November 2011
With Gratitude
by Ken Gray
As I sit down to write this, it is November 1. Yesterday was Halloween, and three weeks from now is Thanksgiving. According to the calendar, it would be appropriate for me to talk about what scares me or about what I am thankful for (or maybe about scary things that I am thankful for). If you have been reading my columns in the Faculty Advocate or paying attention to my other communications, more
Talking Derby
by Mary Jean Cravens
Last spring, thanks to an inspiring colleague, I joined a women's flat track roller derby league. Everything about the sport enticed me: the aggression, the skating, the risqué outfits and DIY mentality. Yet I was doubtful that I could pull it off. For starters, the practices are more
Counseling at COD: Responding Flexibly to Complexity by Carol Giegerich
A wide variety of counseling, consultative, evaluative and teaching functions are performed by faculty in Counseling Services as an expression of their part of the College Mission. While there are basic similarities in the overall goals of various types of institutions, differences in student more
Spanish Over Skype by Elizabeth Mares
In October of 2009, I was invited to a symposium in Key West, Florida, as a member of the Digital Board of Advisors for McGraw-Hill. During the first night at a roundtable discussion, one of the more
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