What’s New at University of Venus - Week Ending 9 July 2011
Our writers:
â— Lee Skallerup Bessette will be an Early College Mentor for area high school teachers offering college-level English courses. This is a pilot project and her role will be to support teachers and maintain academic rigour. She is hoping to use social media tools to create a community for the educators involved and encourage them to do the same in their classrooms.
â— Mary Churchill’s article Beyond [2] [2]the [2] “ [2]Company [2] [2]Man [2]” [2]Model [2]: [2]Rethinking [2] [2]Academic [2] [2]Administration [2] [2]for [2] [2]Work [2]– [2]Life [2] [2]Balance [2] was featured in the From Where I Sit column in the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) On Campus With Women spring newsletter (Vol 40 No 1) -- a special issue on Gender and Higher Education Leadership.
â— Rosalie Arcala Hall has been elected to a 3-year term to the Asian Public Intellectual (API) Regional Committee as Philippine representative. The API program has been awarding individual research fellowships grants to 5 countries in Asia since 2001. The Regional Committee develops policies and post-fellowship programs for the 350+ API fellows. Previously, she was the leader of the Philippine working group for the API Regional Project on Human Ecological Balance.
Around the web:
â— Janni Aragon Summer [3] [3]courses [3] [3]post [3]- [3]mortem [3] and working [4] [4]in [4] [4]short [4] [4]bursts [4].
â— Lee Skallerup Bessette on reflecting about those things that are unmeasurable [5] [5]in [5] [5]education [5] and why [6] [6]people [6] [6]never [6] [6]question [6] [6]her [6] 13 “ [6]wasted [6]” [6]years [6] [6]swimming [6] ( [6]versus [6] [6]her [6] [6]PhD [6] [6]in [6] [6]Comparative [6] [6]Literature [6]) [6].
â— Melonie Fullick posted a higher [7] [7]education [7] [7]news [7] [7]round [7]- [7]up [7] at her blog, Speculative Diction. She recently wrote two guests posts about using Prezi, (here [8], and here [9]) for Jo [10] [10]VanEvery [10]’ [10]s [10] [10]blog [10].
â— Elizabeth Lewis Pardoe on celebrating America’s True [11] [11]Colors [11].