Archive for November, 2009
“Green is the New Red, White, & Blue.”
Guest Blogger: Angelica Quicksey, Campus Liaison for Claremont McKenna College In a 2007 New York Times article, Thomas Friedman, author of The World is Flat, called green the “new red, white, and blue.” He claimed that environmental awareness and activism has become a central topic on Main Street but that we, particularly my generation, still [...]
Students Using iPhones as an Educational Tool
Guest Blogger: Ashley Noel, Campus Liaison for the University of Wisconsin at Stout Not just a fad, iPhones are rapidly proving themselves to be a successful tool for students in the classroom. Introduced back in Summer of 2007, Apple’s new and innovative cell phone was quickly named “Invention of the Year” by Time Magazine. In [...]
Higher Education – Yesterday, Today, & Tomorrow: An Interview with Michael Coomes, Ed.D.
I have had the privilege of knowing, learning from, and working with Dr. Mike Coomes for 2 and a half years now. Mike was my graduate school adviser for the College Student Personnel master’s degree program. The scope of what I learned from Mike is not easily stated because of his years of experience, dedication, [...]