Committing to intentional practice: Using the practitioner scholarship of Adam Peck to demonstrate an innovative path for campus activities

Abstract

On the morning of September 30th, 2022, Dr. Adam Peck died from injuries sustained in a pedestrian accident. He was 49 years old. His name may not be well recognized in higher education, but he was not one for fanfare or the spotlight. Yet, he did his best to help students succeed. As we expound upon below, to those who knew Dr. Peck, we understood him as a storyteller. He told and enacted stories of caring, curiosity, compassion, scholarship, and intellectualism - a life lived well. This article is his story as well as the story of how the campus activities profession must continue his work.