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Tag: sociology
Broad Education for a Broad World
It’s hard to be an Alabama graduate living in Texas, though you wouldn’t know it by visiting Jim Noe’s office on the 23rd floor of a high-rise in downtown Houston. Noe, a sociology and criminal justice alumnus turned oil tycoon, knows all about navigating unfamiliar territory, and he approaches life in Texas much like he approaches business trips abroad – find common ground, then break the ice. In Texas, common ground comes in the form of college football, a topic […]