Dr. Carl Wade Gakudo Thompson, is a transmitted Zen Buddhist Priest. His dharma name is Gakudo, which means “Practice of the Way”, and is also the name of a treatise by Dogen, founder of the Soto Zen sect. As a professor and academic as well as a priest, he offers his services on campus by being available to provide spiritual counseling to students and staff of all faiths on my campus at Howard College in Big Spring, TX, as well as his previous institution of Texas Wesleyan University. He has also taught meditation seminars to students so as to help relieve stress and have led meditation activities for students during finals week. He has also previously served as the Buddhist Chaplain at Tarrant County Jail in Fort Worth, TX in a volunteer capacity for a period of time. His hope is to further his outreach at Howard University and start a meditation group on its campus