Seeing Beyond GPA

Martin Root, College of Health Sciences, Appalachian State University [Sept. 24, 2013]– College is competitive. As instructors we wish it were not so. We wish that students would have the time, energy, and curiosity to enjoy the material we teach. But alas,...

Meet the Prof

Marianne Herr-Glaser, Department of Communications, Clemson University [Sept. 17, 2013]– Professors use various means to get acquainted with the students entering their classes each term. One example of a creative way to bridge the gap between perception and...

Who Are the Neediest?

  Nadya Popov, Department of History, University of West Georgia [April 1, 2013]— In Matthew 9:9-13, Jesus is described as habitually keeping company with tax-collectors and sinners, to the point of calling one of them (Matthew himself) as a disciple. When...

Trying vs Training

Phil Bishop, Professor of Kinesiology, University of Alabama [Feb.18, 2013] After reading the recent series of My Ministry Minutes, I feel like the beginner exerciser who is told to do the same workout as an Olympic decathlete.  In my role as a professor, I’m far from...

The Professor’s Voice and Home

Kenneth G. Elzinga Robert C. Taylor Professor of Economics University of Virginia [Feb.11,2013] Let me encourage you to serve your students by being available to speak to Christian groups on campus.  You probably have students who enjoyed you as a professor....

Office Hours

  Kenneth G. Elzinga Robert C. Taylor Professor of Economics University of Virginia [Feb. 4, 2013] For years I found myself  seeing office hours as an interruption, as a necessary evil in my faculty calling.  Typically, faculty members are not enthusiastic about...