August, 2014 // Posts published in August, 2014
Fall ’14
The imminence of the start of classes and return of students has me doing my annual self-evaluation, as to whether I’m basically excited or not. When I stop looking forward to the challenge it will clearly be time to quit – but not so far. I confess to being a bit more nervous than usual, […]
PR
I’m surprised that University public relations efforts haven’t received wider assessment, though as always of course I may have missed something. I know that many faculty roll their eyes a bit when big PR campaigns are presented, but that doesn’t necessarily lead to broader discussion. So I thought aspects of the topic might usefully be […]
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