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Anchors Away: Building Community, Mindfulness, Equity, and Reflection

The Scholarly Teacher

For example, in a chemistry course, a weekly big question is, “What is stoichiometry and how do I know when to use it?” Starter Questions (Community Building) What and Why: Starter questions were utilized to create a sense of belonging and a trusting space for sharing. Techniques video library: Update your classmate.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Utilizing a holistic approach, its mission is to ensure that all students thrive in engineering and computer science, particularly Latino, Black and women students, who are underrepresented in these fields.

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What Looks Good on a College Application?

Great College Advice

For example, a student who spends 4 hours every Saturday for four years shelving books at the local library performs an important service to the community. But exploring the world’s libraries is really where we can find the repository of human intellectual inquiry. These can definitely look good on a college application.

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Consolidating touch points for retention

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Tutoring, library resources, academic advising and career services are smushed together, and counseling, disability services, medical centers and student care teams are sharing space more than ever before. A secondary element, once the resource is established, involves making the one-stop visible to the student and utilized.

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CU health plan expands resources for mental health support

CU Work-Life Balance

Starting July 1, all University of Colorado medical plans administered by Anthem and Kaiser will cover one preventive mental health appointment per plan member per year at no cost. The university saw increased mental health care utilization across all plans, resulting in this added coverage. Employees can download Ginger on kp.org.

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Famous Graduates of Liberal Arts Colleges

Great College Advice

Geological Survey Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani ‘62, former prime minister of Yemen NOTABLE ALUMNI of DAVIDSON COLLEGE, Davidson, NC Stephen MacMillan, CEO of Stryker Dean Rusk , United States Secretary of State (1961-1969) Charles Wright , Pulitzer Prize -winning poet, chancellor of The Academy of American Poets, winner of the Library of Congress’ (..)

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Rising higher ed leaders tackle campus challenges in EAB’s fellowship

EAB

In addition to the content from the subject-matter expertise and professional skills development sessions, the fellows also had access to EAB’s research library and experts, and they were paired with a partner to help develop ideas and get feedback along the way.