Today was my first day of teaching in the Spring 2013 semester. In the spring I teach two of my favorite classes - Disaster Response and Business Continuity & Crisis Management (BCCM). These classes both require heavy student engagement, and as such, the class dynamic is very important. I always hold my breath a bit [...]
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Oops…they did it again. ;-)
I have been humming Britney Spears' hit - Oops...I did it again! - all afternoon. Her tongue in cheek homage to innocence seems appropriate on the heels of a second NDSU Bison FCS win. The Bison shut down any questions about whether they could deliver again against Sam Houston State with a triumphant 39-13 game. They made it [...]
Repeat…
Well the mass exodus has begun. One cannot be in the Bison Nation and not be aware that the thundering herd is about to descend upon the relatively small community of Frisco, Texas. The football team has already arrived and the massive, amazingly mobile fan base is preparing for the pilgrimage. Again the Bison will [...]
Set free to soar…
Well, tomorrow is graduation day at NDSU. 13 of our emergency management majors are graduating as well as a number of our minors. My emotions each graduation are a mix of happiness for the graduates and melancholy that I will likely not see them again for a long time. But as I often say, my little birds, [...]
The most important evaluation…
It is end-of-the-semester grading time again. This is a time of mixed emotions - sadness because another semester is at an end, elation because another semester is at an end... sadness because you have to give a grade that is less than desirable to a student you like an awful lot, elation because a student [...]
Just ducky…
Today was the 2012 Preparedness Expo at NDSU. The Expo is an annual event hosted by NDSU's Emergency Management Student Association in conjunction with NDSU's Department of Emergency Management. The focus of the event is information and education on hazard awareness and preparedness. Partners from across the community and campus came out for the day [...]
You can’t duck the facts.
Today was Family Day at NDSU. Families of NDSU students were welcomed to campus to participate in a number of activities with their NDSU student. The Department of Emergency Management had a couple of tables filled with lots of free emergency management "stuff" and of course our preparedness icons - the rubber ducks. I have to [...]
THE NEW FORTY 