This week:
I share one university’s early plans for a capstone course meant to help students reflect on the major events of their college years.
I share a recent analysis of DFW rates and put them in context.
I pass along an idea for helping students navigate getting their Covid vaccines.
I share some recent articles you may have missed.
Pivotal Moments
Before the pandemic, Scott Mattingly was part of a small group working to revise the general-education curriculum at DeSales University, where he is associate dean of academic life. Among other things, the group hoped to rework the university’s capstone requirement, creating a course that would tie students’ education together.
45 years ago, Sept. 1, 1976
The Central Noble football team whipped Fremont in its opening game, 12-6.
The Adrian Lortie family, R. R. 1, Kimmell, would be hosting Miss Magdelena Stehli of Switzerland, as part of the International 4-H Youth Exchange.
The Central Noble cheerleaders placed second in the State Fair Cheerleading contest. Warren Central of Indianapolis was first and Spring Valley third. Lori Kochlenger of Warren Central was named Miss Cheerleader.
The son of a Wawaka couple had achieved the rank of Airman First Class in the U. S. Air Force. Airman Kevin R. Alexander, whose parents were Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth F. Alexander of Rt. 1, Wawaka, was a security police specialist at Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan, and served with a unit of the Pacific Air Force.
"Red Flag!!" wrote a steel company executive in a 2017 email. Unfortunately for him, it was one he spotted but then seems to have ignored. In a lengthy piece for the.
Even by her own telling, Beatrice Gelber’s work was offbeat. It was October 1960, and Gelber had recently opened a facility called the Basic Health Research Institute in Tucson, Arizona. Described as an “enthusiastic psychologist” by the newspaper interviewing her about her work, Gelber explained how, several years earlier, she’d discovered an unexpected behavior in a protozoan called
Paramecium aurelia. This unicellular organism, she claimed, had shown it was capable of learning, a feat generally assumed to be restricted to what were considered higher organisms such as mammals and birds. Fellow scientists “all thought I was plain crazy when I started,” she told the
Dr. Katherine Johnson Celebrated as a Featured Member by Strathmore s Who s Who Worldwide Publication Frederick, MD, April 29, 2021 (PR.com) Dr. Katherine Johnson of Frederick, Maryland has been celebrated as a Featured Member in 2021 by Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide for her outstanding achievements and high level of success in the field of consulting.
About Dr. Katherine Johnson
Dr. Katherine Johnson is the president of Johnson Consulting Group, an international woman-owned strategic consulting firm in Frederick, Maryland. They provide assistance to energy organizations, public service commissions, and corporations so they can better understand the opportunities, barriers, and trends in the energy efficiency market.