R. Kirk Steele Memorial Scholarship

Noelle Khalila NicollsSteele Chronicles

Not long after the passing of our dear friend, R. Kirk Steele, the idea of a scholarship in his honour was bandied about. So as not to allow the concept to die after the moment had faded, a few individuals decided to start the process that would hopefully lead to establishing a scholarship at St. George’s College in September, 2009. …

Steele’s life in prayer

Noelle Khalila NicollsSteele Chronicles

Dear God: As I stare into the here and now I wonder what awaits me in the now and then. The road I walked on last brought me here. I wasn’t alone, but I often felt alone, navigating through all the immensities in life with a sense of longing to manifest your greatness. I talk to myself without using words, …

Memories seep through my veins*

Noelle Khalila NicollsSteele Chronicles

Dear Steele: This place is flooded with memories of you. Everywhere I turn memories float to the top and settle on the surface. Yesterday the police stopped Jahlani in a routine spot check. I remembered how your diplomacy skills always came into effect when we were pulled over by the police. You taught me a few tricks about slipping and …

Kirk Steele and Collin Virgo

A friend who was like a brother

Noelle Khalila NicollsSteele Chronicles

My Faculty of Humanities and Education colleague, my G2K colleague, my Guild Council colleague, my Rex Nettleford Hall colleague, my drinking parry, my flexing parry, my pork parry, my sports parry, my chilling parry, my road trip parry, MY BROTHER. I think Noelle would have probably been often told that she had two husbands because the only thing Steele and …