Director’s Blog

I'm probably jinxing it just by writing this blog post...but Celebration of Teaching is back! The nominations are in, the winners will be revealed, and I am in full party planning mode. Even more good news - since Covid killed everybody's attention span,...

As we near the end of another quarter, I'm sure you have all seen students make mistakes, offer wrong answers, or misapply concepts and interpretations. This is all part of the learning process, right? Right! So how do we correct these errors? We just need to point...

I went back and forth on the topic for this blog post. I feel like everyone is so sick of talking about the pandemic that another post about it would cause people to scream "STOP POSTING ABOUT THE PANDEMIC!" But then, if I wrote about something that's not the...

Last year, I reflected on the dumpster fire that was 2020. For 2021, I struggle to describe it beyond "it happened." We had some good times, we had some bad times, we had some times. But one thing that doesn't change is my gratitude for you, the faculty. While I...

Fall quarter is here at last, and I hope it was a fairly smooth start for all of you. Before I delve into my topic for today, I just wanted to say thank you to those of you who read and reach out to say you enjoy my posts. I really appreciate it! I don't have a...