NAU Wins Student Veterans Contest, Healthy Living Inspiration, Boston Strong from Afghanistan, Earth Day TED Talks

Congratulations to Northern Arizona University for being one of the 11 winners of the Student Veterans of America and Home Depot’s Student Veteran Center competition!  "The quality effort demonstrated in these submissions speaks to student veterans' commitment to their individual success and that of their peer community," said SVA President and CEO, D. Wayne Robinson. "We look forward to seeing these projects develop, and to current and future generations of veterans benefiting from the solid foundation of progress laid by our chapters, their campuses and our partners at The Home Depot Foundation."  See more at: http://youtu.be/M_6BD-mqZkQ

Here is a great story of a military couple who took control of their health when faced with a brain cancer diagnosis – an inspiration!  See it at: http://www.stripes.com/news/us/army-couple-responds-to-brain-cancer-diagnosis-with-a-new-commitment-to-healthful-living-1.279062

Another inspiring story: Supporting Boston and the Marathon bombing victims, from Afghanistan, in a shadow marathon: http://www.stripes.com/nearly-600-run-shadow-boston-marathon-in-afghanistan-1.278970

Earth Day is this week (4/22) – here are some timely videos from TED Talks for your viewing pleasure!  See them at: http://blog.ed.ted.com/2014/04/21/from-earth-day-to-every-day-4-ted-ed-lessons-to-help-you-save-the-world/