Podcasts about faculty senate

Midnight Train From Georgia is an inspiring and emotional journey through the life and career of William Franklin Guest, a founding member of Gladys Knight and the Pips. The book discusses William's love for music as a child growing up in a musical family and the formation of the group. The book explores the group's meteoric rise to fame, the challenges of the music industry, and the personal struggles of a man determined to leave his mark on the world. This is not just a story of Gladys Knight and the Pips; it's a universal tale of family, faith, love, loss, and the pursuit of dreams against all odds. Midnight Train From Georgia captures the heart of an era, the music that defined it, and the man who lived through it all. It combines emotional introspection with the dynamic energy of music during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.Dhyana Ziegler, Ph.D., DCJ: A Trailblazing Career Dr. Dhyana Ziegler has had an extraordinary career marked by groundbreaking achievements. She has been knighted, served under three governors, and founded ZCreators, a digital media production and consulting service that has thrived for over 22 years. Her extensive background includes work as a journalist, ad copywriter, radio producer, songwriter, and professor with more than 35 years of experience in academia. She has served as an administrator, contributed to numerous boards, and produced over 100 videos and multimedia works. She has also presented at dozens of international and national conferences. In the 1970s, Dr. Ziegler wrote the song "Time Moves On" for the band Strutt, which topped the music charts. However, one of her most cherished roles was as sister-in-law to William Guest, a founding member of Gladys Knight & The Pips. This connection led her to author Guest's biography, "Midnight Train From Georgia," an award-winning book. Academic and Leadership Contributions Dr. Ziegler is Professor Emerita at Florida A&M University's School of Journalism & Graphic Communications. Before that, at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, she held several prestigious leadership positions, including:President of the Black Faculty and Staff AssociationChair of the Commission for BlacksChair of the Commission on WomenFirst and only African American elected President of the Faculty Senate (1994)Inaugural Inductee into the University of Tennessee-Knoxville African American Hall of FameShe also served as Chair of the State of Tennessee Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and Co-Chair of Higher Education for the Tennessee Legislative Black Caucus. Government Appointments and Advocacy Dr. Ziegler has been appointed seven times by three Florida governors:Five terms on the Florida Virtual School Board of TrusteesTwo terms on the Florida Commission on the Status of Women (where she was elected Chair of both entities)She is also a Board Member of Florida Tax Watch and has served as Chair of the Board for the Southern Scholarship Foundation. Additionally, she is an active member of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), the Broadcast Education Association, and has held national leadership roles in the Society of Professional Journalists. Scholarship, Grants, and Honors Dr. Ziegler is the author of four books and has published over 60 scholarly articles, book chapters, and professional publications. She has been awarded nearly $6.5 million in grants and has received numerous honors, including:Knighted as a Dame of Justice (2008, England) by the Sovereign Order of the Knights of JusticeMember of the Oxford RoundtableWomen of Distinction Award (2012) – Girl Scouts of the Florida Panhandle2014 Trailblazer Award – Oasis Center for Women and Girls2017 Women on the Move – ONYX MagazineLegacy Leadership Award (2017) – Florida Virtual SchoolTop 25 Women You Should Know (2022) – Tallahassee DemocratEducational Background Dr. Ziegler holds:Ph.D. in Higher Education – Southern Illinois University, CarbondaleM.A. in Radio and Television – Southern Illinois University, CarbondaleB.S. in Journalism and Music (Cum Laude) – Baruch College, CUNYCertificate in Management and Leadership in Education – Harvard University, Graduate School of EducationDr. Ziegler's legacy is one of excellence, leadership, and innovation, leaving an undeniable impact on education, media, and public service.https://dhyanaziegler.ampbk.com/Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/i-am-refocused-radio--2671113/support.

