Everyone’s version of success looks different, and finding a clear path isn’t always easy. Enter Why Witt?, a new immersive experience, which seeks to help Wittenberg University students navigate their “next” by listening to and engaging in others’ stories as told by those who have been right where students are.
The brainchild of entrepreneurs Timmy McCarthy, class of 2002 and Wittenberg’s first-ever Professional in Residence, and John “HUD” Hudson, business owner, friend and former classmate, Why Witt? is an exciting new program set to air on campus in front of a live studio audience every fourth Wednesday of the month beginning in August. Featured guests will be Wittenberg alumni from all walks of life, and all will be expected to mentor a current Wittenberg student following their participation.
"I think the question of ‘Why Witt?’ is important because we, and our students, often may think they are alone in the struggle to figure out what to do with the rest of our lives,” McCarthy explained. “There is a lot of pressure from society and our families to figure it all out quickly. Money is being shelled out, and we are spending lots of time taking classes to discover what it is we are meant to do. But only a couple years ago, we were in our parents’ houses being told what needed to be done. This situation can quickly become a big and paralyzing transition in a short period of time, which we are then left to figure out. Why Witt? helps us navigate those moments by having access to a community that is sharing in conversation around how different people figured out their way through those often-nerve-wracking waters.”
