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 [...]
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Horrible inequities…
Three West Fargo students died over the past three days. Three families lost beloved children, students lost friends, and the community lost its sense of serenity. Whenever a young person dies there is a sense that something in the universe has gone horribly awry. There is something so difficult to absorb about a young person leaving [...]
Added value…
Two of my former students are getting married today - Sarah and Tyler. I will attend their reception this evening where I am sure I will also see a bevy of other EM alumni that remain close to them. Sarah and Tyler are not the first pairing to come out of our program, there have [...]
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 [...]
It is time for the Herd to be heard…
Integrity is sometimes difficult to define, but we tend to know it when we see it. At the very least it can be said to be consistency between what we say and what we do over time. Ideally, it is also a statement of honesty, fairness, and character. Integrity simply put (in The New Forty dictionary) is [...]
How educators get rich…
There is something so refreshing about the fall semester at NDSU. It is the beginning of a brand new year with many new faces - students, staff, and faculty. It is also a chance to catch back up with those I have not had an opportunity to see all summer. It is a homecoming of [...]
Travel is a state of mind…
Today I report back on the 3rd Annual Cosmopolitan Soiree hosted by the STEM Center's 7th grade team. It was a long and busy day and I bet those kids will sleep well tonight. I wasn't there quite as long as the kids, but I too am fairly tired; as such, tonight I share mostly photos and only a [...]
THE NEW FORTY 