To the Island Tour of Aotearoa New Zealand, 25 March 2021, Palmerston North Still shot from Classic Punk’s video of Four Seasons in One Day, Crowded House, Church Road Winery, 28 March 2021 The night before travelling from Wellington to Palmerston North for...
Jennifer Ruth Hampton, 1972–2021 All this week, I’ve been trying to process the news that I received this past Tuesday morning that Jenny Hampton, my undergraduate classmate, former Hope College colleague, and from my same hometown, had been killed in a car...
This blog is a culmination of many months of contemplation. In early 2012, I spent three months in New Zealand while on sabbatical as an academic professor at a religious liberal arts college in Michigan. I have known for some time that working at this school, and...
Although I am reminded of the aspects of teaching that I did not miss during the past two years, it has been wonderful to be teaching again. I love setting the tone of the room and encouraging participants to discuss. I am looking for ways to be creative with the...
The picture above is the view from the conference room where my two-day PR workshop is today. The material has been quite interesting, to say the least. I have been thinking a lot about how my previous employer has handled crises from a public relations perspective....
UncertaintyThe experience of cultural transition has its ups and downs, as I well know from living in four different countries. I will feel a lot better when I locate a professional job. Even in Holland being at home for months at a time was not healthy for me.I am...
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