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Change the World…

Everyone has a reason to live

13 Jun 201513 Jun 2015
Jacques Lusseyran went blind at age 8. When he was twice as old, in 1941, he founded one of the key organizations of the French Resistance. His memoir, And There…
Change the World…

Poetics and Paralysis

29 May 20126 Sep 2020
Continuing this theme of learning to listen to silence, consider Matthew Sanford. He teaches yoga, his spinal cord has an interruption, and his story and poetic observations teach us about…
Blogging…

“Just Put One Foot on the Ground”

4 Jan 201230 Dec 2011
About a month ago, Mimi Meredith shared her mother's advice for cold Montana mornings: "Darlin' girl, just put one foot on the ground." I've been smiling over that ever since.…
Collaboration…

Don’t You Have a Writing Appointment?

18 Oct 201116 Oct 2011
Do you ever break your writing appointments? Let's assume you scheduled time to write. Congratulations! That's progress right there. But that laundry is calling? You're only going to check e-mail?…
Caring…

Hamlet in Prison

12 Jul 201111 Jul 2011
Jack Hitt's hour-long report  for This American Life on Hamlet performed by prisoners, originally broadcast in 2002, has inspired me all week with its deep insights about Hamlet and encouragement for…
Business…

How to Succeed in American Business

11 Jul 2011
Teaching in a multicultural environment often includes overtly explaining American business culture and helping students practice that language. For starters, there's the direct eye contact, the body language, the smiling,…
Blogging…

Thanks, I Needed That!

2 Jul 20112 Jul 2011
WordPress showcased "10 Prolific Post a Day/Week Participants," and I'm one of them! Shall I tell you what this meant to me? I realized today how burned out I've become…
Caring…

Dead Grandmothers

9 Jun 20119 Jun 2011
We've been known to joke about it in faculty meetings: how many grandparents some students can lose in a single year. (And yes, we do name names.) Here's one professor's concerns…
Change the World…

Copyright Honor

7 Jun 20117 Jun 2011
One of my alma maters is known for the strictest of honor ©odes. To matriculate, we signed our allegiance to academic integrity and high standards of personal ©onduct. From time…
Books…

How Do I Know?

6 Jun 2011
A friend asked today, "How do I know if anyone wants to read what I'm going to write?" Great question! Here are my first three thoughts about that: 1) You…
Caring…

Record of Settlement

4 Jun 20113 Jun 2011
Icelander Baldur Hedinsson can trace his lineage to 1075; that's how complete the Icelandic records are. It's a culture based on reading through the dark winters and they wrote, too. (Oh,…
Change the World…

Friday Flick: Virtual Choir

3 Jun 2011
We're so glad Eric Whitacre did not make it as a pop star. Here's a TED talk on his composing and creating influences: Mozart and a fan on YouTube. It's…

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