Although I’ve been faculty for a few years, grantsmanship has been lower on the priority list. I don’t have a typical 40% teaching 40% research 20% service workload. I am atypical and am expected to spend 90% of my
FollowAs I plan for teaching in the fall, I am also planning on picking up a few key items to freshen up my wardrobe. Although I love clothes, I also like to keep my closet items as budget friendly as
I had a sad conversation a few days ago while away on a visit back to my home town. The conversation was with a late 20s woman who I found out was my third cousin, let’s call her Mary (I’ve
When I teach, I usually give a “brain break”, 2 glorious minutes right in the middle of lecture where I don’t need students to turn to their neighbour and ask discuss the lecture….just a break, nothing more. It’s good for
I love my tablet and my smart phone. I knew the iPad was going to revolutionize my teaching and I spend a lot of time looking for the best apps to make doing my job better. The one problem was
I have always been a little tentative about wearing animal print. Maybe it’s because it reminds me of the lovely Peg Bundy from the 80’s TV sitcom, Married with Children. Or maybe because it just sounds a little too much