Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Anita: As someone who spent her early childhood in a female-headed, welfare-dependent and food- and housing-insecure household, and as the first woman in my family to finish high school, I know what education meant to me—and what it means to many of our structurally disadvantaged students. That made me typical among my colleagues.

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Experiential Learning Depot

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Several years ago a student of mine read a book called “Am I Blue?” Students design their own exhibits and include at least one additional element to share with the audience such as food samples, family heirlooms, stories, pieces of art, dances, etc.

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Hope College Network

NOVEMBER 22, 2015

Mine varies on how willing I am to walk to the library as opposed to Lubbers. Not only do you get to eat Thanksgiving food one more time than usual, but you also get to relax and spend time with your friends before going on break. Use your favorite study spot. Have a Friendsgiving.

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Hope College Network

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Floofer Pooper Flooper Fluffer Stinker Baby Girl Muffin Poptart Really Any Food Sadie Shanaynay McSpanky Pants (My dogs full name, I named her when I was 8) One of my close friends prefers to call her dog Swippy so just make sure that you’re speaking from the heart. Remember, the first step in recovery is acceptance.

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Experiential Learning Depot

DECEMBER 12, 2022

This post offers a list of winter-inspired dessert ideas for students to bake while learning the science behind the food through experimental inquiry. Allergies, food sensitivities, religious food practices, etc. I don't know about your students, but most of mine love to cook or bake. Grab Your Free Tools Now!

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Experiential Learning Depot

APRIL 3, 2023

In the store, they sell snacks, our school shirts, and some quick and easy breakfast foods. We served breakfast and lunch and that was the only access students had to food throughout the day unless they brought their own snacks. A student of mine organized a rummage sale several years ago. Items for sale should be donated.

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Great College Advice

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

For example, Amigos de las Americas (which has been around for decades) offers programs in Costa Rica and Ecuador that explore environmental conservation and food security, respectively. Fortunately, there are many programs that create adventures abroad for a semester or an entire gap year.

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Hope College Network

APRIL 3, 2016

Sure enough, there I found myself, on Saturday night, with some friends of mine watching a film on worldwide poverty. I can remember a friend of mine, David Henderson, asking, (I’m paraphrasing here, Dave) “Why is it that teenagers like to go to third world nation orphanages? Now back to Poverty, Inc. And let’s ask.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

We raise money for our food bank or the children’s hospital and so on. It’s been a huge passion of mine and just an overall joy. According to Cassens, they award scholarships differently than your typical college esports program, because he believes in focusing on the whole student, not just their skill level.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 25, 2024

Others experience tech insecurity or food insecurity or housing insecurity. Several former students of mine talked about impostor syndrome. Some students, particularly those who were not at the top of their high school class academically, think they aren’t smart enough to go to college.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

AUGUST 8, 2023

Families can come for 15 minutes, receive the diploma, and leave, or they can stay for four or five hours and enjoy DJs, food trucks, and all that. Marie DeSanctis 11:43 Mine as well. We do it outside. We have a DJ. It’s an all-day affair. But when the student receives their diploma, they can bring whoever they want to on stage.

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