Taking a Study Break

A few students talk about classes, frustrations and how some have found relief. Funny!
 

...no she didn't!

Thanks for the Inspiration Dr. Collins

Dr. Sibrina Collins is graduate diversity recruiting director at the University of Washington Graduate School. She helps convince minority students to enroll in and complete graduate programs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. In addition to the Graduate School, the position is supported by the Provost's Office, the Office of Minority Affairs, the College of Arts and Sciences and seven National Science Foundation-funded interdisciplinary centers at the University. Dr. Collins visited the Department of Chemistry here at Xavier to persuade our students to consider graduate education and also to encourage our resurrected chapter of the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers for completing its first year. Listen in on a sample of our conversation with a couple of XU students.





Mary J's cool!

XU Academic Assembly Campaign, 2007

Hi everyone. I thought I would use this blog to express to you my interest in serving Xavier University on two of its Committees. I have nominated myself for the single vacancy on the Admissions Committee and for one of the 4 vacancies on the Hearing Committee.

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By making this post I hope not only to solicit your vote but also to demonstrate a way of communicating between faculty and a tool useful in educating our students. Students have entered and will continue to enter our university having adopted electronic social networking as a way of life. With a little instruction we can leverage this way of life in our pedagogy and really have fun doing it.

Thanks for your vote on April 24th to serve on the Admissions and Hearing Committees.

Dr. Marion Carroll
Department of Chemistry

Pat Metheny Group - Are You Going With Me

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See ya on satellite radio Imus!

You know Eddie has a point. I wanted to comment on the uprising against Imus but then who would I be talking to? I lived in New York for 10 years and a lot of times would tune into Imus on W-NN'BC before he was syndicated and hear him bash everyone. I was listening when Jane Doorknacker's traffic helicopter crashed into the East River.

Imus was funny, not quite as right winged as Rush or as gross as Stern. There were mornings I loved it and others I turned him off. He just said things that were on everyone's mind to say. I'd talk to my Black friends about him and they would say, "Imus who?". Yes, he could go off from time to time but there was always Charles McCord (center) there next to him to cool him down. BTW, where was Charles in this incident? I feel sorry for Imus. But he's been here before and bounced back. Now let me return to "Roots" to remind myself of what the fuss is really about.