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Game Design as Life Design
by: Brooke Allen Jesse Schell has taught game design for ten years at Carnegie Mellon University’s Entertainment Technology Center, founded by Dr. Randy Pausch and Dr. Donald Marinelli. He is a former...
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Financial Journalist
by: Adrienne Rodney Journalism is everywhere. Blogs, Twitter, Podcasts – all give voice to a new generation of reporting. But is every journalist a reporter? What about finance? Is there a difference...
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Teaching Pearls
by: Joan Ramirez So many people talk about what is wrong with teaching today. I am going to tell you what is right. Last year, I completed my student teaching in a wonderful elementary school in New...
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First Jobs: Handing the Bat to Joe Dimaggio
by Steve Amoia for No Shortage of Work Playing baseball was Joe DiMaggio’s first real job as an adult. He had worked at Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco with his father, and sold newspapers as a boy....
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It’s Not Just Who You Know
Book Reviews by David Anderson and Eric LaRue Tommy Spaulding has built a successful career by being a leader and teaching others to be leaders. In his book, It’s Not Just Who You Know, Spaulding...
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Learning to be a hero is more important than you might think. Article by Brooke Allen, Interview by Adrienne Rodney and Brooke Allen. Last summer we interviewed Dr. Phillip Zimbardo about his Heroic...
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Adrienne Rodney Interviews Adrienne Rodney About Her New Job Search
Adrienne Rodney is leaving her job as Brooke’s assistant and decided to talk about what she is doing and how she is going about it. NSoW: So you’re looking for a new job. Why are you leaving your...
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A Modern Art Education Without a Degree
by Sara McDermott Jain December 1st, 2012, was the two-year anniversary of my starting the No MFA Project. A little over two years ago I was working in marketing at a publishing house, dreaming of...
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Happiness Doesn’t Come From Experiences, It Comes From Within
Author Jonathan Haidt discusses the theories of happiness and positivity in his book The Happiness Hypothesis by Adrienne Rodney We often equate happiness with health, success and a lot of good luck;...
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Dearest Jack
by Jacky Brighton Dearest Jack, In keeping with the tradition of writing postcards from the holidays home to yourself, here’s a letter from your nearly-enlightened self in the year 2013. In the last...
View ArticleAdvice for my Teenage Self
by Ava L. Lovetask Dear Ava, I’m writing you a short letter because I know what is in your heart and mind and what awaits you. I know that you can do much better. So please take my advice: 1) Stay firm...
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Old People Love to Try to Give Young People the Answers, if Only Just to Feel...
What would you tell your high school self? by: Sarah Stroup (Q4Colleges.com) Dear Sarah, I am Sarah of the future writing to you to provide you (us?) with some perspective on how your life right now...
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Leading in the Legacy of St. Vincent de Paul
What have you learned about life? by Roxanne Owens (DePaul) My husband’s theory is that if he does not have money in his pocket, he can’t spend it. My counter theory is that if I don’t have money in...
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A Lesson In Herd Mentality
How do you teach people to do the right thing? by Daniel Kittle (Wartburg) In the syllabus, the title of that day’s class was “Leadership and Cultural Competencies.” As part of an introductory course...
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The Professor Was a Prison Guard
How does college relate to the real world? By Jeffrey J. Williams (Carnegie Mellon) When I was 20, I left college and took a job in a prison. I went from reading the great books as a Columbia...
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Life Is Never What You Expect It To Be, And That’s Okay
What would you tell your high school self? by Adrienne Rodney (Q4Colleges.com) Hi Adrienne, You probably have an idea (or wish) of what life will be like at 32. I’m sure you’re very successful (you...
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From Street Gang to Ph. D. – It is Easier to Work Harder than Get Smarter.
How does a poor student become a good one? by Mark Halfon (Nassau Community) I graduated from high school with a 69 average, which at least was better than all my friends in my Brooklyn street gang. My...
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I Have a Creed Instead of a Mission
What is your mission? by Clint Korver (Stanford) There is this lovely period when you are working on a Ph.D. after you have gotten all your coursework and tests out of the way when nobody cares what...
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Passion – You Can’t Know You’ve Found it Until You Fail
What is your passion? by Pamela Haag It’s true that “passion” and “mission” get tossed around a lot these days. They sound like things that any college freshman can pick up at the salad bar. How will...
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