Nathaniel Turner

In 2012, Nathaniel A. Turner’s sixteen-year-old-son offered him words that now direct each day of his life. “Dad,” Naeem exclaimed, “you can do more; you still have time!” Nate not only received the instructional and encouraging message, but he took the teenager’s words to heart. Today, the TED Speaker is an author of several books, speaks at corporations and universities across the county, and writes for national and international publications. It would be an understatement to say Nate is doing more with his time. Part of “doing more” includes sharing the very same passionate declaration pronounced by his son and best friend for almost a decade. Nate doesn’t merely believe that we can all do more; he maintains that we must all do more. Join Turner as he shares a backward design process for living your best life so that “you can do more while you still have time.”

Have you ever wondered why some people are like elegantly soaring eagles while others are akin to pigeons loitering contently on the ground? Isn’t it strange that despite the sky being accessible to everyone, only the uncommon person spreads their wings to reach their maximum altitude and embrace the full vision of their best life? Participants will explore the detailed process for living your dreams – for flying higher than you could ever imagine. Come ready to ask and answer, “why coast with pigeons when you can soar with eagles?”

This August D’Youville College will host an all-campus development day to foster a broad-based discussion on engagement, retention, empowerment, and student success among Generation Z students. The day is, in part, a response to the bestselling book The Coddling of the American Mind by Lukianoff and Haidt (2018). We will spend the day unpacking portions of this book to address the deficit mindsets on Gen Z. We hope to offer an optimistic and supportive outlook of Gen Z for our faculty and administrators as we prepare the college landscape to serve this population of students best. The day will include a keynote speaker, faculty presentations, roundtable sessions, and a multigenerational panel discussion.