Guest writer Taimi Olsen After the business of the semester wraps up, what will you do with your summer? In some ways, this question is like picking New Year’s Resolutions for academics. If you ask, everyone will have suggestions for [...]
By Guest Writer: Karen Brinkley The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers; he is one who asks the right questions. – Claude Levi-Strauss Have you ever thought about how many questions you ask and answer in [...]
By Guest Writer: Beth White Bigler How do you design your course, so that by the end of the semester, the material has become as intuitive to the student as it is to you? What do you have to do [...]
By Guest Writer: Lauren McCaugherty Anyone with teaching experience knows that classrooms are a mixed bag. You can fine-tune your syllabus and plan for the number of students enrolled– but you might find yourself in a traditional setting with minimal [...]
By Guest Writer: Sarah Guy As the semester begins, faculty and students alike are in a flurry getting materials together, finalizing schedules, and making it to the correct room at the correct time. So, let me begin by apologizing for asking [...]
By Guest Writer- Janel Seeley Imagine this: You are deeply involved in a lecture you deem highly important and interesting, when you look around and realize half of your students are staring intently at their phones and the other half are sporadically clicking [...]
By Guest Writer- Beth White Bigler Very few words in the English language are capable of evoking anxious thoughts as quickly as the word “Test”. Just mention it around any student during the first week of December and see what [...]
Fall break starts tomorrow–a good reminder that we are in the middle of the semester. Time for a midterm evaluation. You may have already given one to your students, but if you are not, there are reasons to reconsider. As [...]
Please join us Wednesday, October 31 from 10:30AM-1:30PM for a Faculty Meet and Greet in our new offices on the sixth floor of Greve Hall. We are very excited to showcase our new space in conjunction with OIT Support’s meet [...]
By Guest-Writer Karen Brinkley VIDEO: The Simpsons Poke Fun at Grad Students What caught my attention in this cartoon clip, besides the obvious humor, is how accurately it portrays the frantic search for employment that many graduate students face upon [...]
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