Tag: XULA
NFO
It’s new faculty orientation here at the University. This is the busiest time of year for those of us who work in faculty development. It’s the storm before the calm. Once classes begin, faculty and students will be busy, but we’ll get a chance to catch our breath.
Read More → NFOA Decade Up in Here
Today makes ten years I’ve been working here at the University. Somehow this seems more significant than marking ten years in New Orleans. Not sure why. Maybe because we’ve moved around to different houses and neighborhoods in the city, but I’ve been working in the same place the whole time — coming into the same […]
Read More → A Decade Up in HereXavier’s Library Blog
After a month of cajoling on my part, I’m happy to report my co-worker Nancy Hampton has finally launched the Xavier Library Blog. Please check it out and leave her a comment.
Read More → Xavier’s Library BlogBeyond Jena
I mentioned earlier that I was working on the Beyond Jena forum, which is rapidly approaching on the last day of this month. We’re still working on some loose ends, but the event is coming together and I have every reason to believe it will be a success. I’m excited about this because it brings […]
Read More → Beyond JenaTeaching, Learning, and Everything Else
I’ve been working over the past few months to get a new podcast launched here at work, and I think we’ve finally gotten to the point of promoting it. Here’s our formal announcement, more comments follow. The Center for the Advancement of Teaching (CAT) at Xavier University of Louisiana is pleased to announce the official […]
Read More → Teaching, Learning, and Everything ElseBig Sculptures on Campus
Last Friday I noticed a new sculpture in the quad. Then I saw another, not too far away. What’s going on here? Could it be a part of Prospect.1? On November 1, 2008, Prospect.1 New Orleans [P.1], the largest biennial of international contemporary art ever organized in the United States, will open to the public […]
Read More → Big Sculptures on CampusHangin’ with Garland
WWL 870-AM is broadcasting from our campus today. The office of University Media Relations asked me to sit in for a while, so I did. I thought we’d be talking about the debate last night and the presidential race in general. I had some incisive remarks at the ready, about how the debates make a […]
Read More → Hangin’ with GarlandNFO
The biggest single thing my department does every year is New Faculty Orientation, which is today. This year we’ve got the biggest crop of new faculty ever, bigger even than last year. Xy says we’re very smart to have this event. Despite all the professional development days, her school offers no special support for new […]
Read More → NFOThe Storm Before the Calm
Busier than usual; things always get kinda crazy here just before classes begin.
Read More → The Storm Before the CalmWell, I Finally Wrote a Haiku
No school today, so quiet — and then the machinery.
Read More → Well, I Finally Wrote a HaikuMission-Driven
I went in to work last Tuesday just to remind everyone what I look like and make sure they hadn’t changed the lock on my office. Around noon I attended a “town hall meeting” on the University’s strategic plan, which is currently under draft. It’s eight plans in one, each addressing specific topics such as […]
Read More → Mission-DrivenPanel #2
Last week I moderated a blogger panel. I was disappointed with the low attendance, but at certain times of the semester it’s hard to get faculty to turn out. However, I was very pleased with the actual content — the bloggers were articulate and thoughtful and passionate. It was a great discussion. A big thank […]
Read More → Panel #2E.M.A.N.S.
We’ve just had E.M.A.N.S. boxes installed all across the campus, including here in our office. The acronym stands for “Emergency Mass Alert Notification System,” and it’s designed to let people note about emergency situations, like if there was madman roaming around with a gun. It’s a fairly discrete system, designed to avoid mass panics. It’s […]
Read More → E.M.A.N.S.John Scott
MaPó called me Saturday afternoon to tell me John Scott had passed on. I never met the great sculptor, despite his close association with the University’s art department, and now I never will. His works live on, though: down by the river, over on St. Bernard Avenue and right in the middle of the University’s […]
Read More → John ScottBack to School
School started last week, and the campus is once again swarming with students. I’m always glad to see them, but now more than ever. The re-opening of the universities in January of 2006 was the single most positive moment in the recovery of New Orleans. Unfortunately we haven’t had many other moments like that since. […]
Read More → Back to SchoolJob Opportunity
If you’ve got the skillz, the University is hiring a web developer. I will offer friendly harassment to anyone who takes this job. The Office of Technology Administration at Xavier University of Louisiana is seeking a Web Developer who will be responsible for implementing and maintaining Web and Internet/Intranet applications for the University. The web […]
Read More → Job OpportunityPresentation
I was not very enthused about presenting at the MERLOT International Conference. I submitted a proposal out of a vague sense of duty, of professional obligation. I put off preparing until the last possible moment. Then I found a slide show I’d assembled for ED-MEDIA 2003, on the exact same topic. I threw in a […]
Read More → PresentationMeet the New Boss
Today is the first day on the job for my new boss.
Read More → Meet the New BossProtest Haircuts
Eric and I are both letting our hair grow because our barbers haven’t come back since the storm. But I don’t know how long this protest will last. I’m considering shaving my head bald — it’s getting hot. Eric is considering dreadlocks.
Read More → Protest HaircutsMass Demolition
Hmmm… looks like a certain university is aiming to demolish a whole neighborhood. Well, not quite, but 21 houses. Housing Conservation District Review Committee Agenda 10 a.m. June 25, 2007 Room 7E07, 7th Floor, City Hall NEW BUSINESS: Gert Town 947 S. Cortez St. – Owner Xavier University has applied to demolish this workman’s cottage […]
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