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Bill Strickland’s Make the Impossible Possible: One Man’s Crusade to Inspire Others to Dream Bigger and Achieve the Extraordinary has been selected as Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Common Freshman Reader for 2009–2010.

The book was selected by a panel of faculty and staff at IUP. To qualify, a book must relevant to today’s students, offer interdisciplinary appeal, and provide opportunities for additional and diverse programming.

From the Ghetto to Harvard Business School…Make the Impossible Possible is Strickland’s personal story. It has been positively reviewed by many publications, including Publisher’s Weekly, which says: “It’s the American dream with a twist: for Strickland, it was never about shedding his past and getting ahead but about following his bliss and making a difference.”

Strickland is president and CEO, Manchester Bidwell Corporation and its subsidiaries, Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild, and Bidwell Training Center.

And in the news…. Harvard Business School Selects Bill Strickland and Bidwell Training Center for a Fourth Case Study.  Go to 

http://www.bill-strickland.org/BeckhamMedia-BillStricklandHarvardCaseStudy.html

Special Note: Award-winning journalist María Hinojosa interviews America’s foremost artists, writers, activists, and civic leaders in the new fourth season of María Hinojosa: One-on-One. Bill Strickland interview airs in January, nationwide. Link to interview: http://wwe.wgbh.org/programs/programDetail.cfm?programid=12

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http://www.bill-strickland.org/ 

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