Bestselling author and commencement speaker, Nic Stone, gave the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Charter High School (CHS) 2024 graduating class five words that could be fashioned into survival weapons: gratitude, resilience, empathy, audacity and tenacity.
Stone addressed 22 seniors, their families and friends on Friday, May 17 in the middle of campus at the Wyvetter H. Younge Higher Education Center.
Robin Hughes, PhD, dean of the SIUE School of Education Hea...