Mar 1, 2009
Joseph McRae Mellichamp Emeritus Professor of Management Science The University of Alabama In 1996 my wife Peggy and I were invited to make two trips on behalf of Faculty Commons: to Poland that spring and to Taiwan, Korea, and Singapore in the fall to launch faculty...
Nov 1, 2008
John Marson Dunaway French & Interdisciplinary Studies Mercer University, Macon, GA Sometimes I am not a very sensitive guy. As Director of the Center for Faith, Learning, and Vocation at a faith-based institution, I’ve been leading a one-week summer workshop on...
Oct 20, 2008
Sam Matteson, Physics University of North Texas [Octo 20, 2008]—I read the e-mail from my dean: “There has been a complaint regarding your upcoming lecture. I would like to talk with you about it immediately.” I had agreed to give a public lecture during Arts...
Sep 15, 2008
Kathy Lindholm-Leary San Jose State University Nestled in the forest are hidden springs, bursting forth with torrents of water when winter storms rage, trickling along to nourish flowers and wildlife in its springtime, and parched in its summer. Even when blinded from...
Sep 8, 2008
Sam Matteson, Physics University of North Texas “Why don’t you come to the National Faculty Leadership Conference? I think that you will enjoy it,” Steve, our Faculty Commons campus staff worker, suggested to me one day last spring. “I don’t know. . . . I’m...
Sep 1, 2008
Phil Bishop Kinesiology, University of Alabama Early in my career, Rae Mellichamp, at the time a colleague at Alabama, challenged me and other Christian faculty to be on the look-out for where we could integrate our academic expertise with spiritual faith. I...
