Sometimes I find myself reverting back to Strunk and White when grading student papers, writing in the margins that the best writing is efficient writing. As a college student, I was a member of the nationally respected (and feared? ) Morehead State University Individual Events speech team. Luckily, I learn efficient writing early on and [...]
Dear Students, I feel compelled to remind you that I teach communication courses and pay close attention to the nuances of the various types of communication in which we engage. Our abilities to communicate are, in part, what makes us human beings. Too often in our professor-student communication, I find myself frustrated, put off, and [...]
A first-of-its-kind study has revealed the obvious– U.S. students aren’t very good writers. This is in addition to our 17th worldwide ranking in science and 25th in math. Our highest ranking is 14th in reading literacy, but this most recent study shows that literacy doesn’t equate to skill in written communication. As my students and [...]
Students, Coach Taylor has just about every college situation figured out. Listen to he and Tami. They’re very wise. Throughout the semester I’ll add more wisdom. There can never be too much Taylor wisdom.
As I head to a Performing Artists retreat, the call to create resonates with me especially and particularly.
This is in response, perhaps, to a colleague looking at my office door and saying, “We might be working with a revolutionary.” “Our problems stem from our acceptance of this filthy, rotten system.” Dorothy Day
“The tragedy of modern man is not that he knows less and less about the meaning of his own life, but that it bothers him less and less.” – Václav Havel (1936-2011) Rest in Peace President, Playwright Havel.
It was a small gesture, but today I wore all maroon, thinking of my friends, faculty, and former academic community at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. The faculty and administration still appear to be unable to reach an agreement that would return the faculty to the classroom. Following the strike on social media sites like Twitter [...]
I’ve been thinking a lot about my Ph.D. alma mater, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. Today, as of midnight, the Administration of SIUC and the Faculty Association could not reach an agreement thereby resulting in a strike. The issue is NOT as simple as higher salaries for tenured and tenure-track faculty. The statement by Faculty Association [...]
I love Feminist Ryan Gosling. I truly adore for many reasons. Today’s reason is below.