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COVID-19 / College
Get Your College Student Ready for Anything
“What did you think about your freshman year during the pandemic?” I asked my college freshman last week. I figured since we were only a week before the end of the semester, he would have lots to say. “It was okay,” he said. “Just...
COVID-19 / College
New Hopes, New Goals, New Year
“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...
COVID-19 / College
‘Tis the Season to Rest, Reflect, and Reset
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...
COVID-19 / College
Don’t Zoom and Drive and Other Tales from a COVID Semester
“I started yelling at him in front of the whole class. Well, not the whole class because only half of them were sitting in front of me and the other half were in Zoom. And I didn’t really yell because I was wearing a mask,” said a colleague of mine...
COVID-19 / College
The Kids Are Alright: A Mid-semester Reflection
As I write this blog post, my institution is about to complete 40% of the semester (not that I am calculating!). Before the semester began, we put into protocols, gathered our PPE, and started the task of trying to create some normalcy for our students. At the same...Latest Posts
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