Imperfection
I love Christine Kane’s blog. I needed her post today called Allowing Imperfection. The premise is to not let our imperfection keep us from doing something we want to be doing when we know we may not do it well. …
HERS Institute – September
The residential HERS program met this past weekend to address our “Change Challenges”. We were asked to write up the challenges we face in our institutions in a fictionalized fashion as case studies. I had my new boss, who just …
Dreams within reach?
I keep hearing the refrain from the Daughtry song Home (Amazon Window’s media link) Be careful what you wish for cause you just might get it all you just might get it all and then some you dont want be …
Remember
I cried the first time I saw this picture. It seemed so futile and yet so hopeful at the same time. You can find this picture and more like it here. GQ published a terrific interview (9 pages to click …
Mt. Bierstadt
Today my husband and I went to Mt. Bierstadt, one of Colorado’s fourteeners. It started out cold with a forecast of light rain. While we needed to layer to start the climb, we missed the rain. The cooler weather overall …
Life in the Ivory Tower
Since starting the Denver HERS Institute, I have been reading many of the on-line resources recommended to us. From time to time I wonder whether my experiences in higher education are unique. Today’s answer was a resounding NO. I came …
Thought, Word or Deed?
Thought. Word. Deed. One of my long term goals in life is to have these three things in perfect harmony. I have a good handle on deeds. I can be careless with my words at times. My thoughts need a …
HERS Summer Institute, Week 1 Curriculum
The overall HERS Summer Institute Curriculum was just about evenly split between personal development initiatives and education on trends in Higher Education that we should be watching. I have largely covered the personal development topics in prior posts. What trends …
Pondering Probiotics
Last year I became intolerant to both wheat and dairy. These were foods that I ate on a daily basis that suddenly caused me acute abdominal pain and nausea with a skin rash developing within 24 to 48 hours, generally …
HERS Summer Institute, the presidents
One of the best things about the first week of the HERS Summer Institute was the opportunity to meet a variety of women who have become Presidents or Chancellors of their Colleges or Universities. I have been amazed at how …