Three dates, three rooms. Dr. Crosse teaches University 101 at Hampton University on Tuesday 6 October in Ogden Hall, speaks on emotional intelligence for Opening Doors with The 40 Acre Series in Cockeysville, Maryland on 18 October, and visits the Honors College at North Carolina Central University on 4 November.
The argument of Open Doors does not change from room to room: talent opens the first door, and the skills nobody teaches decide the doors after it. What changes is who is sitting in the chairs. This fall it is first-year students, a community audience in Maryland, and an honors college.
Hampton University · Tuesday 6 October
Back where his own foundation was laid, and this time not on a stage. Dr. Crosse teaches University 101 in Ogden Hall, in front of students in their first weeks of college. That timing is the whole point: the book's case is that the earlier someone hears the unwritten rules, the cheaper the lesson is, and no one is earlier than a first-year student in October.
The 40 Acre Series · 18 October
Opening Doors with The 40 Acre Series runs from 2:00 to 6:00 pm in Cockeysville, Maryland. Dr. Crosse speaks on emotional intelligence, the thread that runs through the whole book, from the subtitle to the last chapter.
North Carolina Central University · 4 November
A visit to the Honors College at NC Central in Durham. An honors college is the audience the book quietly argues with: the most credentialed students in the building, which is exactly why the gap between qualified and chosen is worth naming out loud there.
If you are in one of those rooms
Two things are worth twenty minutes before the day. The free TEEE Score gives you specific language to ask about instead of a general request for advice. And readers who arrive knowing what the exposure gap is ask the questions everyone else is glad someone asked.
For a campus or corporate date of your own, availability and formats are on the speaking page.
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Frequently asked
When is Dr. Crosse at Hampton University?
Tuesday 6 October 2026, teaching University 101 in Ogden Hall.
What is Opening Doors with The 40 Acre Series?
An afternoon event on 18 October 2026, 2:00 to 6:00 pm, in Cockeysville, Maryland, where Dr. Crosse speaks on emotional intelligence.
When is the North Carolina Central date?
4 November 2026, at the Honors College.
How do I book Dr. Crosse to speak?
Availability, formats and enquiries are on the speaking page at opendoorssuccess.com/speaking.