In April I wrote a piece to run in the commentary section of The Temple News but never ran it. My last column was an open letter to the university’s President Ann Weaver Hart. Since last week I shared video of my commencement address, on which this column focuses, I thought I would share the column that never [...]

Four months ago I graduated from Temple University in Philadelphia. I was honored enough to be named student commencement speaker. Read text of the speech here. Only now have I gotten video of my speech online. Have a watch below. Number of Views:461

By Christopher Wink | May 22, 2008 | Temple University Commencement Address Seventeen hours ago I got off a plane from South Dakota, having spent my last week as a Temple student working with members of the Lakota Nation. It was another lesson in community. Temple University’s graduating Class of 2008, today, we are graduating together from a long [...]

Updated: My thesis has now moved to a subdomain here, as explained here. CHECK OUT A (SEMI) COMPLETED WEB SITE I made for my year-long thesis project that I only finished now, having spent a couple months as a college graduate. I graduated from Temple in May, with honors I might add, because of that [...]

Relevant academic honors Honors Thesis, Two-Party Politics in Philadelphia, April 2008 Named among Top 100 young journalists in the country, UWire, May 2008 Commencement Speaker, Temple University’s 121st graduation, May 2008 First Place, Collegiate Keystone Press Award for Personality Profile, April 2008 Diamond Award, Temple University recognition for leadership, May 2008 Pi Sigma Alpha, political [...]

By Christopher Wink | June 9, 2008 | Newsweek submission Bill Cosby told me I shouldn’t worry. No one was going to remember anything I said anyway. In May, I graduated from Temple University in Philadelphia and was honored to address my peers and their families as our student commencement speaker. For my portion, I urged [...]

LAST THURSDAY I GRADUATED from Temple University. I’ve collected some to post here, but still no photos of my actual commencement address. They are to come. Number of Views:111

TODAY I GRADUATED from Temple University. Freakin’ scary. See video of our university-wide graduation here, including my own commencement address, which I was honored to give (it begins a little further than three-quarters into the first Web cast video). Bill Cosby, a member of our Board of Trustees and one of our more famous alumni, addressed [...]

My final column after four years writing for The Temple News: An open letter to President Ann Weaver Hart By Christopher Wink | May 12, 2008 | The Temple News I am graduating. After four years on North Broad Street – two more than you – I have plenty I want to share with you. [...]

Update: Read a review of my PLCA internship experience here. IT WAS EARLY MARCH that I applied for a summer internship covering the Harrisburg, Pa. statehouse for a handful of urban dailies. The internship is with the Pennsylvania Legislative Correspondents’ Association*, the oldest continuously operating journalism society in the country. Well, after an interview in [...]