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Featured on the cover of DIVERSEability Magazine this month! Here’s the article: John Register – Demand Your Place in the Space Interview and Story by Tawanah Reeves-Ligon | Read full article Article links: Read the full article on the DiversityComm Website by Tawanah Reeves-Ligon DIVERSEability – LinkedIn post about the article — share this article and connect with...

Profile of John Register, Fulbright College of the University of Arkansas

This article was originally posted from University of Arkansas. John Register (BA ’88) John Register was an All-American Track star while earning a BA in communications. After a crippling injury resulted in the amputation of his left leg, he became a long jump silver medalist in the Paralympic Games. He was appointed by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as one of an eight-member...

No Hurdle Has Been Too Great For John Register

This article was originally posted from NewsOK.com. John Register lost his leg while serving in the Army. It didn’t happen the way you probably think. This wasn’t a combat wound. This wasn’t a wartime horror. Register, 49, an Olympic hurdle hopeful once upon a time, lost his leg when he was injured during practice. He dislocated his kneecap and ended up having his leg...

Paralympic Athlete John Register Chosen as Arkansas Alumni Johnson Fellow

This article was originally posted from University of Arkansas Newswire. Alumnus John Register, a University of Arkansas track star turned Paralympic medalist, will return to the University of Arkansas campus on April 8-10 as the Arkansas Alumni Association’s 2014 Johnson Fellow. Endowed by Dr. Jeff Johnson, B.A.’70, and his wife, Marcia, the Johnson Fellows program was created to...