故事更新：关于HPU毕业生Collin Smith的功能故事，他的同伴Ernest Greene播出了ABC的“世界新闻与Diane Sawyer”，并在“早安美国”。查看上面视频中的覆盖范围。
Senior Collin Smith embodies a principle that Dr. Nido Qubein, HPU president, teaches in his freshman seminar: Your present circumstances don’t determine where you’ll go. They merely determine where you start.
Collin was a three-sport athlete in high school before a tragic car accident left him paralyzed from the chest down. It was the type of accident that can put an end to a teenager’s formal education.
“只有5％的青少年在这样的事故发生后回到学校，”史密斯说。“只有1％的人进入大学，而不是那毕业。”
尽管他忍受了令人难以置信的困难，但科林愿望接受教育没有改变。他巡回了几个校区，但在高点大学发现了完美的环境。乐动-注册
“我第一次访问校园，我知道这是我想去的地方，”史密斯说。“这里有这么多人影响了我;我有一个谢谢的人名单。“
Smith is majoring in communication with minors in sports management and athletic coaching. His dream is to become a basketball coach, and he’s currently working toward that goal. To prepare for his career, Smith has been working with the HPU men’s basketball team.
“教练让我做了一点点，”史密斯说。“这是我认为我不会在不同的大学说的事情。”
史密斯说教练和球员让他觉得他再次回到游戏中。
“Being on a team was one of the best parts of being an athlete. I lost that when I got hurt, but the players and coaches have really made me feel like I’m on a team again,” says Smith.
“Collin was a tremendous asset to our team, assisting in both in practice and keeping special statistics during games,” says head basketball coach Scott Cherry. “He was only supposed to be helping out for a short period of time, but he ended up staying on for the whole season. His positive outlook helped all of us — our student-athletes and coaches — keep a positive outlook every day.”
他的严谨课程，漫长的下午实践和与篮球队的游戏夜晚为任何学生创造了一个具有挑战性的时间表。他是如何做到的？史密斯鼓舞人心的旅程的另一个重要部分是他同样鼓舞人心的朋友退休工程师欧内斯特格林。
“We’re a team,” says Smith. “We’ve spent an average of 8 – 9 hours a day together, five days a week for the past seven and a half years.”
Greene was a member of Smith’s church when the teen was injured. The two had never met, but when Greene heard what had happened, he knew he had to help. He has been by Smith’s side through high school and college. He arrives at Smith’s house every day at 6 a.m., gets Smith out of bed and ready for the day, drives him to campus and takes notes for him in every class.
“我只是做了需要做的事情，”Greene谦卑地增加了。
“There’s no way to describe him,” says Smith. “Everything I’ve done was possible because of him. He’s been like a second father and grandfather to me.”
HPU社区注意到Collin和Ernest之间存在真正的债券，并在校园内欢迎它。
“大学实际支付我take notes for Collin,” says Greene. “The care they give students here, always ensuring that everyone succeeds – I’ve never seen that at a college before.”
“欧内斯特是一个伟大的人，但大多是他是一个忠实的上帝仆人，”史密斯说。“他也是一个巨大的帮助，让我向前迈进，看看很多事情是可能的。我只需要体验我可以做更多的事情。“
史密斯在校园的倡导者倡导是乔·埃伦堡博士，体育和田径教授副教授。
“We met by chance at the Millis Center,” says Ellenburg. “I could immediately see he was interested in sports and encouraged him to take one of my coaching classes. I could tell he had a great grasp of how the game should be played strategically.”
Ellenburg was so impressed that he talked to Coach Cherry about allowing Smith to work with the team.
“我告诉他关于科林的知识，尽管坐在轮椅上，但他可能是一个很好的助手，”Ellenburg说。“他们对他印象非常深刻。”
The team and Greene made it possible for Smith to live out one of his life-long dreams: to ride on a college basketball team’s bus.
“这是我所做的最酷的东西之一，”史密斯说。“我见过家伙在电视上下车，但现在我是下车的人。”
整个经验 - 与欧内斯特联系，在HPU获得学位，与男士篮球队一起面对面工作，在Ellenburg找到一个真正的导师 - 这是一个将推动他前进的旅程。这是他开始使用Greene的旅程，并将与Greene结束，以及几千名支持者，他们会在5月4日越过舞台时为他欢呼他。
“科林有能力在未来做任何事情，我知道他会，”欧内斯特说。“他已经证明这么多次。有时你必须找到一种不同的方式来做事情，而他最大的资产是他自己的自动激励，做到需要做的事情。“
注意到Greene的无私服务和对Collin的承诺，HPU总裁Nido Qubein也让Greene感到惊讶，他在开始仪式期间具有人文信件的荣誉学士学位。