Jamison and Becca's Wedding

Pics from Greenville College alums Jamison and Beca Ramirez's wedding on a very snowy but special and fun night.

Pathway to the Baccalaureate Program

Northern Virginia Community College has the  "Pathway to the Baccalaureate Program" to promote a path for students to move from high school to community college to George Mason University.

This just in: Folks discovering Community Colleges play a huge role in educating America

 

Jobs, News and Views for All of Higher Education - Inside Higher Ed :: Shining a Spotlight on 2-Year Colleges

This Inside Higher Ed article has great information on efforts to increase the number of community college students who go on to earn bachelor's degrees.

Hollywood's Quest for Innovation

USC Vice Provost for Innovation, Krisztina Holly applies the principles of innovation to the entertainment industry in interesting Business Week article titled Hollywood's Quest for Innovation .  Link for the USC Stevens Institute for Innovation

PC World - On Facebook, Relationships Are Real if They're Virtual

Reuters reporter Joanne Kenen with an interesting article on how today's college students use Facebook to define their identity and relationships.

Global Warming: How much is enough and who decides?

The Sydney Herald has an interesting article over the real issues of the Kyoto agreement and the global warming debate.

Adrift in a dream's dark side - Los Angeles Times

Amidst the fanatical joy of  college football is a LA Times story on  former Trojan Travis Claridge. A great college football  player who struggled to find himself away from the field.

Carroll shows no signs of a fade pattern - Los Angeles Times

 

A great example of how spirit and energy make a difference.

Number of female coaches in women's sports shrinks to all-time low - Los Angeles Times

An interesting article on women and coaching.

Newsweek article on college assessment

A Newsweek article on...

EDUCATION

Standardized Tests in College?

Why U.S. universities are implementing a No Child Left Behind-style accountability program.

Rutgers Debate - Athletic vs. Academic Priorities

Today's Inside Higher Ed.com edition has an article by Doug Lederman on the debate at Rutgers University over whether or not the athletic program is justified in its planned expansion at a time of reduced budgets elsewhere at the university.

ESPN Article on USC Football Head Coach Pete Carroll

Author Eric Neel has written a great article on Pete Carroll.

Ricky Rosas - 'SC football special assistant

Shortly after renaming this blog, I had a brief moment where cynical voices of "who are you kidding, sports are games and have no place in education or society" going off in my head. If you know me, of course this voice is the complete opposite of who I am - a great believer (and the product of, in part) in the power of education and sport. However, in one of my current roles, faculty athletic representative at Greenville College, I have plenty of access to the literature of the naysayers.

Anyways, the "voice" lasted about 1.5 seconds and then I read this Bill Plashchke article in the Thanksgiving edition of the Los Angeles Times on USC special assistant Ricky Rosas. As a Trojan football alum, it was great to read...and the way I always see the Trojan football program - a team of great people at a great University.

God built a world, first exemplified by Christ, where serving and love is the way for us to reach our highest potential. This article shows how Coach Pete Carroll reached out and re-shaped Ricky's life. Now Ricky, with his presence, reaches out and touches the Trojan players - reminding them that while they are elite student-athletes, they are also called to serve and love.

Trip to Wheaton for the IHSA Semi-Finals: East St. Louis Senior High vs. Wheaton Warrenville South

These pictures are of the new facilities at Wheaton Warrenville South - just part of the fitness center, the outside of the fieldhouse and the stadium with new fieldturf. The folks at Warrenville did a great job with with this renovation and their football team played like a well conditioned, drilled unit. We need to find a way to get similar facilities to Eastside.

NCAA Division I grad rates grow

The NCAA News reports graduation rates are up amongst Division I schools.