This evening I will attend a celebration in honor of one of our doctoral candidates who received her Ph.D. at NDSU's Winter Commencement this past Friday. The celebration was originally scheduled for Friday, but a Bison win the week prior necessitated a shift of plans. It is difficult for other social engagements to compete these [...]
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This is exactly the thing I fear…
The older I become, the more I find myself sharing my unsolicited advice with younger folks. I have become one of those matronly ladies that I recall from my youth - ladies who act like your mother, but aren't. While I recall being polite in regard to receiving advice from these ladies, I do not [...]
Take a seat good citizens…
I do not know Jim Jonas personally, I only know of him. Jonas is the West Fargo High School coach who was recently told he had to resign or face additional punitive action in regard to another coaching position. I do not know what Jonas did to warrant this action. I surmise the West Fargo [...]
It is strongly encouraged…
Today was my first day of teaching in the Fall semester. I got a glimpse of the students I will spend my class days with over the next four months. I can tell already that I am going to laugh an awful lot with this bunch. And truth be told, that is a critical component [...]
Fly high, fly far…
Today is the day. Today a flock of my little birds will leave the nest and go off to their lives beyond college. Today I will applaud their accomplishments and imagine what their bright futures will look like. Today I will watch them fly away with enough potential and confidence to conquer the world. Today [...]
Validation.
Validation presents itself in many ways. Today it arrived via a graduating student's visit. In the short hour that we visited I was delighted to learn that he realized that so many of the things we have students do in our program added up to more than the sum of their parts. He learned this [...]
Grading B-I-N-G-O
It is that time of year again - grading time. I always enter this period with optimism, but about halfway in my optimism starts to degrade and I begin thinking of quicker, less painful ways to grade. My favorite creative idea for grading when I hit this point in the grading crunch is to throw [...]
THE NEW FORTY 