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Robben Island
I struggle to find the words to describe Robben Island. If it doesn’t sound familiar, Robben Island is in Table Bay, a few miles off Cape Town, South Africa. It has a centuries-long history as a penal colony, and from the mid-1840s to the 1930s it also housed what was known as a leper colony.
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ACC’s Math Department
We have a wonderful Math Department here. We have dedicated and innovative Math faculty who spend their time thinking, planning, implementing, assessing, and revising creative approaches to help all our students succeed in their math courses. About a year and a half ago I interviewed our Math Department Chair Carolynn Reed for Academic Transfer in
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Word Salad
I love words: new words, ancient words, musical words, jarring words. As one consequence of my love of words, I play word games on my phone to relax. I also love to play Scrabble. For me, our words – how and when and why we use them – reflect who we are and how we
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An AVP’s Aspen Journey – Chapter Four
Pushing Jello Across a Shag Rug Isn’t that a great image? At the second on-site convening of the fourth cohort of Aspen Presidential Fellows, we heard from current and former community college presidents who offered their wisdom on a variety of subjects. One of those presidents used the jello metaphor to describe a difficult choice