Professor Stanley K. Ridley is a Professor of Management at Drexel University's Lebow College of Business. He holds a Doctorate and Masters in International Relations from Duke University and an International MBA from Temple University. Additionally, Professor Ridgley has studied at Moscow State University and the Institut de Gestion Sociale in Paris. He is a former military intelligence officer who served in West Berlin and near the Czech-German border during the Cold War, where he received the George S. Patton Award for Leadership from the 7th Army NCO Academy. Professor Ridgley lectures throughout the United States and internationally. He serves as Drexel's faculty sponsor for Turning Point USA, serves on Drexel's Faculty Senate, and on Drexel's Institutional Review Board.  He is a frequent contributor to national media and is author of Brutal Minds- The Dark World of Left-Wing Brainwashing in Our Universities. He is to talk about was going today on our college campuses and universities. Intro & Outro Music: Crown Heights - Richard Madnick Order a Copy of Brutal Minds: https://www.amazon.com/dp/163006226X/?bestFormat=true&k=brutal%20minds%20book&ref_=nb_sb_ss_w_scx-ent-pd-bk-d_de_k0_1_12&crid=1GJX05CA5NZL7&sprefix=brutal%20minds Professor Ridgley's website: https://brutalminds.com/

A physician and member of UVa's Faculty Senate says President Jim Ryan is not being truthful about allegations of wrongdoing in UVa's health system and medical school… After attacks and falsehoods from the right targeting Haitians, what is life like for one Haitian woman in Virginia?... A new program to make Chesapeake Bay clean up more effective is now underway in Virginia….

Empowering the practice of architecture to achieve consistent, predictable, positive impacts on human well-being and planetary health is perhaps one of the most pressing topics in the AEC today. Starting with a review of the history of the search for Bioclimatic Law, this conversation with Dr Bill Braham, FAIA is an invitation to architects to reclaim their power. Bioclimatic Law is the relationship between architecture and life. In practice “life” is more narrowly defined by architecture as “comfort” or “comfort, health and well-being”. At its core bioclimatic design asks “What are the climate opportunities?”. The basic principle is to start with a clear understanding of the ambient climate and map those inputs to the design of the building - its massing, orientation, enclosure systems, and window sizes, locations, and shading devices. Beyond these truly passive methods, there are always active systems involved in maintaining a balance between heat flowing into the building and heat sources within the building.Our buildings mediate between the external climate and our lives. From a thermal perspective, actively managing the enclosure can lead to comfortable indoor conditions 60-80% of the time in most climates. From a well being perspective, as the external climate becomes more unpredictable and severe we have an opportunity to improve the quality of the lived experience of the buildings we deliver to ourselves to protect and shelter us. Join Kristof as he and Bill enjoy a thoughtful, wide-ranging discussion about the role of architecture in society and the role of buildings as extensions of our lives and goals. Big picture, we also want to thank you for being listeners who, in our increasingly soundbite world, appreciate the depth, breadth and subtlety of conversations like this. We're happy that you're noticing and valuing that we “go there” in these idea exchanges. Please keep your emails and comments coming.Bill BrahamWilliam Braham, PhD, FAIA is a Professor of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania, where he previously served as Department Chair and Chair of the Faculty Senate, and is currently Director of the Master of Environmental Building Design and of the Center for Environmental Building + Design. He has worked on energy and architecture for over 35 years as a designer, consultant, researcher, and author of numerous articles and books. His most recent projects include energy and carbon plans for Nakashima Woodworkers and Chautauqua Institution and building performance modelling for Daikin Open Innovation Lab, Silicon Valley.His books include:Architecture and Systems Ecology: Thermodynamic Principles for Environmental Building Design (Routledge, 2016)TeamHosted by Kristof IrwinEdited by Nico MignardiProduced by M. Walker

Welcome to the #ShareYourHotness Podcast episode 137! Jeri Mae Rowley, Speaker ~Trainer~ Saddle Maker's Daughter, shares precious life and leadership lessons from her family's world-famous saddle shop.  She has been invited to present keynotes and concurrent sessions in 39 states, Canada, and the US Virgin Islands. Provide leadership, communications, and customer service training for businesses and organizations. Jeri Mae's clientele covers an intriguing variety of industries and organizations: from the Federal Reserve to National Wildlife Preserves; municipalities to multi-media; semiconductor to pet cemeteries; drill bit manufacturing to tropical island resorts. Her resume includes successful experience as a manager, salesperson, state-wide training program administrator, college workforce training director, and college instructor. Jeri Mae has been president of “almost every organization I've belonged to since Lively Livestock 4-H.”  She is a past president of the National Speaker's Association's Mountain West Chapter, serving professional speakers in Idaho, Utah, Montana, and Wyoming.  She has also served as president of her local Chamber of Commerce, Faculty Senate, Convention and Visitor Bureau, Society of Human Resource Managers, and National Speakers Association. She served on the Boards of the National Speakers Association DC Chapter and the DC Metro Association for Talent Development. Jeri Mae taught Small Business Entrepreneurship, Human Resource Management, and Hospitality Management for sixteen years at Flathead Valley Community College in Kalispell, Montana. She is a Certified Instructor for the Montana Department of Commerce NxLeveL Entrepreneurship Course, Travel Montana Superhost Customer Service Training, and the American Hotel and Lodging Association in Management and Marketing. In addition to her teaching duties at Flathead Valley Community College, she served as the college's Workforce Training Director and Statewide Coordinator for Travel Montana's Superhost Customer Service Seminar program. Jeri Mae has received regional, state, and national recognition for her success as a leader and educator, including Montana's Glacier Country Person of the Year, Montana State SHRM “Above and Beyond Award,” and the prestigious “Visiting Scholar Award” from the National Tourism Foundation. Support The #ShareYourHotness Podcast by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/the-syh-podcast Find out more at https://the-syh-podcast.pinecast.co

