Sep 6, 2011
Gregory R. Bashford, Biological Systems Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln [Sept. 11, 2011] — The student was beaming. “Thanks, Dr. B!” he said. Based on his obvious talents, I had steered him towards a particular engineering industry, and he returned...
Jan 26, 2011
Walter Bradley, Mechanical Engineering, Baylor University [Feb 6, 2011] — What do students learn from our silence? In my seven years of taking undergraduate and graduate courses, none of my professors were willing to identify themselves as Christians....
Jan 24, 2011
Heather Holleman, English, Penn State University [Jan 30, 2011] — From My Journal , December 2010 — Last night, an entire class of students comes by my house with food for a huge potluck. This isn’t part of the job description of a college instructor, and...
Jan 18, 2011
Phillip A. Bishop, Exercise Physiology, University of Alabama [Jan 23, 2011] — Ever walk away from teaching a class feeling frustrated? On the walk from my office to our Christian Faculty meeting this week, I was thinking about one of the undergraduate classes I...
Jan 10, 2011
John Walkup, Emeritus, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas Tech University[Jan. 16, 2011] — Student evaluations — a fact of academic life that was not always so!I recall from my early years as a professor my chairman’s vehement opposition to the very idea...
Nov 16, 2010
Samuel E. Matteson, Physics, University of North Texas [Nov. 21, 2010] — Jonathan looked around at the walls of my office. “Your office is so”—he hesitated, searching for the right word—“Fun!” Indeed, the walls of my office are covered, eye-level to ceiling,...
