What’s New at University of Venus - Week Ending 27 August 2011

UVenus Around the Web:

● UVenus at The Guardian (UK). Speaking [2] [2]At [2] [2]Conferences [2] [2]is [2] [2]Essential [2] [2]for [2] [2]Academic [2] [2]Professional [2] [2]Development [2] from Itir Toksöz.

What’s New With Our Writers:

● On Aug 24th Janni Aragon spoke about "Living an Integrated Scholarly Life" at the UVIC New Faculty Orientation.

● The [3] [3]Times [3] [3]Higher [3] [3]Education [3] featured Lee Skallerup Bessette’s Bad [4] [4]Female [4] [4]Academic [4] series.

● College [5] 101: [5]You [5] [5]are [5] [5]not [5] [5]alone [5] [5]on [5] [5]your [5] [5]academic [5] [5]journey [5] [5]- Mary Churchill tells her story and gives advice to this year’s incoming class in The Washington Post.

● Melonie Fullick launched her blog, Speculative Diction, over at University [6] [6]Affairs [6]. Congratulations!

Our Writers At Other Blogs:

● At Janni Aragon’s blog Managing [7] [7]Expectations [7], [8]Political [8] [8]Science [8]: [8]Women [8]' [8]s [8] [8]Caucus [8] [8]for [8] [8]Political [8] Science, and Life : BlogHer [9]11 [9]Exercise [9].

● Lee Skallerup Bessette’s post In [10]- [10]Class [10] [10]Distractions [10] [10]Are [10] [10]Nothing [10] [10]New [10], and subsequent Twitter chat, inspired Prof Hacker contributor Ryan Cordell’s post on Digital [11] [11]Etiquette [11] [11]in [11] [11]the [11] [11]Classroom [11].

● Lee Skallerup Bessette talks about her Bawdy [12] [12]Female [12] [12]Body [12], reflects on letting [13] [13]go [13] [13]of [13] [13]control [13] [13]in [13] [13]her [13] [13]peer [13]- [13]driven [13] [13]classroom [13], [13] and frets over some uninspired writing.

● Elizabeth Lewis Pardoe lauds leadership [14] [14]from [14] [14]behind [14].