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Great Lakes THATCamp Overview
Posted on March 21, 2010 | View CommentsThis weekend, Michigan State played host to the Great Lakes THATCamp (@GLTHATCamp), an “un-conference” in humanities and technology. This was my first experience at a THATCamp or un-conference, and it was definitely a successful format that took some getting used to. Once I did, however,... -
How Student Affairs will make me a better Professor
Posted on March 7, 2010 | View CommentsOver the past two and a half years, I have worked in the Department of Student Life at Michigan State University, helping to coordinate the Sexual Assault and Relationship Violence Prevention Program. Although my time spent working with the office diminished from 25 to 10... -
The Class I want to Teach
Posted on March 1, 2010 | View CommentsThis semester, I’ve been enrolled in a course on college teaching, as well as doing the Graduate Engagement Certificate out of the Office of Engagement. Both experiences have me thinking hard about what type of teacher I hope to be, and also what kinds of... -
Campus Culture and Teaching
Posted on February 10, 2010 | View CommentsA long while back, I wrote a blog post about my views on colleges as culture factories. Long story short, I believe that the process of attending a university or college is to shape and mold a student into an individual with certain types of... -
on campus culture part II: being relevant
Posted on September 8, 2009 | View CommentsIt just so happens that my post last week about understanding campus culture actually has some relevance to recent happenings at Michigan State University. As you all should know, our country has hit some troubled times in the past year, and our beloved Michigan…well, we’ve... -
on campus culture
Posted on September 2, 2009 | View CommentsI remember when I first came to MSU after receiving a degree from Kalamazoo College. I went to a professor’s office hour, and seemed surprised to see me – students didn’t come to his office hours; he tended to use that time to get extra work done.... -
Thinking about the future: Other Options for an Archaeologist
Posted on August 11, 2009 | View Commentsthoughts on what to do if I don't end up becoming a professor... -
The internship: why you should have one
Posted on June 13, 2009 | View CommentsOne of the most valuable elements of both the programs that I am working with, Campus Archaeology and the SARVP Program, is the internship. I have started internships for both of these programs, and I am starting to figure out what it is that really... -
some success at the SARVPBlog
Posted on June 9, 2009 | View CommentsFor the past year, I have maintained a blog for the peer educators in the Sexual Assault and Relationship Violence Prevention Program. The purpose of the blog was to keep the students up to date on current events relating to issues of sexual assault, relationship... -
Class lecture
Posted on January 13, 2009 | View CommentsI gave a class lecture in Dr. Goldstein’s honors section of Introduction to Archaeology yesterday, since she wasn’t able to be in class. I presented a bit on Campus Archaeology, and our project from this past spring at Faculty Row. It was the first day,...
