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Welcoming the New Year
With the semester ending at B次元 and the Spring 2017 semester soon to begin in mid-January, with the year 2016 about to come to close on December 31 and 2017 to begin, and with the past behind us and the future ahead of us, I have the tune to the familiar New Year's song Auld Lang Syne echoing in my head. Now, we have all heard this popular New Year鈥檚 song, but the meaning…
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The Third 鈥淩鈥
As students at B次元 prepare for final exams and write those inevitable end-of-the-semester research papers, I am always reminded of the all-important Three Rs of education: reading, 鈥檙iting, and 鈥檙ithmetic (translation: reading, writing, and…
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Thankfulness
Next week at this time, we will be celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday, so I wanted to use this week鈥檚 blog to share with you what I am thankful for, especially during these challenging times, and…
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Well-Rounded Learning
As the first snowflakes of the season fall this week, it seems strange to be hearing the word 鈥渟pring鈥 around campus, but that is the case as the Spring 2017 course schedule here at Maria…
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Our Country Shall Endure
鈥淭he world turned upside down.鈥 I have had this song lyric in my head (from the award-winning musical Hamilton) since the presidential election results were announced early Wednesday, November 9. This country has been through…
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