My NDSU laptop froze up unceremoniously yesterday. When I had to shut it off and restart it, I was a bit put-out and irritated. Then I learned - after about a dozen attempts to restart it that ended in what my friend calls the "blue screen of death" - that my computer would not be restarting for me at [...]
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My Facebook policy…
Facebook - the new frontier. Well, relatively new for those who are in the new forty. By young folks' standards Facebook has almost always been around (how frightening is that notion for folks who have a handful of decades in?). 😉 I came upon Facebook a number of years ago. In the beginning, I visited my Facebook [...]
Taking Betty White’s name in vain…
In an effort to build strong relationships and to reinforce lessons on leadership in my Disaster Response class, I do a series of "tag" sessions where each student answers a simple question that tells the class something about who they are, how they see themself or what they believe. After a student answers a question they call [...]
Lucky, lucky duck!
Today was officially the first teaching day of the spring semester for me. I got my first look at how I will be spending my semester. Oh yes, it is going to be a wild ride. I have a whole slew of energetic, thoughtful and engaged students who appear ready to learn. Yes, this is [...]
Fly away…
Today another flock of my little birds officially leave the nest and fly away to new adventures. While I understand that was always the goal, I can't help but be a little sad each time another group of my students leave to pursue the next chapter of their lives. I miss them when they fly away. But [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
THE NEW FORTY 