I read a lot of science fiction (especially lately works by Liu Cixin and Ken Liu) and find it more and more difficult to discriminate […]
Recently on FaceBook a former student, Jillian (now a high school teacher of AP Psychology) invited me to comment on Dana Dunn’s Psychology Today blog […]
Tomorrow I meet with my students for the first time. Even after four decades of teaching I shall be nervous, though for different reasons than […]
A wonderful tradition on my campus both on the first day before classes and again at graduation is to have a bagpiper majestically lead the […]
“What will you DO when you retire?” I am asked more and more frequently—especially as I am a year away from seventy years of age. […]
I am still emotionally drained reflecting on the life lessons from the Milwaukee Rep’s performance of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town that Debbie and I enjoyed last […]
Dear 2018 Carroll University Graduate… Now is a good time to gather together some last thoughts about and for you while i am proctoring my […]
The closer I get to retirement, the more meaningful Carroll graduations, past traditions, and the relationships I have formed with students, faculty, alumni, and other […]
I enjoy arriving at work by 7:15 am. It gives me time to walk around the Art building to discover the many new student and […]
Caveat Lector: This blog piece is laden with hypertext links that lead you to additional thoughts I have about these learning tools! With the deadline […]
As I continue the process of winding up and winding down and sorting through 40 years of files, photos, and memories, I have rediscovered a […]