Weston Smith, discusses lessons learned as HealthSouth CFO

Mar 9

Last night, UNA accounting alumni Weston Smith returned to our campus and taught what I believe might just be one of the best "lessons" some of our accounting students may receive during their education. During a brief stint in a Montgomery prison, Wesley seems to have more than learned these lessons the hard way. Wonderful to see him turn a big mistake into an (obviously difficult) gift of knowledge and sharing back to the community. Quite amazing.

Robin Wade

Robin Wade Furniture is a celebration of nature—a melding of a forward thinking commitment to the environment and a quiet, harmonious design aesthetic. From his "slow studio" in North Alabama, award-winning wood artist Robin Wade designs and crafts one-of-a-kind handmade furniture. Years before a piece is ready to enter a client's home or a gallery, the process begins—naturally—with the tree. Sustainably harvested, each specimen of hardwood is flitch sawn into natural-edge wood slabs, debarked by hand with a draw knife, and stacked to dry, usually for years, before the final cure in the kiln. From here, Wade and his team use both hand and power tools to bring Wade's vision to life, and then finish each piece with a hand-rubbed oil blend. Each organic furniture creation by Robin Wade Furniture balances the raw, natural beauty of environmentally, locally sourced hardwoods with minimally invasive, clean lines—a juxtaposition Wade calls both rustic and modern. “I haven’t yet found a better artist than nature,” he says.

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Weston Smith, discusses lessons learned as HealthSouth CFO

Catching up @ whole foods mountain brook

Sassafras and walnut modern bench in the works