Archive for April, 2011

End of the Year Celebrations

April 29, 2011

As we near the end of the academic year (those of us at schools on the quarter system have a bit longer to go), we have many conversations regarding how to celebrate our achievements from the last year. Most of us in Student Affairs are so busy throughout the year, it’s hard to find time [...]

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Linkage Love

April 27, 2011

So for your Wednesday, I thought I’d introduce the website for Women Who Tech. There is a Telesummit coming in the fall, and I was intrigued to learn more about the group sponsoring: Women Who Tech brings together talented and renowned women breaking new ground in technology who use their tech savvy skills to transform [...]

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a SHARED vision of justice

April 25, 2011

By Jess Faulk If you had all the time in the world to volunteer, what would you volunteer to do/where would you volunteer? Recently I have had the pleasure of getting to know a new friend, @RobbieSamuels, who is incredibly active in social justice work. He runs a very successful MeetUp group: Socializing for Justice, [...]

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Blog Prompt Monday

April 24, 2011

By Jessica Faulk Happy Blog Prompt Monday! Today’s blog prompt is: If you had all the time in the world to volunteer, what would you volunteer to do/where would you volunteer? We hope you’ll join us in blogging about these prompts with us.  If you write a response on your blog, please include it in [...]

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Putting the Reading Back into Reading Day

April 22, 2011

by Melissa Johnson Classes ended at UF on Wednesday, so today is our second and final Reading Day before finals begin tomorrow (yes, there are Saturday finals). When I was an undergraduate, Reading Day was spent sleeping in after the last day of class celebrations. As a faculty member and administrator, my Reading Days now [...]

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