Partnerships - a combining of talents, energy, thoughts and efforts to accomplish a goal. Simple concept...used everyday in a hundred different ways. Sometimes partnerships are created to meet our individual needs, sometimes they are created to create business solutions, and sometimes they are created for the good of society. In my field, emergency management, partnerships are [...]
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Of my own accord…
If you would have told me a few months ago that I would be watching a Bison game on ESPN online on a sunny Saturday of my own accord, I would have told you that you were loopy. I may have watched football on occasion in the past, but it has never been of my own accord. [...]
Duck-Palooza 2011!!!
Well it is that time again - time for NDSU's 4th Annual Preparedness Expo! The Expo is sponsored by the Emergency Management Student Association and is a fab event that is free and open to the public. It is held in the Memorial Union and will run 10 AM - 4 PM today and features speakers, booths, [...]
My first time…
I must confess that having lived here since 1997 and having been a part of the NDSU family for a good chunk of that time, I had never been to a NDSU sporting event before Saturday. Shameful, I know. I am a bad North Dakotan and a pitiful Bison - I own it. It isn't as [...]
Abundance
Wayner Dyer said, "Doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life." I believe this to be true. I have the great privilege to be able to teach material I am passion about to students I sincerely enjoy...I am doing what I love. I believe that loving what I do does open [...]
Sensemaking…
While I was in Canada I received an email through our NDSU faculty list that delivered the sad news that Dr. David Berryhill had passed away over the previous weekend. I must say, I was shocked. The email offered few details and the only additional information that was readily available was a very basic death announcement in [...]
Dear Mrs. Cunningham…
Dear Mrs. Cunningham, I write you today to share some information about your son Charles (also known as Charlie, Chuck, C-squared and C-dizzle). As you know, Charles has been in the emergency management program for awhile. As a faculy member who often is saddened to see students leave I have been gratified that we have [...]
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