It’s Mother’s Day. I always think of the iconic Roy Lichtenstein image even though I didn’t actually forget to have children. It just always seemed possible until I realized it wasn’t. But I have spent almost every day for the… Read More
“C” is for . . . Collaborate, Consult, Contribute, Compromise, Capitulate . . . OPEN
In 1999, I was selected to participate in the first Information Literacy Institute (now called the Immersion Program) which was held at SUNY Plattsburgh where one of the architects of the program, Cerise Oberman, was Dean of Libraries & IT. … Read More
The “R” Words
Reduction(s), resilience, reinvention, RIF (reductions in force), retirement, restructuring, reorganizing, retention, revenue, and the list could go on. The story of what has been happening at my college for the past three years is not unlike many others, although our… Read More
Why Can’t We Succeed at Student Success?
There are many conversations happening around my campus about “student success.” As part of an initiative with some funding from our university system (for now), there is an effort in place to implement and use the Student Success Collaborative from… Read More
I’m Looking Through You: Transparency and Its Discontents
A few weeks ago I was sitting looking out at my backyard. A large semi-circle of trees encloses the yard. Part of the amazing Monadnock Rail Trail sits just beyond a ravine. In the summer we can hear people walking,… Read More