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Roanoke is not New York or Los Angeles, two cities that I have also lived, or Chicago, a city I became very familiar with when I was a graduate student in Illinois, but Roanoke still has a certain charm that makes it special. Is it a hick town, a country town or a big city? I give it a thumbs up, which is why I am doing my best to bring the following university to the Valley:
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Wishing all our friends and family much continued success now that they have earned their high school and college degrees in 2013. The journey is not over, but it must feel good today! Ethel (Ellie) Hylton (pictured left) -- Top graduating student at the top university in the world. Ellie graduated from Harvard in May, and won the prize for the graduating Harvard senior with the highest grade point average (GPA). She also graduated summa cum laude, Phi Betta Kappa, and won two important college prizes for her senior thesis. Ellie's parents, Keith N. Hylton and Maria O'Brien Hylton, both law professors at Boston University, are also Harvard graduates. Ellie is also the niece of Soledad O'Brien, a Harvard graduate and CNN news personality. When I (KOH) formed INVR Standards / HHEW as a media, education and leadership consortium, I wanted it to be something all of my family members and friends would not only be proud of, but also like to be a part of. Please take a look through the INVR / HHEW website and let me know where you think you could play a role. Or where it falls short. What is your family's last name (surname)? Did you know that there is an immediate way to find out how many people have your same last name in the country or world? Click the left circle or below link and then type in your last name. What will you now do with this new information? Please leave your comment(s) on this page. Thanks. http://family-names.findthedata.org/ I try to avoid stereotyping, so work with me with these fun questions. (1) How many pairs of shoes are enough? (2) Do men also obsess on shoes? (i.e. $200 sneakers, gym shoes...I guess so, huh!) (3) I once met a woman who said to me that "You can learn a lot about a man by the style shoes he wears." (4) Do women really check out other women's shoes when they first greet each other? I think so. Do men in business suits also look at another man's business shoes when they first greet each other? I don't think so. Again, work with me with these fun questions. But seriously, what's up with shoes? I am compiling a list of relatives (living and deceased) on both sides of my family (Hilton/Hylton/Helton, Paige, Reynolds, Richardson) with earned doctorates (e.g. PhD, Ed.D., J.D., D.O., M.D., ThD, D.D.S., O.D., D.C., Pharm.D.). There are others, but all are considered terminal degrees; the highest degree a person can earn in his/her disciple -- education, medicine, law, religion, etc. I want our youth to see how high they can rise! I also want them to view us as resources. Please send the name(s) of any “doctor” relatives to our family website's blog page (http://roanokerelatives.weebly.com/qa-blog.html). http://roanokerelatives.weebly.com/qa-blog.html. Also, if you are currently a student pursuing a terminal (doctoral) degree, let us know. If you would like to see who some of these relatives are, please click here. Click here to listen to one of our four family conference calls that took place on Saturday, January 12, 2013. Click here. What do you think about this or is this important? Please leave your comments here. What do you think about this or is this important? Please leave your comments here. As I continue to record our family's history with your help, I would greatly appreciate your candid feedback about how I did this first year (2012). My feelings are not easily hurt, so I also welcome criticism. But if I say so myself, I think I did pretty good for the first year! But I value your words more. KOH Is Jesus the reason for the season? Will you celebrate too commercial Christmas and very cultural Kwanzaa? Only Christmas? Only Kwanzaa? Hanukkah? Neither, none or something else? I do not see a conflict so since 1980, I have also celebrated Kwanzaa, as well as the less commercial aspects of Christmas! Since 2010, I have also started recognizing January 1st (instead of Juneteenth) as a better time to celebrate Independence Day for African-Americans. Why? Because that was the day that Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation went into effect (January 1, 1863). How about you? |
Keith Orlando Hilton, PhD
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