ARCHIVES | CONTRIBUTORS | CONTACT EDITOR | CLASS NOTES Sections Home President's Message News and Notes Upfront Opportunity Alumni The Experience Sports The Arts Student Affairs Fall 2020 Magazine Home President's Message Cover Story: Class of 2020 Up Front FeaturesHighlander Wisdom Series Highlanders Rise Series 3R Profile AlumniThe Time of Their Lives The Legacy Lives On When Dreams Change Service Beyond a Cell Tower The ExperienceA Cool Head in the Arctic Finding Common Ground in Faraway Mountains Fighting Poverty AthleticsCoaching the Game of Life 2019-2020 Athletic Academic All-Stars The Arts Class NotesCurtis Brown '02 Alumni Profile Alumni Authors Contributors The Experience A Cool Head in the Arctic Rhett Herman's relaxed leadership guides student researchers to adapt and improvise when conditions are not ideal. Finding Common Ground in Faraway Mountains Its communities once produced an abundance of coal. Jobs were plentiful. Towns were vibrant. Fighting Poverty Intellectual discovery leads to lasting global impact.