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One Cool Tool

Posted in Career Services, Employment, Language, Professional Development, Technology, Writing, tagged , , , , on May 19, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Here is some information about a cool new tool that I just learned about called Wordle. Wordle creates “word clouds” — you can copy the body of text (a memo, an essay, a strategic plan, etc.), paste it into Wordle, and you get word clouds. According to Wordle: The clouds give greater prominence to words [...]

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Not The Kind Of Change You Find Under The Couch Cushions

Posted in Career Services, Employment, Professional Development, Service, tagged , , , on May 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I think it’s fairly safe to say that a lot of our students are service-oriented in mind and heart. I think it’s not false to say that most of you want to, in one way or another, help others in need, help improve the environment, and in general, make a difference to the quality of [...]

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As I Was Saying…

Posted in Employment, Higher Education, Internships, Learning, tagged , , on April 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Quoting myself from one of my earlier posts about the value of internships and other forms of experiential learning: I do have one more thing to say about internships, and listen up because this is important: “Getting a job” should never be the desired outcome of doing an internship. Instead, consider what you want to [...]

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Icing on the Cake

Posted in Employment, Higher Education, Internships, Learning, Life, tagged , , on March 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

This week, my department welcomes a new faculty member who is going to be focused solely on facilitating our academic internship program. I am thrilled that she is joining our team, and I am more thrilled that we now have someone who will be overseeing this kind of educational program – who will focus on [...]

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