Apr 2, 2007
Maurice Manktelow E-Commerce and Marketing Bradford College, England Forty years ago I left home, catching a steam train from London, traveling north 200 miles to William Blake’s land of those ‘dark satanic mills’ in Bradford. It was in those early...
Mar 19, 2007
Jim Gerdeen, Prof. Emeritus, Mechanical Engineering Michigan Tech; Univ. of Colorado “Dump the Dean.” It was a topic of daily conversation in the hallways, distracting us from our academic work and research. The dean was being blamed for mismanagement of funds, being...
Nov 27, 2006
John Walkup Emeritus Professor of Engineering Texas Tech University Faculty Commons National Representative Can you recall the first time you presented a paper at a professional conference? Mine came in my first months as an assistant professor when I attended an...
Nov 13, 2006
Kathryn Lindholm-Leary Child & Adolescent Development, San Jose State University God is my colleague. It’s taken me most of my career to realize that God knows more about my fields of teaching and research than I do, AND that He is more than willing to help me...
Sep 25, 2006
David G. Loomis Economics, Illinois State University Universities can be places of quiet desperation. I believe God has put us here to provide hope – especially to those who feel all alone in our academic world. God seems to have a special place in his heart for three...
Sep 18, 2006
Sam Matteson Physics, University of North Texas What distinction does my confession really make in my profession? Am I a Christian who happens to be a college professor —- or am I a college professor who happens to be a Christian? For me a defining moment came...
