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Elevator or Stairs?
(Image by nakataza92 from Pixabay) (Image by No Way from Pixabay) At the start of each semester at Austin Community College, across our 11-soon-to-be-12 campuses, we have Welcome Tables for the first two days that are positioned at main entrances. Faculty, staff, and administrators all sign up for shifts, and we have great fun welcoming new…
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I am butter spread over too much bread
J.R.R.Tolkien famously wrote in The Lord of the Rings “I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.” Are you feeling that way? I hear from faculty these days that they are feeling tired, burned out, and overworked. I continue to hear about a post-COVID malaise or weariness that, for some,…
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Why?
Today is Armistice Day. At the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918, the Great War ceased. A war that had no real reason to start, a war that consumed an entire generation of young men, that killed millions of civilians as well as members of the military, a war…
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ACC Values: Yes
Under the leadership of our new Chancellor, ACC’s students participated in guided discussions about the sort of college that they need us to be. Their discussions led to four values that are now guiding (and will continue to guide) our work: Courage, Compassion, Joy, and Yes. This is the fourth and last in a series…