{"id":6191,"date":"2025-07-15T14:22:53","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T18:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/?post_type=conferences-events&#038;p=6191"},"modified":"2025-07-15T14:22:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T18:22:54","slug":"shoot-for-the-stars-michael-wilks-on-hoops-hope-and-higher-education","status":"publish","type":"conferences-events","link":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/conferences-events\/shoot-for-the-stars-michael-wilks-on-hoops-hope-and-higher-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Shoot for the Stars: Michael Wilks on Hoops, Hope, and Higher Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<section\r\n\t\tclass=\"page-banner-event alignfull coe-block\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container page-banner-event__inner scrollbar-correct\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"page-banner-event__content column-2 \">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event__content wow animate fade-in-stagger\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"breadcrumbs kicker\"><\/div><!-- .breadcrumbs -->\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Shoot for the Stars: Michael Wilks on Hoops, Hope, and Higher Education<\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"event-date\">July 29, 2025<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"event-settings meta-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVirtual\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page-banner-event__media wow column-2\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page-banner-event__image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/shoot_for_the_stars_celebrity_career_connections-1-500x500.jpg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/section>\r\n\r\n\n\n\r\n<section id=\"block-127916cbe53ab7b2f602c6823a84b928\" class=\"cta-ribbon-wrapper cta-ribbon alignfull  has-background gradient-as-background coe-block bg-color-red\">\r\n\t<div class=\"cta-ribbon-inner container wow animate fade-in-stagger\">\r\n\t\t<h2 class=\"cta-ribbon__title\">3:00 to 4:00 p.m. ET<\/h2>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"cta-ribbon__content\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"text\"><p>Step onto the court with Michael Wilks, NBA assistant coach of the 2025 champion Oklahoma City Thunder, as he shares how discipline, education, and TRIO Upward Bound shaped his journey from small-town student to professional coach. 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