Speaker Matt Glowacki “The only thing that offends me is ignorance”
Matt Glowacki will be on campus Monday, Oct. 26, 12 noon- 1 p.m. in the Commons to speak as a guest of the LSC Diversity Committee and Disability Services. The event is free and open to the public.
Glowacki was born in 1973 in Janesville, Wisconsin. His birth drew attention because even though he was healthy, he was born without legs. From the very beginning, his parents made sure to provide him with every opportunity to participate in a normal life.
Matt focuses his life in two primary areas. The first is the world of business and community. For the past ten years, he has run three of his own businesses: MOGO Wheelchairs, a very successful wheelchair building and sales business, Glow Music, a mobile disc jockey and entertainment service, and Myriad Communications, his speaking and consulting company.
The second focus of his life is competitive sports. Matt earned his position on the USA Paralympic Team for Sit-Volleyball in June of 1998, after he participated in the World Championships. He traveled and competed internationally with the team and attended the 2000 Paralympics in Sydney, Australia, and the 2002 World Championships in Cairo, Egypt. Matt served as the alternate for the Paralympics in Athens in 2004. Matt also enjoys traveling and playing on a wheelchair basketball team out of St. Louis, Missouri.