By Melissa Miller, Ed.D., M.Ed. I've noticed that each semester there are a handful of students who really come alive the last two weeks of class! They have been dormant, doing barely enough to pass or not t be withdrawn from the class. They have...
The New Adjunct
By Erik Hanson Way back in my first post "Confessions of a Phobic (or Better Yet, a Realist)," I mentioned that I teach composition, a subject wholly unrelated to the major.
By Melissa Miller, Ed.D., M.Ed. On a sad personal note, I attended two funeral services this week. Both were young men who were killed under very different circumstances and in.
By Melissa Miller, Ed.D., M.Ed. As you can see by the picture that is now posted by the byline, I am somewhat young. Dare I admit my age here in the blogosphere? Well, I am thirty-one and yes, that sometimes puts me at the same...
By Melissa Miller, Ed.D., M.Ed. Networking has never been a challenge for me. In most jobs I’ve had, I have easily made friends, been able to connect with colleagues, and.
By P.D. Lesko Our Facebook page is picking up speed. Users are beginning to comment, and make their "likes" known. All of our Nation Blogs are linked to Twitter. In.
By Melissa Miller, Ed.D., M.Ed. There are two kinds of people in the world: planners, and those I like to call, “crazy people.” I am a planner. I am what my husband and friends affectionately call “Loveable Type A.” Okay, I made up the “loveable” part. As...
By Erik Hanson Here’s a phrase I’ve heard quite often since first announcing my intent to teach: “You must love what you do, because no one chooses this profession in.
By P.D. Lesko Last week, we launched our Facebook page and linked all of our Nation Blogs to Twitter. Whew! It's fun to watch the number of people who "like".
By Melissa Miller, Ed.D., M.Ed. I was so excited to accept the position as an adjunct where I am currently teaching that I was honestly willing to teach any course they assigned to me. I remember feeling this way directly out of college – the excitement of taking...