On this episode, I will be interviewing Dr. Stanley Ridgley, author of Brutal Minds: The Dark World of Left-Wing Brainwashing in Our Universities. Dr. Ridgley is Clinical Full Professor of Management at Drexel University's LeBow College of Business. Dr. Ridgley has also studied at Moscow State University and the Institut de Gestion Sociale in Paris. He is a former Military Intelligence Officer who served in West Berlin and near the Czech-German border, where he received the George S. Patton Award for Leadership from the 7th Army NCO Academy. In addition to his teaching, Dr. Ridgley lectures widely in the United States and internationally. He is Drexel's faculty sponsor for Turning Point USA, serves on Drexel's Faculty Senate, and on Drexel University's Institutional Review Board. He is a frequent contributor to national media including Newsmax and American Greatness, and is also the highly praised faculty instructor for the course “Strategic Thinking” in the DVD series TheGreatCourses.com.--brutalminds.com--https://policecoffee.com

This week, we get an update on the deal that ended the UW encampments, and a scathing Faculty Senate resolution critical of Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin that'll be up for a vote Monday. Plus, a fundraiser is looking to help elderly renters struggling with rent increases. Then, Madison native and "Looking for Alaska" star Denny Love joins us to talk about the acting business, his part in the upcoming season of "The Mayor of Kingstown" starring Jeremy Renner, and how his father helped prepare him for the role.  He'll be in town June 7 to host a screening of the first episode. And in the midst of all that news, the team talks skin care, sleepaway camp and the talents we wish we had. Today's episode is sponsored by Steinhafels.

In the news today: For our first story of the day focusing on campus news, MSU faculty, staff members write letter on concerns over Faculty Senate's divestment decision. For our second story focusing on environmental news, MSU to open Pollinator Performance Center. For our final story of the day focusing on student life, MSU club CTRL+A celebrates APIDA Heritage Month with 6th annual spring showcase.

A container ship hits the Fracis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore causes the bridge to collapse and six workers to lose their lives.  After John Fetterman stakes out hawkish support for Israel and distances himself from progressives, his staff is leaving him in droves.  Former Senator and Vice Presidential candidate, Joe Lieberman died this week. Let that signal the passing of one of the more destructive factions and ideologies in the Democratic Party.  NBC hires then fires Ronna McDaniel the election-denying, former head of the GOP,  School absences have exploded and continue in the post-COVID world.  University of Florida is going after faculty members that they thing “interferred” with the university's new Hamilton Center for Classical and Civic Education - the newly establish beachhead for so-called “classical education” and the “Western canon” - one of the buzzwords used by Christian nationalist and far-right activists seeking to whitewash American education and bolster a white, Christian, and celebratory narrative.  Boston University's administration had some suggestions for faculty members during the current strike by graduate students: Have AI do the work instead.   A new Indiana law will require professors to promote “Intellectual diversity” - of face disciplinary actions. What does that mean? It means entertaining even fascist ideas as just another set of ideas. Was Hitler wrong? Well, let's look at argument for and against Nazism, shall we?  The University of Kentucky's presidents seeks to disband their Faculty Senate and turn decision-making over to the university's Board of Trustees.  Bucks County sues Big Oil for lying about the climate crisis.  PA's Primary is right around the corner. We'll give you the dates and deadlines you need to know.

