Welcome to the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Blog
Recent Blog Post
-
Divide and Conquer
One of the key throughlines from my time in Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa, was the theme of division. Division was an evil and malicious tool that supported minority white rule both before and during apartheid. Division was seen everywhere – tribal divisions, race-based divisions, urban vs. rural divisions, economic divisions, educational divisions, access
Latest Blog Posts
-
Mind the Gap
If you’ve traveled to England and ridden the London Underground, you are probably familiar with the phrase “mind the gap”. While that advice is intended to make sure that passengers step over the gap between the platform and the train, it has always made me think about the gaps that we tend to ignore or
-
Faculty Advising for Students – The Mentoring Role
My goal with this blog and with the webcast Academic Transfer in Focus is to let folks around the college know more about the good work that is embedded in our initiatives. I am releasing a new webcast called Faculty Advising for Students. This webcast was filmed several months ago, and some things have changed
-
A Day in the Life of an AVP – the October Edition
Sometimes a picture says it all. Pickles. For lunch. At 4:00 PM. It was that kind of day.