Mar 1, 2016
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...
Mar 1, 2016
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...
Mar 1, 2016
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...
Feb 29, 2016
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...
Feb 25, 2016
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...
