Wrapping up the Fall Semester
As an educator, my measures of time tend to be semesters, annual review periods, the typical weeks to receive feedback on manuscripts or grant proposals, and cycles towards the next promotion,
As an educator, my measures of time tend to be semesters, annual review periods, the typical weeks to receive feedback on manuscripts or grant proposals, and cycles towards the next promotion,
October is full of many opportunities to reflect, remember, and celebrate. We are reminded through numerous postings, emails, newsletters, and various meetings we attend. Everything from National Coffee Day to World Mental Health Day,
It’s hard to imagine that we’re already past September 20th, officially welcoming fall. The weather doesn’t always serve as the best reminder, but campus is alive with students and activities almost 24/7.
Welcome to fall and the start of the 2024-2025 academic year! It seems impossible to believe that summer has flown by so quickly. But students are moving in, the marching band is holding practice,
Over the last several months, thoughts of organizational change and transformation have been on my mind, as they likely have been for many of you. We often espouse a desire for change without seriously considering what it would mean to each of us individually and collectively.
When we return from spring break, there are often mixed emotions. Are we really over winter or is there still snow to come? Will we have time to get everything done before the term ends,
Welcome to 2024!
Hopefully, everyone had at least some opportunity to pause and step away from the computer, to spend time with family and friends, to take a walk or just sit and consider the wonders of how quickly time flies when waiting for snow and then,
It’s been a long fall. Somehow, it always feels like that to me and the final sprint to the end of the term, end of grading and graduation always seems a bit more hectic than intended…again.
As we walk into mid-semester, the flurry of activity has captured us in so many ways. The to-do list is longer – or just transferred from week to week,
We’re now several weeks into the fall term. You’ve found your classroom, learned [or maybe are still learning] students’ names, figuring out your walking and driving paths around campus,