By Laura Tropp. I saw the Pixar movie Inside Out over the weekend. It is the perfect film for the Age of Helicopter Parents. The premise, for those who haven’t been exposed to the media hype over the last week, is that we see animated the internal emotions of an 11-year-old girl. The film, though, taps in to all the fears of modern parenting. Read more...
By Susan O'Doherty. I was 15 when the movie "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?" was released. It was a big deal. Loving v Virginia, the landmark Supreme Court case that struck down anti-miscegenation laws, had been decided just months earlier. Read more...
By Susan O'Doherty. A few weeks ago, a close family member was driving to work (or so he thought, because he thought it was Monday when it was actually Sunday) when he realized he was disoriented. He managed to drive himself to the hospital, where tests revealed a severe arterial blockage that would, he was assured, have resulted in a massive heart attack if he hadn't sought attention when he did. Read more...
By Rosemarie Emanuele. When participating in a seminar presented by the National Endowment for the Humanities on the Philosophy of Math (an area of study that I admit, was new to me), one of my fellow participants presented the question of “what is the middle number?” After some discussion, it was decided that the middle number was zero, as any negative number was offset exactly by a positive number equally far from zero. Read more...
By Rosemarie Emanuele. Imagine a shadow cast upon a wall. Shining a light behind an object causes a three dimensional object to project a two dimensional image. I found myself thinking of this recently as I contemplated Ursuline College and how many changes it had undergone since I have been here. Read more...
By Eric Stoller. I've been using Buffer since 2012. During that time, I've picked up on bits and pieces of the "corporate" culture at Buffer and I think there are few things that higher education could learn or adopt from their distributed organization*. And, while this post isn't necessarily about their social media product, I will say that it's quite useful for social media content sharing, scheduling, and measurement. Read more...By Eric Stoller. There are two forms of visual storytelling that I've been paying a lot of attention to lately - vlogs and drone videos. I can't stop watching aerial-composed videos...there are so many spectacular shots. Read more...
By Margaret Andrews. I teach courses and executive programs in leadership and management and, as part of my introduction to the class, explain to participants why what they are there to learn is vitally important: these skills are among the most important keys to lifelong career success. Read more...
By Herman Berliner. In addition to serving as Provost, I also have the privilege of serving as president of my local school board. I am very invested in public K-12 education and feel we should all do what we can to enhance the educational experiences of our future leaders. Read more...
By Barbara Fister. I’m a sucker for optimism. That’s one of the reasons I liked David Weinberger’s recent essay in The Atlantic in which he first describes how the internet has been “paved over” by data-sucking giant corporate interests and then explores how we can still have an internet that reflects and embodies its original ideals – a place where people can share ideas, build their own stuff, and participate in open culture. Read more...
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