Author: glscott

I know that some of my friends and colleagues get tired of this, but I truly believe in the mission of community colleges – which means I love to tell stories about the impact that we can have. Our mission of open doors and equal access, of equity in student success, and of completion and…

I am so enjoying this experiment. A few weeks ago I created a form through which faculty could submit their “Teaching in Six Words” statements. I love hearing from faculty all over the college and learning more about how they see their role as teachers. To celebrate the beautiful Spring weather, and the return to…

In honor of International Women’s Day, I thought I’d write about some of the women I admire. These are women I know/knew personally, women who have influenced me on my journey. It’s not an exhaustive list – just a few names that popped into my head when I saw today’s Google Doodle “celebrating progress on…

I love the idea of faculty members describing their teaching in six words. And luckily for me, faculty are finding this exercise to be worthwhile as well. If you would like to submit your six word teaching statement, please do so via this link. I hope to highlight several submissions each week as a way…

In honor of Twosday (2-22-22), I thought I would launch my new periodic topic: Teaching in Six Words. (And no, there’s no clear connection – but it seemed like a good “hook”!) We have remarkably creative, clever, committed faculty whom I would like to celebrate. So I’ve invited faculty to craft a six word vision…

Like you, I’m exhausted. I’m frustrated. I’m frazzled. I’m unfocused. But do I have a pick-me-up for us all – a note from a student about the power of ACC and our comprehensive, open door, open access mission. This email found its way by a rather circuitous route to Ron Johns, who shared it with…

Since I’ve been coming back to the office every day, there has been an almost-constant stream of HVAC workers who are . . . well, working on our HVAC system on the 6th floor of HBC. We’ve had days where we couldn’t go out our main doorway into the hallway to the elevators. (Thank goodness…

I was recently reminded of the word “portage”, which is the necessity to carry a boat on land between navigable sections of a river or between two navigable waterways. As a documentary watcher, I have a vivid memory of portage from a documentary about Teddy Roosevelt and his post-presidency trip down the Amazon. It seems…

In the faith tradition in which I was raised, we regularly sang the hymn Count Your Blessings. They say that you learn much of your theology through the music of your faith, and this hymn clearly made an impact on me. To this day, despite having left that particular faith tradition behind, I believe in…

Do you know much about our adult education and literacy program? Before I was named AVP in December 2016 I knew a bit – I was in meetings with the previous Executive Director of AE periodically so I had a very general sense of the good work that goes on in Adult Ed. And in…