Abundant Life… Pride of Place 17 Nov 201617 Nov 2016 The duplex I live in is a darling little home: my living space has blond wood floors, windows with sunlight streaming in every room, a warm wall color (not the…
Life at the Front Lines 50th Post 9 Oct 2016 My friends, six months ago I started my blog series, StudyHabits.net and it's been an exercise in creativity. In a rare departure from my enterprising nature, I did not do…
Abundant Life… Hospitality and Conversation 7 Oct 20167 Oct 2016 How do we make space for hospitality in the present day? Is it still relevant? Does hospitality matter? Recently, I picked up a slim book by Thomas Merton, The Wisdom…
Grad School How To… Paper Piles 28 Sep 2016 Last week I looked around my home office and my shoulders slumped. I arrived at the crossroads: either I got to work and cleaned up the piles or I would die as…
Abundant Life… Grad Student Brown Bag 16 Sep 201616 Sep 2016 It sounded good at the time, so a couple of weeks ago I signed up to give a presentation on the current state of my research at the Grad Student Brown…
Best Practices… Winning Homework 15 Sep 201615 Sep 2016 Today's blog post stems from my having graded 40+ labs this week and the entirely shocking bi-modal distribution of professionalism. The students who handed in their lab assignments and did…
Life at the Front Lines Hope and Optimism 20 Aug 201621 Aug 2016 "If there is hope in the future, there power in the present." --Zig Ziglar quoting John Maxwell At the recommendation of a serial entrepreneur, I picked up Helen Keller's collection…
Life at the Front Lines BNGSS 14 Aug 201615 Aug 2016 Of the 29 applications submitted in February, the SD Office of Economic Development accepted 11 business plans for the Statewide student division of the Governor's Giant Vision Competition held in April. Getting…
Grad School How To… Pithy Sayings II 13 Aug 201613 Aug 2016 In no particular order, the second set of my pithy sayings follow. 8. You have to take the salt with the sugar. No job, no city, no relationship exists in…
Grad School How To… Pithy Sayings I 13 Aug 201613 Aug 2016 Below are sayings I find myself repeating when I come up short, need encouragement, or want to improve. Self-talk matters. The conversation in my head stops long enough for me…
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