Bardiac

I'm teaching my first year writing course in cooperation with a first year sciency course, but it's a science I know almost nothing ...

As I wrote about here and then here , I'm teaching an Intro to Lit course this semester using all writers who are people of color.  I...

I'm working on my syllabi and calendars for my courses, all three of which are at least somewhat new this semester. I'm teaching I...

It feels like a strange new world here.  I was in three meetings today, all of which had to do with some aspect of self-governance.  In two ...

We've had a major cut to our budget this year; it's no secret, and we all saw it coming, though it's probably worse than most pe...

I'm revising a paper this week in a sort of intensive way by going to a "faculty writing retreat" at our writing center.  It...

I purposefully didn't take my laptop to the second day of the faculty development thing last week because I knew I'd be rude, and I ...

We stopped in Butte, MT to take a tour of the town, including the now water-filled and abandoned open pit mine, practically in the center o...

During a break today, one of the faculty development instructors decided to chat me up, and suggested that I must find Project Gutenberg rea...

I'm taking part in some faculty development stuff today and tomorrow, and this morning we're meeting in a "smart classroom...

We went through the Lolo Pass (which I recommend for a beautiful drive) to Missoula, where we visited the Smoke Jumper Center.  That's t...

We spent the night in Pendleton, OR, and the next day, started the morning with a tour of the Pendleton Woolen Mill there.  It's way coo...

We drove further east in the Columbia River Gorge, having lunch at a beautiful spot. Looking West (since we were on the north side) ...