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Ace Open | Hit a Winner for Shepherd Center

March 14, 2026May 3, 2023

ESSAY CURE is a proud sponsor of Ace Open and Nolen’s efforts, we also donated a summer workshop seat to the tournament’s silent auction. Please read Nolen’s story below, he’s a high school student already intent on giving back. 100 percent of the proceeds he raised were donated to the Shepherd Center in Atlanta. The Inaugural … Read More

Based on my 2023 conversation with Dr. Tim L. Davis, Associate Professor of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia’s Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy.

When psychologist Dr. Tim Davis first taught a class on resilience at the University of Virginia, it was tiny.

18 students.
One credit.
Ungraded.

Today, it enrolls 150 students a semester with waitlists just as long.

Not because it teaches finance, coding, or AI.

Because it teaches something students quietly admit they don’t know how to do:

How to struggle without falling apart.

And right now, that skill might be more valuable than anything else universities teach.

Here’s the backstory—and why this class is spreading by word of mouth among students and parents.

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