October 21, 2021 Just Imagine…the Unifying Power of Music Rick Hall was the son of a sharecropper and grew up knowing poverty. At the age of 6, he started learning to play music. As a teenager, he worked in...
October 20, 2021 Disobeying the Bully “That’s an idiotic comment,” said Ben. That sort of rudeness was typical for Ben when responding to one of his discussion partners. He made a habit of demeaning his classmates’...
October 14, 2021 Just Imagine…Acceptance Born in 1946, Lucinda Franks graduated from Vassar College with a degree in English. Her career in journalism started with the London bureau of the United Press International (UPI). In...
October 13, 2021 Lifesaving Listening Dr. Lucinda Watson taught a Professional Practice course for Psychology majors. “Today I want to work with you on listening skills. I want to begin with a video testimonial from...
October 7, 2021 Just Imagine…The Color of Invention Garrett Morgan was born in Kentucky in 1877, the child of formerly enslaved parents. He completed schooling up through the sixth grade but had to go to work when he...
October 6, 2021 Serial Writing with Different Roles Dr. Lucille Sanger was upset with the quality of the discussion reports submitted by her students. Her students worked in discussion teams throughout the semester. Each team submitted a discussion report...
September 30, 2021 Just Imagine…Thinking Anew Polly Matzinger’s high school yearbook described her as “most likely not to succeed.” For a number of years, Polly seemed to be fulfilling that prophecy. Her mother and father were...
September 29, 2021 Just in Time Teaching of Oral Communication Skills Dr. Gloria Alvarez taught a course on Current Moral Problems. The course met a college requirement for oral communication skills. Such courses needed to have structured oral communication exercises throughout...
September 23, 2021 Just Imagine…Being More Like Trees Suzanne Simard grew up among old-growth forests in Canada and went on to study forestry. As a graduate student, she began to wonder why newly planted trees often failed to...