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Posted by admin on November 26, 2019

Chrissina Burke, Senior Lecturer, Anthropology

Dawn Hawley, Professor, Geography, Planning, and Recreation

We know that life is stressful, especially given the number of how-to articles to help us “destress” or “meditate mindfully” or “build work-life balance” in a basic Google search. Even considering our increasingly stressful and overbooked lives, why do we continue to give assignments our students call “busy work?” Why are we expecting our colleagues to respond to emails quickly? What aspects of our lives are causing us to… Read more

Filed Under: Student Success, Students, Teaching