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Changing a Major Shouldn’t Be Major
College / Career

Changing a Major Shouldn’t Be Major

| February 28, 2021

Bless the students (and the parents of them) who leave high school, enter college, study and learn, and graduate with one specific goal in mind. Maybe they have always wanted to be a nurse or wanted to study a foreign language so they can live and work in another...
How to Be an Academic Superstar
High School / College

How to Be an Academic Superstar

| January 19, 2021

Last fall, I taught a course called Academic Strategies. It is a one-credit-hour course at my university that covers topics such as note-taking, studying, and test taking. You would think that college students would run from such an elective course for something,...
New Hopes, New Goals, New Year
COVID-19 / College

New Hopes, New Goals, New Year

| January 5, 2021

“How did your fall semester go?” is a question I may have asked dozens of time over the past month to both current and former students. I also asked my own two college kids, who like to respond in one word answers such as “Good.” It may seem a...
‘Tis the Season to Rest, Reflect, and Reset
COVID-19 / College

‘Tis the Season to Rest, Reflect, and Reset

| November 29, 2020

I write this at the end of the l-o-n-g-e-s-t semester I have ever experienced. I am sure both my college-aged kids and my own students feel the same way. Somehow, some way, we are almost at the end. Thank. Heavens. Now that we have only a couple of weeks left before...