LEAP Day comes once every four years, and if your organization is named “LEAP,” you want to make the most of it. So we did.
We began by taking our quadrennial “LEAP Day” shot.
The LEAP Ambassadors LEAP on LEAP Day
For each LEAP Day shot, we take a photo in a different spot, and this year was at the CHSS Water Wall. This is a nice spot, because the LEAP Ambassadors contributed financially to the creation of this space several years ago and because Jesus Moroles, the artist who created the space, is one of our favorite artists, as the photos from NW Arkansas, Houston, Lubbock, Birmingham, and Huntsville below attest:
Here’s hoping for many more LEAP Day shots, and many more visits to Moroles’s sculptures!
Mike Yawn teaches at Sam Houston State University. In the past few years, he has taught courses on Politics & Film, Public Policy, the Presidency, Media & Politics, Congress, Statistics, Research & Writing, Field Research, and Public Opinion.
He has published academic papers in the Journal of Politics, Political Behavior, Social Security Quarterly, Film & History, American Politics Review, and contributed a chapter to the textbook Politics and Film.
He also contributes columns, news analysis, and news stories to newspapers such as the Houston Chronicle, San Antonio Express News, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Stamford Advocate, Greenwich Time, Huron Daily Tribune, Laredo Morning Times, Beaumont Enterprise, Connecticut Post, and Midland Reporter Telegram.
Yawn is also active in his local community, serving on the board of directors of the local YMCA and Friends of the Wynne. Previously, he served on the Huntsville's Promise and Stan Musial World Series Boards of Directors.
In 2007-2008, Yawn was one of eight scholars across the nation named as a Carnegie Civic Engagement Scholar by the Carnegie Foundation.
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