Category: Professional Notes

Stommel Interviewed by PBS on How Students Should Communicate with Professors

Jesse Stommel, senior lecturer in digital studies, was quoted in an article on PBS.com entitled, “Don’t email like you text, and other tips for writing to a professor.” Stommel cautioned against using a one-size-fits-all approach for teacher-student communication. “Stommel … warned against advocating broadly ‘for one specific way students should address teachers.’ The relationships between […]

Farnsworth Comments in the National News

Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the Center for Leadership and Media Studies, has been quoted in several regional and national news stories:Out with the moon bounce, in with the attack ads: Va. House speaker in fight in redrawn district (The Washington Post; Laredo Morning Times)Guns, minimum wage, right-to-work law at issue […]

Richardson Column in The Free Lance-Star

College of Business Dean Lynne Richardson’s weekly column in The Free Lance-Star discusses how to make teamwork more effective. Read BE A TEAM PLAYER.  IN business schools, many professors put students in teams. The teams do a variety of things. Sometimes they do classroom activities. At the other extreme, they create a project that counts […]