"The greatest lesson that I learned as a gig singer is that your career and reputation are built one chance at a time. You get one chance and one chance only. If I want people to go out on a limb for me and recommend me for a gig, then I have to make sure that I'm protecting their reputation as well as my own. That starts with never being late, always being prepared, and almost never missing a note." Dr. Stephen Caldwell is Associate Professor and Outgoing Chair of the Faculty Senate at the University of Arkansas. He is a nationally recognized conducting pedagogue and scholar, in demand as a clinician, conductor, and composer. At Arkansas, he conducts the nationally renowned Schola Cantorum, teaches the undergraduate sequence in conducting technique, graduate conducting lessons, and the graduate sequence in Choral History and Literature. Since his arrival in 2012, he has twice been awarded the Associated Student Government's “Top 10 Most Outstanding Faculty Award," he has received “The Golden Tusk” from the Division of Student affairs, he is a 4-time Outstanding Mentor, the inaugural recipient of the Paul Cronan Award for Excellence in Teaching with Technology and was named one of the “Top 10 Artistic People to Watch” in Northwest Arkansas.Under his direction and leadership, the Schola Cantorum has become one of the leading collegiate choirs in America, appearing at numerous conferences of NCCO, SWACDA, and ArkCDA, while touring internationally to the Republic of Serbia, Belgium, Germany, and Puerto Rico, and collecting more than half a million views on YouTube.He has conducted more than 40 works with orchestra and has prepared choirs for performance with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Delaware Symphony, Arkansas Philharmonic, and the Symphony of Northwest Arkansas. He has presented interest sessions at multiple regional and national conferences of the American Choral Directors Association and the National Collegiate Choral Organization and was an ACDA International Conducting Exchange Fellow in Kenya. He has conducted District, Region and All-State choirs across the country and his original, multi award-winning compositions and arrangements are performed throughout the world. Dr. Caldwell holds a Bachelor of Music Education from the University of Northern Colorado, two Master of Music Degrees from Temple University, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Rutgers University.To get in touch with Stephen, you can email him at stephenc@uark.edu. You can find him on X (@DrC_UArk) or Instagram (@stephen_caldwell). Visit the University of Arkansas Choirs YouTube page for more information about the UArk Choirs: @uofascholacantorum .Choir Fam wants to hear from you! Check out the Minisode Intro Part 3 episode from February 16, 2024, to hear how to share your story with us. Email choirfampodcast@gmail.com to contact our hosts.Podcast music from Podcast.coPhoto in episode artwork by Trace HudsonRecording: "Weathers" performed by University of Arkansas Schola Cantorum from the album Wander-Thirst: The Choral Music of Florence Price

Dr. Terilyn Johnson Huntington is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where she also works with the Center for Teaching Excellence, is involved with student mentorship programs, and serves on the Faculty Senate. Dr. Huntington received her MA and PhD in political science from the University of Kansas, but prior to her time at Kansas she also completed a masters in international studies at the University of Denver and a masters in Theological Studies from Bethel Theological Seminary. Her research has focused on the impact of drone warfare and targeted killing as well as military intervention, and now—perhaps most fascinating of all—the interconnections between major league baseball and national security!

Today's episode of the Faculty Factory Podcast is a “Best of” show that includes highlights from past interviews of our show about how to best navigate social media in academic medicine. This is Part 2, of a two-part series on social media from the Faculty Factory,  last year we released the first part in this series, and you can catch up on it here: How to Better Navigate Social Media in Academic Medicine | Part 1 Today's “Best of” show includes highlights from the following episodes: Social Media Habits and Hacks with Sapna Kudchadkar, MD, PhD The Benefits and Pitfalls of Twitter in Academia with Mahadevappa Mahesh, MS, PhD Exploring the Future of Learning and Online Education with Peggy Semingson, PhD Interested in hearing the full conversations from any of these episodes? Click on the links above to explore each episode in-depth. Learn About Today's Speakers Sapna Kudchadkar, MD, PhD, serves as Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Pediatrics, and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. She also serves as Associate Vice Chair for Research at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore. You can follow her on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/SapnaKmd Peggy Semingson, PhD, currently serves as Associate Professor at the University of Texas at Arlington. With a background in educational technology, online course development, adult education, curriculum development, and online course design, she is on the cutting edge of YouTube and online learning. You can follow her on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/user/peggysemingson Mahadevappa Mahesh, MS, PhD, serves as Professor in the Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, and Chair of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine's Faculty Senate in Baltimore. You can follow Dr. Mahesh on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/mmahesh1

Today is Tuesday, November 14. Here are some of the latest headlines from the Fargo, North Dakota area.  InForum Minute is produced by Forum Communications and brought to you by reporters from The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead and WDAY TV. For more news from throughout the day, visit InForum.com.

