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Into the Wild
A month of teaching was just what I needed at the end of my first two years as president. And a transition for this blog ...
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Footprints
For all of our talk about the college’s carbon footprint, we at Alma have lately been discussing the many ways in which even a small college impacts the local community and environment.
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Road Trip
A few years ago, as I was contemplating a step from provost to president, I asked a college president how he managed the demands of the job with young children who were just then entering high school. He replied that he had never found a satisfactory answer to the question but that ensuring daily conversations with his children, no matter where he was in the world, and building time into the schedule, were key.
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Calculating Value
There has been much reporting in recent days about college costs and student debt, most of it depressing. The “Occupy...
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Taking One for the Team
When our communications director suggested that I “star” in a jesting video for an event celebrating the College’s 125th anniversary...
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Reflections on Year 1
Last June, I passed my one-year anniversary as a college president. It was an exciting year, with a major anniversary...