{"id":18819,"date":"2015-03-09T17:11:24","date_gmt":"2015-03-09T21:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatminds\/?p=18819"},"modified":"2015-03-09T17:11:24","modified_gmt":"2015-03-09T21:11:24","slug":"skating-to-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatminds\/2015\/03\/09\/skating-to-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Skating to Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brooke Turner flies down College Avenue, four wheels at her feet and a head full of music.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s humming. \u201cI feel like Superman \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The first line of a favorite song, it mirrors the vibe the UMW senior gets when she glides across campus on her skateboard. Invincible. Her unique way of getting to class, as fresh as her passion for empowering others, has steered her toward a bachelor\u2019s degree in sociology. She plans to keep those wheels turning at Mary Washington, even after she graduates in May.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18821\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18821\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/umwwebmaster.wpengine.com\/greatminds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/03\/Brooke-Turner_use-in-text-of-story.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18821\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatminds\/brooke-turner_use-in-text-of-story\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatminds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/03\/Brooke-Turner_use-in-text-of-story.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1000,958\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Brooke Turner_use in text of story\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Brooke Turner skateboards on Campus Walk.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Brooke Turner skateboards on Campus Walk.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatminds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/03\/Brooke-Turner_use-in-text-of-story-300x287.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatminds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/03\/Brooke-Turner_use-in-text-of-story.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-18821\" src=\"http:\/\/umwwebmaster.wpengine.com\/greatminds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/03\/Brooke-Turner_use-in-text-of-story-300x287.jpg\" alt=\"Brooke Turner skateboards on Campus Walk.\" width=\"300\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatminds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/03\/Brooke-Turner_use-in-text-of-story-300x287.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/greatminds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/03\/Brooke-Turner_use-in-text-of-story-768x736.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/greatminds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/03\/Brooke-Turner_use-in-text-of-story.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18821\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brooke Turner skateboards on Campus Walk.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMy whole life I\u2019ve had a passion for teaching,\u201d said Turner, who aims to attend\u00a0UMW\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/education.umw.edu\/programs\/master-of-education-or-initial-teacher-licensure\/\">Master of Education program<\/a> in the fall. \u201cHelping and caring for others is something I strive to do every day. It\u2019s something that comes naturally to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her nurturing nature, especially for underprivileged children, has led Turner to make some powerful contributions in the Fredericksburg community. Through internships with Big Brothers, Big Sisters, and James Monroe High School, where she helped develop a program for homeless students, she\u2019s opened doors for area youth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrooke has done an incredible job of taking her sociology education out of the classroom and into the community,\u201d said Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology Eric Bonds. \u201cShe\u2019s making a difference in the lives of disadvantaged students, and I\u2019m inspired by her efforts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s a dynamic leader at UMW, escorting prospective UMW Eagles on campus tours to show off her alma mater, shepherding fellow students in the Multicultural Center\u2019s peer mentoring program to ensure their success, and organizing the Black History Month Gospelfest that drew hundreds of people to UMW.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrooke makes you feel like you are a friend from the first moment,\u201d said Director of Multicultural Affairs Marion Sanford. \u201cShe is well-respected by her peers and often sought for advice or just a listening ear on an issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Sundays, Turner takes that inspiration to church, where she leads the youth choir she joined when she was just 7. She also plays piano. At Mary Washington, Turner has performed with Voices of Praise and Bell A Cappella, and at events like this year\u2019s Gospelfest.<\/p>\n<p>It was on campus, too, where she got her own board, after years of begging others for rides. The customized cruiser, with slightly larger wheels than a regular skateboard, was a gift from a friend.<\/p>\n<p>But Turner\u2019s not into kickflips, noseslides or other slick tricks. That\u2019s not the point.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRiding my skateboard and singing are both ways I relax and clear my mind,\u201d she said. \u201cWhen I do them together it puts me in a peaceful state of mind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A student representative for the University Relations\u2019 and Admissions\u2019 offices, she also leads campus tours. She can\u2019t hop on her board to take prospective students and parents to hot spots like Ball Circle and the Convergence Center. But that\u2019s OK.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a tour guide, I get to show them why UMW is a great school and share my personal experiences of what makes UMW unique,\u201d Turner said, \u201cand why I love it here.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sociology major puts a fresh spin on service<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88,"featured_media":18820,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"umw_cb_additional_links":[[]],"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_advisory_expires_time":"","_advisory_meta_include":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4,81],"tags":[13],"class_list":{"0":"post-18819","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-show","8":"category-umw-home","9":"tag-education","10":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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