{"id":1146,"date":"2010-07-27T15:42:24","date_gmt":"2010-07-27T15:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.wabash.edu\/alumni\/2010\/07\/27\/keith-nelson-71-here-to-help-his-alma-mater\/"},"modified":"2010-07-27T15:42:24","modified_gmt":"2010-07-27T15:42:24","slug":"keith-nelson-71-here-to-help-his-alma-mater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/2010\/07\/27\/keith-nelson-71-here-to-help-his-alma-mater\/","title":{"rendered":"Keith Nelson '71 – Here To Help His Alma Mater"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I had the privilege of having lunch with my classmate Keith Nelson ’71<\/strong> last week.  Keith was on campus to talk to some faculty and staff about interesting ideas to improve student retention, especially for Black and Hispanic students. <\/p>\n

Keith talked of his days at Wabash, which were my days as well.  I thought I had it tough – local C’ville kid from a poor family.  I didn’t know tough.<\/p>\n

Keith and his classmates, and those who followed, knew tough.  And I have to believe their experience prepared them for that tough world they joined right after school.<\/p>\n

One of the things those guys told each other was "We ARE going to make it" – and they did.  And we are a better college for it!<\/p>\n

Photo: Keith Nelson ’71 pauses for thought as Prof. Tracey Salisbury looks on.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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