Mentors

John Walkup Professor Emeritus, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas Tech University [October 17, 2010] — Do you have mentors who strongly affected your Christian life? When I think back to my years in graduate school, I was powerfully influenced by Dave...

Bow Tie Miracle

James D. Slack, Department of Government, University of Alabama at Birmingham [October 10, 2010] — Smack dab in the middle of a hallway, he darted out of a classroom and collided with me. As classes changed, John, an undergraduate, obviously wanted to be “first”...

Caring

Mary Pedersen, Associate Dean College of Food, Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo [Sept. 26, 2010] — How could they think I don’t care about them? We have a lot of different components on our student evaluation forms and for years I...

She’s Got A Ticket To Ride

Dr. Linda Karges-Bone, Charleston Southern University, School of Education [Sept 19, 2010]– “She’s got a ticket to ride. But she does care” The Beatle’s 1965 release of “Ticket to Ride” probably dates me a bit. I actually remember my mother playing the 45 on the...

This Professor Is A ROFLcopter

Samuel E. Matteson Physics University of North Texas, [August 29, 2010]— I stared at the student comment I held in my hand and scratched my head with the other. “This professor is a ROFLcopter,” it read. I wondered what this obscure expression meant until I...

So Here Comes Another Year

Kenneth de Jong Professor of Linguistics & Cognitive Science Indiana University [August 23, 2010] — So here comes another year. I’m walking to class with the buzz of the week in the air.  The university town seems like a one-year cicada, going through...