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Via My Students: Uncommon Cures for the Common Cold

By Kat Kiefer-Newman I've been sick. Very, very sick. We all get sick, I know. This Fall semester, though, the weather seems especially chaotic, and my students have been particularly sniffley (that's when they even come to class). The result of all the sniffles is...

Death & Dying: A Love Story

Last semester I walked into a class that I had been petitioning to teach since I began at this particular school. It is a class on the dark and brooding.

Death & Dying: A Love Story

Last semester I walked into a class that I had been petitioning to teach since I began at this particular school. It is a class on the dark and brooding.

The Hot and Cold of Chili Peppers

Some days I really love chili peppers. I mean all kinds: habanera, jalapeno, serrano, the band from the 80s and 90s, and also the RateMyProfessor.com chilies. As I get older, the edible chilies become tougher to take in quantities, the band hasn't been active lately,...

Email Overload

How many times have you logged into your college mail accounts only to be overwhelmed by an avalanche of information, and then to realize that none of it pertains to.

Back to School

By Melissa Miller, Ed.D., M.Ed. Ask, and you shall receive! Awhile back I wrote a blog about my desire to become a student again. Oh, how I missed the back-to-school.

The Clothing Makes the (Wo)Man

By Kat Kiefer-Newman Do the clothes really make the (wo)man? This is a debate that frequently comes up in my classrooms, and I've also dealt with it at home while raising two daughters. As academics, we like to believe that we are above superficial judgements,...

Ever Miss Being The Student?

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 us in education.

When the Prof Misses Being the Student

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 us in education.

At The Top of My List? Make A To-Do List, Of Course

By Kat Kiefer-Newman Do you make lists? I had a boyfriend long ago who accused me (with dripping superiority) of being a compulsive list-maker. The fact is, though, that while my life would definitely be greatly enhanced through the employment and application of lists, well,...

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