Mike Mather

Hamilton

Senior Reporter, Waikato Times at Stuff.co.nz

Senior storyteller at the Waikato Times and Stuff. Wanna-be author and artist. I’m not particularly active on this platform these days.

Articles

The Waikato Times

1 week ago | waikatotimes.co.nz | Mike Mather
The Post

1 week ago | thepost.co.nz | Mike Mather
‘Serving Until Your Very Last Day’: Veterans Build Community at UVA and Beyond

1 week ago | news.virginia.edu | Mike Mather

When Haley Champion graduated high school, she didn’t think college was for her. At least not immediately. “I wanted to go on an adventure,” she said. So, she joined the U.S. Navy, became a corpsman and served five years before exiting. But her husband was still stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, so she enrolled in a nearby community college. There, she heard about a program to help veterans like her consider loftier academic goals. She asked a college counselor to look at her credentials.
The Waikato Times

2 weeks ago | waikatotimes.co.nz | Benn Bathgate |Mike Mather
The Waikato Times

2 weeks ago | waikatotimes.co.nz | Mike Mather
A Tragedy Slowed Her Down. But Then This Hoo Got Faster

2 weeks ago | news.virginia.edu | Mike Mather

Just as quickly as it started, the commotion suddenly stopped. A voice yelled for everyone to get off the bus. Marlee Morgan was near the rear of the charter bus that had returned a group of University of Virginia students to Grounds from a field trip to Washington, where they’d seen a play. “It felt like my leg kept getting caught in something,” she said. “It just wasn’t moving normally.
UVA’s Z Society Honors Cedric Rucker With Group’s ‘Highest and Rarest’ Award

2 weeks ago | news.virginia.edu | Mike Mather

Cedric Rucker descended the brick steps into the garden behind Pavilion VI Wednesday, thinking he was joining a group of colleagues and students for a quaint get-together. He didn’t notice the Virginia Gentlemen a cappella group trailing behind him. Then, one of the singers pulled out a letter from the Z Society, one of the University of Virginia’s historic secret societies.
The Waikato Times

3 weeks ago | waikatotimes.co.nz | Mike Mather
The Waikato Times

3 weeks ago | waikatotimes.co.nz | Mike Mather
The Waikato Times

4 weeks ago | waikatotimes.co.nz | Mike Mather