WDAY First News anchors Scott Engen, Lisa Budeau and Lydia Blume break down your regional news for Wednesday, October 11, 2023. InForum Minute is produced by Forum Communications and brought to you by reporters from The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead and WDAY TV. Visit https:www.inforum.com/subscribe to subscribe.

GDP Script/ Top Stories for Oct 8th Publish Date:  Oct 7th From the Henssler Financial Studio Welcome to the Gwinnett Daily Post Podcast. Today is Sunday, October 8th and happy birthday to author R.L. Stine. ****Goosebumps Theme**** I'm Bruce Jenkins and here are your top stories presented by Peggy Slappy Properties. University system will not intervene in Georgia Gwinnett College 'no confidence' matter, Chancellor Sonny Perdue wants both sides to continue talks Gwinnett schools grappling with a rise in 'chronic absenteeism' Gwinnett police working to identify suspect accused of breaking into urgent care All of this and more is coming up on the Gwinnett Daily Post podcast, and if you are looking for community news, we encourage you to listen daily and subscribe!  Break 1: Peggy Slappy          Story 1: University system will not intervene in Georgia Gwinnett College 'no confidence' matter University System of Georgia Chancellor Sonny Perdue has declined to intervene in the dispute between Georgia Gwinnett College President Jann Joseph and the college's Faculty Senate, which is on track for a no-confidence vote in November. Instead, Perdue is urging both parties to resolve the matter through conversation. The Faculty Senate had asked the university system to mediate the dispute, but Perdue and USG Chief Academic Officer Ashwani Monga rejected that request, stating that discussions should be directly between the Faculty Senate and GGC leadership. A no-confidence vote would signal dissatisfaction with the administration but doesn't have the power to remove Joseph from her position..........…..read more at gwinnettdailypost.com STORY 2: GCPS School Absenteeism Gwinnett County Public Schools has reported a doubling of chronic absenteeism across the district since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Chronic absenteeism is defined as a student missing 10% of enrolled school days during the year, regardless of whether the absences are excused or not. GCPS officials see it as a significant challenge to student performance and noted that students who are chronically absent perform significantly below their peers who regularly attend school. While chronic absenteeism is highest in high schools, Gwinnett's elementary schools also see high levels, particularly among kindergartners. Demographically, Hispanic students have the highest percentage of chronic absences, followed by American Indian, multiracial, Black, White, and Asian students. GCPS is implementing a multi-tiered approach to address chronic absenteeism, including preventative measures and awareness campaigns.   STORY 3: Gwinnett police working to identify suspect accused of breaking into urgent care Gwinnett County police are searching for a suspect who burglarized an urgent care facility and a neighboring business in Duluth. The break-ins occurred on September 28, with the suspect entering North Georgia Urgent Care and a nearby business, stealing approximately $7,200. The suspect, described as a black male wearing a gray hoodie and black sweatpants, remains at large. Authorities are urging anyone with information to contact detectives at 770-513-5300 or report tips anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 404-577-8477. A cash reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest and indictment. Tips can also be submitted at stop crime ATL dot com   We have opportunities for sponsors to get great engagement on these shows. Call 770.874.3200 for more info. We'll be right back   Break 2: MOG – TOM WAGES OBITS – CUMMING FAIR STORY 4: Hull Middle School special education teacher earns national recognition Celia Ayenesazan, a special education teacher at Hull Middle School, has been recognized as an EcoRise Teacher Ambassador for her dedication to sustainability education. The EcoRise Teacher Ambassador title is awarded to experienced leaders in sustainability education who demonstrate a strong commitment to elevating youth voices, expanding educational programs, advancing systems change, and promoting climate justice. In this role, Ayenesazan will provide support to teachers in Gwinnett County Public Schools, particularly within the Gwinnett Green and Healthy Schools program, encouraging students to address local environmental and social issues through advocacy, design thinking, and change-making. She plans to continue her work started at Radloff Middle School, where students repurposed leather seat covers from Southwest Airlines, saving 150 pounds of leather waste from landfills.   