Thursday’s talk by Josh Sundqvist at Grace College, Winona Lake, Ind., was reported by the online news site, InkFreeNews. A portion of the story appears below. Click here to read the complete article.
Grace College Hosts Josh Sundquist As Career Week Keynote Speaker
WINONA LAKE — Overcoming challenges and learning what one’s next steps are in life was the overall message of Josh Sundquist’s speech during Grace College’s chapel session today, Feb. 21. The college hosted Sundquist as its keynote speaker for Career Week.
Sundquist is an international motivational speaker, as well as an author, comedian and Paralympian. During his discussion at the school’s Thursday chapel, he focused on cracking a few jokes while sharing his life experiences as a means to inspire the students in attendance.
When he was 9 years old, Sundquist was diagnosed with bone cancer and underwent chemotherapy and the amputation of his left leg before being declared cancer-free at age 13. Since then, Sundquist has written two memoirs and competed as a member of the U.S. Paralympic Ski Team.
Sundquist started his presentation by comparing the loss of his leg to losing a tooth.
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