By Melissa Miller, Ed.D., M.Ed. Do you ever miss being a student? I don't mean a student of the world, or a life-long learner, as those of…
The New Adjunct
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By Melissa Miller, Ed.D., M.Ed. Let's accentuate the positive. In this time of protests, war, and crises of epic proportions, perspective is in order for my world.…
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By Melissa Miller, Ed.D., M.Ed. Let's accentuate the positive. In this time of protests, war, and crises of epic proportions, perspective is in order for my world.…
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By Melissa Miller, Ed.D., M.Ed. Do you ever miss being a student? I don't mean a student of the world, or a life-long learner, as those of…
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By Melissa Miller, Ed.D., M.Ed. I just read a great book. It's titled, "The Googlization of Everything," by Siva Vaidhyanathan and it discusses the impacts of Google…
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By Melissa Miller, Ed.D., M.Ed. My husband and I belong to a poker group that meets about once per month. It's a casual game, and we also…
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By Melissa Miller, Ed.D., M.Ed. "O Ever-failing trust / in mortal strength!" - John Milton Dr. Johnson beat me to the punch with his May blog, "Do…
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By Kathy McBrayer, M.Ed., SPHR I am at a unique time in my career as an adjunct professor. Not only am I a new adjunct professor, but I am…
By Melissa Miller, Ed.D., M.Ed. I was recently writing something that required quantitative analysis. Numbers are not my strong suit. I managed to do well in math…
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By Kathy McBrayer, M.Ed., SPHR The academic calendar has a regular rhythm. Fall, winter, spring, summer - the school year keeps moving along. I was reminded of…