Monthly Archives: April 2009

Just started reading Steven Johnson’s The Ghost Map.  A timely read about the story of a of a cholera outbreak in 1854, within London 1854.  It’s also about ideas for treating disease — ideas that we take for granted.  Many people highly recommend this book. With discussion about swine flu and renewed concern about pandemic […]

Love this! It’s a great announcement for Spring.

The Call to Action – Deliver Change

The President is expecting us to stand up and do what we can to serve our communities, shape our history and enrich both our lives and the lives of others across this country.  Here’s to making a difference.

Coffee & Conversation – Can we all have a green future, a job, and a home?

Van Jones is pushing us to make connections.  His work deals with links between sustainability, the economy, poverty, and race.  He now serves as Special Advisor for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation at the White House Council on Environmental Quality – an unique voice at the table.  During this campus Earth week, O asked us […]

Coffee & Conversation – Tyranny of Virtue?

This weekend, campus teams of friends will camp out at the Track and Tennis Center and take turns walking or running around the track for this campus’ Relay for Life event – a 24-hour annual event for the American Cancer Society. This is a great opportunity to show love to survivors and to those who […]

We’re All Terriers Today

We can always get together and have a great time.  We also often miss the opportunities to pat ourselves on the back for the important, daily items in our lives that we might be able to call achievements. Today, we have a great opportunity to come together around great moments.  Today, we will come together […]

Celebrate Good Times, Come On!

Coffee and Conversation: Can we afford to fix the world?

Today’s Coffee and Conversation blog post is exclusive to The Dean’s Blog by Raul Fernandez, Assistant Director of the Howard Thurman Center, who will be moderating this week’s Coffee and Conversation.  Take it away, Raul! I have this week the unenviable task of filling in for Dean Elmore as the moderator of Coffee of Conversation. […]

Guest Coffee & Conversation – Can We Afford to Fix the World? Can We Afford Not To?

I’m away from the office today, so Raul Fernandez, from the Howard Thurman Center is going to handle the C&C this afternoon – Raúl show ’em what you got: I have this week the unenviable task of filling in for Dean Elmore as the moderator of Coffee of Conversation. Well, as the great philosopher Eminem […]

Power Play Thursday — Hope You Are Somewhere Watching the Team

Give me a great moment and I run to witness it.  Jaw-dropping, tickle in your spine, hair standing on your arms, scream aloud go tell your friends moments of real joy can be hard to come by (or at least to discover every day).  Even better, I love signifying about it when I run into […]