My colleague Yukako handed me a tiny, printed list of titles, and I considered my options. I had been fascinated with Japan for decades....
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My colleague Yukako handed me a tiny, printed list of titles, and I considered my options. I had been fascinated with Japan for decades....
Read MoreI’m an underwater coward. I admit it. I have a student who works in my lab and likes to scuba dive with sharks. I’d...
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God can use even small steps of faith in ways we can’t imagine. In 2017 a Faculty Commons staff member visiting Florence gave me...
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At the start of my academic career I mostly kept my Christian faith separate from my work. I tried to ensure that I performed...
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At times in my life I have looked at witnessing more as a duty, which I dreaded, rather than a privilege to be nurtured...
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I didn’t realize what I was missing. I became involved in the Christian faculty group on my campus because of what it did for me.
For some unknown reason, this past academic year was a challenging season for me. I think juggling the demands of academia while raising a toddler
They aren’t very big. But students like them. Each year the School of Nursing sponsors a “Destress Fest” before final exams. Some students take the
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