Many students choose to serve while pursing their degrees and legislature accommodates their continuing service. A soldier's choice to serve their country should not negatively affect their academic progress in college. If you have on of the many students on Active...
It has come to our attention that there is a bug with the Ensemble Moodle Plugin. The bug has to do with responsiveness of the videos working when viewing on a mobile device. Here's the breakdown: When you use the Moodle plugin to insert videos into your course they...
We will be watching a great video on Google Drive, and reviewing concepts and answering questions with the group. The agenda will provide a list of links to resources for follow-up. Tuesday, March 22 from noon – 1pm in FH110 Wednesday, March 23 from noon – 1pm in...
By Barcley Owens As a new century began in summer of 2000, my wife and I were looking for a family adventure, when we heard about the Fulbright program. A month later, after sending in the application, I was given an interview by the selection committee. Then, in...
This fall the Social Sciences department had the extreme fortune to have two brand new full-time faculty join our team. Rachel Johansen-Wilczewski is our new Sociology instructor. If you struggle pronouncing her name, Rachel recommends this cool trick: Will (as in...
Students, like everyone else, love to save money. They are vocal about their support for cheaper college tuition, textbooks and course materials. Who can argue with them on that? With textbooks and materials, faculty have a chance to really help. While not all texts...
This week I was asked to write about disability services for our student veterans. At first I was stuck trying to think of how the process would be any different for this population. Then I realized that qualifying for disability-related accommodations is no different...
Last semester’s Open Educational Resources (OER) Pilot Project was a huge success. The 10 instructors who took part in the project, combined with instructors who were already using OERs, helped to save students over $137,000 in just one semester. A few of these...
Our 10th Annual Career and Employment Fair will be held Thursday, March 3, from 4-5:30 pm, at the Hagerty Center on the Great Lakes Campus. It is free and open to all students, alumni, and community members. Check out the list of employers to do some research before...