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There’s been enough talk about email and other IT systems here at EMU to potentially make this interesting for some EMUTalk.org readers: Forward Into the Cloud from Inside Higher Ed. The opening paragraphs: Students are increasingly arriving at college already managing multiple e-mail addresses with “cloud”-based e-mail services — such as Gmail and [...] Even when I was a college student oh so many years ago, I never quite understood the concept of “homecoming.” It seems like it is supposed to be for people to return to the university from whence they came, but I’ve never been back for an Iowa homecoming celebration and don’t know anyone who [...] I thought this was kind of fun and, since a lot of people who read and post to EMUTalk.org definitely have “opinions,” I thought I’d post a link here: apparently, the Washington Post is conducting a contest to find America’s Next Great Pundit. Enter soon if you’re interested– entries are due on October 21 [...] A colleague of mine sent me a link to this New York Times Magazine article this morning: “The College Calculation,” by David Leonhardt discusses a number of different studies as to whether or not a college degree is really worth it. I have to say that the opening paragraph kind of annoyed me: [...] This is big news in Ypsilanti/Depot Town, so I thought I’d post some links: Ypsi’s Thompson block has burned down (from Mark Maynard) Fire destroys Thompson Block (Ypsilanti Citizen) Large fire guts historic building in Ypsilanti’s Depot Town; officials label fire ‘suspicious’ (from annarbor.com) Via EMU’s Eastern Echo (though through the tweet of one of my colleagues): “EMU enrollment up 4.26 percent.” It’s a short article that basically says “hey, enrollment is up 4.26 percent,” so feel free to read the whole piece there. Obviously, this is good news overall, especially given that the trends have been pointing [...] I heard an interesting story on NPR’s “Morning Edition” this morning: “Gold-Plated Insurance Pays Nearly All Expenses.” Listen to the story and read the accompanying article. Basically, it’s a thoughtful– albeit at this stage largely hypothetical– piece about what happens if, as part of health care/health insurance reform, government taxes so-called “gold-plated” insurance policies. [...] No, not really– just making a funny on this picture, which accompanied the annarbor.com article “Eastern Michigan fans hold out hope that coach Ron English can turn program around despite loss to UM.” I didn’t see any the game unfortunately, but I did enjoy a beautiful day of golf, perhaps my last of [...] I hesitate to post this because a) the mascot talk at EMU is so 20 years ago and b) clearly we should be the Eastern Michigan University Fightin’ Emus. But I’ll go ahead anyway: From the ann arbor chronicle, a column by John U. Bacon, “Mascot Madness: What are we losing when we reach [...] A regular EMUTalk.org reader sent me this link: “A simple request: Be a Two Coats collaborator.” As I understand it, Sharon Butler, who is an art professor at Eastern Connecticut State University and who is also up for promotion, has invited folks in the blogosphere to write her letters of support for her promotion. [...] |
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