February, 2010 // Posts published in February, 2010
Entreprencratic
George Mason, as you all know, prides itself on entrepreneurial readiness and agility. We would rather say yes than no, rather find reasons to move ahead on a good idea than all the factors that caution against. I believe that these characteristics are, on the whole, desirable, and even exciting; and I believe that they […]
Creative ways that the University was able to combat “Snowmageddon 2010”
I thought colleagues would be interested in some of the ways various faculty used electronic facilities to keep classes going during our recent contretemps, quite apart from programs that were already on distance and were therefore undisrupted. We should probably get a sense of how widely faculty feel they can use interim methods of this […]
Everybody Talks About It, and it will become boring
Indeed, I’d hoped to avoid the weather altogether. The massive snows have involved a lot of work particularly for physical plant, but also for many colleagues who’ve been working on decisions and options, and my thanks to all. Our decision to reopen Friday, Feb. 12, is like all weather decisions guaranteed to annoy some. We […]
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