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 26, 2007
Mark P. Pritchard College of Business Central Washington University During the rough & tumble of academic life, few things loom larger than tenure. In the natural scheme of things denial can mean a rather swift downward spiral. Yet as Christ’s profess-ors, we...
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...
Feb 26, 2007
Mark G. White Chemical Engineering Mississippi State Marek Bialwy. That’s a literal translation of my name into Polish. I was given the pseudonym during my most recent visit to Poland. I never thought that country would become such a part of my life. My first brush...
Feb 5, 2007
Mitchell Land, Journalism University of North Texas For much of my adult life I have associated February with Valentine’s Day, grant proposals and search committees. Then on February 21, 1996 my 21-year-old son Austin was killed by a drunk driver traveling on the...
Nov 20, 2006
David G. Loomis Economics, Illinois State University Ever felt like your attempts at ministry in the university have been a failure? For the past nine years, I have led a Bible study for international students. I would like to highlight two of my “failures” in this...
