I should preface this year in review by saying we're not done yet.

...higher learning isn't about grades and rank. It's about the courage you develop to use your curiosity.

...no less than Socrates argues anger and fear are perfectly fine motivators if the time is right.

A letter means to break through this. All of this.

...the question for us this holiday season is how to be genuinely grateful.

It isn't just that some want to steal classrooms from us.

I never thought I'd talk about leadership in the way business schools or youth pastors do.

I think what's hitting me most nowadays is neglect.

"To thine own self be true," says Polonius, and viewers of Hamlet might think it terrible advice.

I initially resisted some of the best advice I got in graduate school: go to conferences.

...the Psi Alpha chapter of Odessa College has done incredible work this past year.

It would be so cool to give out Valentine's cards with Optimus Prime saying stuff like "I will transform your heart."

I do not tell people what to think, but some lines of thought are better than others.

I don't want to own up to how little organization I have. I don't want to think about all the good stuff I've lost.

What follows are some thoughts for a discussion in a Texas Government class tonight.

...what got me through grad school was being involved with choir.

For me, Dr. Parens’ tenure as Dean was perfectly in line with his teaching as a professor.

Jack Phipps was one of the best experiences of my time at CCHS.

Every semester I ask my students to talk about themselves. This semester I have a lot of high school students taking dual credit courses.

I don't think I ever was a good student.