Hope College Network
OCTOBER 12, 2017
By: Arianna Bratt “And the winner of the 2017 Nykerk Cup Competition is…” Those words will inevitably ring through DeVos Field House in just three short weeks, the night of October 28 th to be exact. But, the words that will follow this red-underlined-incomplete-sentence are yet to be fought, rehearsed, sang, played, spoke, and deliberated over. The ultimate question remains: WHO WILL REIGN NYKERK CUP CHAMP?
Teaching Matters Academic Communities
OCTOBER 10, 2017
iStock [Todor Tsvetkov] Alison Thomas works in English Language Education as an English for Academic Purposes (EAP) teacher. Here she shares the work of English Language Education. English Language Education is situated within the Centre for Open Learning (COL), which forms part of the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Science. We find as we are out and about on campus that there can be misconceptions amongst students and staff about who we are and what we actually do.
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Terminalfour
OCTOBER 10, 2017
When social media is used for more than trying to recruit and engage in higher education; when it's used to save lives.
Teaching Matters Online Learning
OCTOBER 12, 2017
By NSF/Josh Landis, employee 1999-2001 [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons “The most memorable part of @osfair2017 was learning of The Penguin Effect: Waiting for someone else to ‘jump first’ to assess risks.” Jon Tennant , September 2017 The Wikimedia residency at the University of Edinburgh has supported three Wikipedia in the Classroom assignments in year one (2016/2017) in 3 very different disciplines: Reproductive Biology Hons.; Translation Studies MSc ; and Worl
Hope College Network
OCTOBER 10, 2017
By Monica Teuthorn Before I started my freshman year, college seemed like a foreign place. I didn’t have a ton of experience with it as I was one of the first in my family to really go away to a college like Hope. I had no idea what to expect. College seemed intimidating thinking about academics, research, internships, and more. I was moving to a new state to live with people I didn’t know, compounded the anxiety I already had about the academics and starting over, but thankfully I found the Phe
The Change Leader, Inc.
OCTOBER 10, 2017
Is higher ed accreditation needed, or is it just a nuisance? Can there be a balance between accreditation and accountability ? Higher ed accreditation has been in the news since Donald Trump took over as president (and even before), so our top higher-ed consultant decided to take a deeper look at the ins and outs of the higher ed accreditation topic to help readers gain some clarity.
Hope College Network
OCTOBER 9, 2017
By Rourke Mullins, Hope College Senior Here it is, you’re 18 years old and the moment has come when you are asked (a lot) to answer one of the most important questions of your young life so far: “Where are you going to college?” It can be daunting question. For me, it created a pit in my stomach. I didn’t know how to navigate my way through this new feeling and the endless amounts of college mail my mom would throw on my desk.
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