Reading Time: 2 minutesThis post is a modified version of an article that originally appeared on BizCommBuzz. By the end of the academic year, most of us are counting the days until we can get a little R&R over summer break. It’s no wonder, considering the intellectual, emotional and physical demands of teaching. Between new technology training, […]
Reading Time: 5 minutesMelinda Doty is a full-time Faculty Member at East Carolina University. A new decade. A new beginning. The “new” twenties were set to be great. The spring 2020 semester started like any other; syllabi were prepared, students registered, and classes began. The first few weeks were like all other semesters and then the world […]
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCollege student Jenny Kim always struggled with procrastination in school. According to her, “Putting all my work aside and doing it right before it was due was my way of getting work done.” Starting college during the COVID-19 pandemic didn’t make things easier. “It made me very unmotivated,” she said. “I didn’t want to do […]
Reading Time: 4 minutesCourtney Pham is a Senior Instructor in the College of Business at Missouri State University There are 385,000 babies born worldwide each day. At one point in time, I was the youngest person on Earth. I proudly held that title for a nanosecond until the next baby was born. It’s true. I am no […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesBlake Warner is a junior at Virginia Tech majoring in Finance and Management The past couple of years have been the hardest of my educational career. One day I was catching a bus to attend in-person classes, the next I was figuring out how to use new technology to join a virtual meeting. Now, […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesChaitali Botcha is a Senior BIMS Major and Leadership Minor at Texas A&M University This week is Teacher Appreciation Week, and I can’t help but think back on the many impactful instructors I’ve had from my childhood to my senior year of college and how they made it enjoyable to go to class. They […]
Reading Time: 4 minutesKristin McDonald is a professor and Associate Chair of Human Services and Sociology at Post University Over the past two years, we have all had the wonderful opportunity to get re-acquainted with the four walls around us. At this point in my pandemic life, I think every room in my home has been organized […]
Reading Time: 4 minutesDr. Molly A. Mistretta is a professor of Higher Education and Student Affairs at Slippery Rock State University in Pennsylvania Dr. Alison DuBois is clinical counseling faculty at Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania and president of The Mindful Mind, LLC. Burnout and Compassion Fatigue Educators responding to high levels of student needs often find their […]
