey. Their research appeared this year in the journal, Sociological Perspectives.

Martha Bizzell is the Director of Student Success at the Campbell University School of Engineering. She features experience as an engineer, K-12 math/science educator, homeschool parent, museum director and director of engineering summer camps, we dive into a bunch of topics with Martha Bizzell covering the highly successful Campbell Engineering program.

When he’s not working with the Red Cross as an advisor for International Humanitarian Law, Thomas Harper ('10 Law) can be found writing about, speaking on or taking part in the “geekier” side of pop culture. A massive Star Wars fan and collector, Harper is a popular writer for the website, thelegalgeeks.com, which analyzes the legal side of sci-fi, fantasy and comic book movies. Harper has written about everything from the legality of Princess Leia’s imprisonment in “A New Hope” to Ahsoka’s legal options in “The Clone Wars.” 

Harper talks to Rhymes With Orange host (and Star Wars geek to a lesser extent) Billy Liggett about his love of the franchise and how he's incorporated elements of it into his legal career. 

We are joined by the newly appointed Dean for Spiritual Life and Campus Minister, Rev. Louisa Ward. Louisa heads up an essential aspect of the student experience on campus. We dive into the value of spiritual development during college and the various avenues where students can express and practice their faith on campus. 

Junior political science major and Ester Howard Research Fellows student Dean Locklear talks about his research on North Carolina Native American tribes — specifically the Coharie and Lumbee tribes found in central and southeastern parts of the state. Locklear, a Lumbee Indian himself, conducted his research this year at a time when Campbell University developed a partnership with the North Carolina Commission of Indian Affairs through School of Education & Human Sciences Dean — and fellow Lumbee — Dr. Al Bryant.