Giving Back: Presidents demonstrate generosity with life-saving donations

Zac Talmadge ’10 completed his second Boston Marathon in 2015, where he ran to raise funds for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS). It was the first marathon he completed after his father passed away in 2014. Zac Talmadge ’10 is no stranger to community service. At W&J, he served as vice president of the Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity and was selected as a Matthew Brown Fellow by First Presbyterian Church, 1793. Talmadge worked with…

Presidents are always looking for ways to give back to their communities. In the past year, stories from current and past students have exemplified that spirit of kindness, with two W&J football players helping facilitate bone marrow transplants for strangers in need and a former player giving his old teammate more time with his family. “We have won a lot of games, captured many championships, and produced numerous All-Americans on the field. I have never…

In April 2017, Jay Ernst ’05 and his wife were preparing for the birth of their second child. Unfortunately, this happy news had complications. Their son was diagnosed with gastroschisis, a birth defect of the abdominal wall in which the intestines are found outside of the baby’s body. While dealing with his unborn son’s health concerns, Ernst had to face one of his own: the day before his son was born, he learned that he…