Murphy brings message of facing, overcoming adversity to Helen Keller Lecture

Retired Army Staff Sgt. Luke Murphy delivers the 25th Helen Keller Lecture at Troy University on Thursday.

Retired Army Staff Sgt. Luke Murphy delivers the 25th Helen Keller Lecture at Troy University on Thursday.

At some point in life, all are going to deal with adversity. For retired Army Staff Sgt. Luke Murphy that moment began in 2006, near the end of his second tour of duty in Iraq.

Murphy, who delivered Troy University’s 25th Helen Keller Lecture on Thursday before a crowd of students and special guests in…

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Retired Army Staff Sgt. Luke Murphy to deliver Helen Keller Lecture at Troy University

As a part of his rehabilitation, Murphy began competing in marathons, traveling across the world with the Achilles Freedom Team of Wounded Veterans.

As a part of his rehabilitation, Murphy began competing in marathons, traveling across the world with the Achilles Freedom Team of Wounded Veterans.

Retired Army Staff Sgt. Luke Murphy, who was catastrophically wounded by an improvised explosive device in 2006 during his second tour of duty in Iraq, will bring his message of overcoming adversity to Troy University on Nov. 10 as a part of the University’s Helen Keller Lecture Series.

The lecture, which is free and open…

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Helen Keller Lecture speaker Erik Weihenmayer encourages TROY students to be ‘climbers’

Adventurer and author Erik Weihenmayer delivers Troy University's Helen Keller Lecture in the Claudia Crosby Theater on Wednesday.

Adventurer and author Erik Weihenmayer delivers Troy University's Helen Keller Lecture in the Claudia Crosby Theater on Wednesday.

At the age of 14, Erik Weihenmayer was gripped by fear – fear of the rare eye disease Retinoschisis that was robbing of him sight, but even greater, fear of all the things he would miss out on in life without his sight.

Weihenmayer, an adventurer, author and motivational speaker, addressed students, faculty, staff…

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Adventurer, author Erik Weihenmayer to deliver TROY’s Helen Keller Lecture

Erik Weihenmayer, Jeff Evans, and Eric Alexander on the summit of Mt. Everest in 2001.  (Photo: Luis Benitez)

Erik Weihenmayer, Jeff Evans, and Eric Alexander on the summit of Mt. Everest in 2001. (Photo: Luis Benitez)

Adventurer, author and motivational speaker Erik Weihenmayer, who, in 2001, became the first blind person to reach the summit of Mt. Everest, will bring his “No Barriers” message to Troy University on Oct. 16 for the annual Helen Keller Lecture.

The free lecture is set for 10 a.m. in the Claudia Crosby Theater in Smith…

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