C O V I D. Oh, how much I hate even having to type those letters in that sequence. I despise having to spell that word again. Don’t worry this post isn’t…
Teaching
The Collective Part III: Unity Through Challenge
I have talked a lot about what makes a student organization important and I’ve recently covered some useful tips in advising and running a student organization. However, there is a major factor…
The Collective Part II: Best Practices
Student organizations can and should be more than a “club.” The term club suggests that it is just a bunch of friends who get together to have fun and talk about other…
The Collective Part 1: The Importance of Student Organizations
A couple of buzz words that we hear a lot of today in academia are community, culture, and collaboration. While the meaning and idea of those words are incredible to find in…
Unconventional Play
What does it mean to be unconventional? The definition means to simply not conform to what is generally done or believed. In design nearly every student and young design professional attempts to…
Students that Rock
I’m not an easy teacher. I push, and I push hard. If you have visited my website before or have seen me present at conferences you may have read up on my…
Leadership: Part 4 – Community
“There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about.” – Margaret J. Wheatley So far in this series I’ve covered many issues that I feel educators…
Leadership: Part 3 – Complacency
“The price of doing the same old thing is higher than the price of change” – Bill Clinton Leadership in the conference room or classroom can be difficult especially considering some of…
2020: Retrospective
2020, Twenty-Twenty, Two Zero Two Zero, Dumpster Fire. There are a lot of different names for the previous year. I could write a book about it, and I’m fairly certain that there…
Leadership: Part 2 – Culture
In the last post I talked quite a bit about altruism. I think it’s important to note that altruism isn’t a quality only found in Captain America nor is it something that…