STORY 5: GA Power CEO Joins Rowen Foundation Kim Greene, the Chairwoman, President, and CEO of Georgia Power, has joined the board of the Rowen Foundation. With her leadership role at Georgia Power, Greene brings a strong commitment to emerging technologies, innovation, and STEM-related education to the foundation. In addition to her role at Georgia Power, she serves as a director for Valero Energy Corporation and the Metro Atlanta Chamber. Greene is also on the board of trustees for the Morehouse School of Medicine and the Georgia Research Alliance and is a member of Atlanta Rotary. She has received various awards and honors, including being named one of Atlanta's Most Admired CEOs by the Atlanta Business Chronicle and induction into the State of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame.   We'll be back in a moment   Break 3:  ESOG – INGLES 8   STORY 6: 'Duluth is our home' — ACGO CEO enjoys hometown feel as he leads Fortune 500 company AGCO Corporation, a Fortune 500 agricultural machinery company, participated in Duluth's annual Fall Festival parade. The company's headquarters in Duluth, Georgia, employs 735 people and oversees its global operations. AGCO has a significant presence worldwide, with offices on six continents, 26,000 employees, and substantial annual revenue. The company manufactures farm machinery, grain bins, and farming technology, with a focus on enhancing efficiency and sustainability. Despite its global reach, AGCO maintains strong ties to its Duluth home. The recent completion of a $2 billion deal with Trimble further solidifies the company's position in the industry. AGCO's CEO, Eric Hansotia, has a deep connection to farming, having grown up on a dairy farm in Wisconsin.   STORY 7: Chefs to show off Big Green Egg skills Saturday at Gwinnett's Coolray Field Big Green Egg, known for its premier outdoor cooking system, is hosting the 26th annual EGGtoberfest at Coolray Field in Lawrenceville, Atlanta. This event showcases live-fire cooking with professional chefs demonstrating the versatility of Big Green Egg. Started as a way to thank loyal customers, EGGtoberfest has grown into a family-friendly weekend with over 200 EGGs cooking a wide range of dishes. Tickets cost $75 and include live-fired food, a T-shirt, swag bag, beverages, cooking demos, and more. Additionally, a BBQ throwdown is held on Friday for $50. EGGs used during the event are sold afterward, giving attendees a chance to purchase a freshly used grill. For details, visit EGG Toberfest dot com   We'll have final thoughts after this.   Break 4: Henssler 60 Thanks again for hanging out with us on today's Gwinnett Daily Post podcast. If you enjoy these shows, we encourage you to check out our other offerings, like the Cherokee Tribune Ledger Podcast, the Marietta Daily Journal, the Community Podcast for Rockdale Newton and Morgan Counties, or the Paulding County News Podcast. Read more about all our stories, and get other great content at Gwinnettdailypost.com. Did you know over 50% of Americans listen to podcasts weekly? Giving you important news about our community and telling great stories are what we do. Make sure you join us for our next episode and be sure to share this podcast on social media with your friends and family. Add us to your Alexa Flash Briefing or your Google Home Briefing and be sure to like, follow, and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. www.wagesfuneralhome.com  www.psponline.com  www.mallofgeorgiachryslerdodgejeep.com  www.esogrepair.com www.henssler.com  www.ingles-markets.com  www.downtownlawrencevillega.com  www.gcpsk12.org  www.cummingfair.net www.disneyonice.com www.downtownlawrencevillega.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 2021, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) canceled a high-profile lecture by Dr. Dorian Abbot, a renowned geophysicist from the University of Chicago. The topic of the lecture was not the issue. Rather, Dorian was targeted by Social Justice activists because of his critique of DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) ideology. MIT buckled to the demands of a handful of ideologues, inadvertently contributing to discussions about academic censorship. MIT did not expect the blowback it received for hobbling scientific inquiry in favor of ideological conformity. MIT alumni formed the Free Speech Alliance and its faculty overwhelmingly voted to adopt a university statement regarding freedom of expression. Since then, Dorian has become a leading figure in the fight for academic freedom of thought, speech, and inquiry. In this conversation, Peter Boghossian and Dorian discuss the MIT fiasco, the proper aim of academia, the immorality of DEI, speech as “violence,” University of Chicago's commitment to academic freedom, finding meaning through religion and naturalism, Dorian's rejection of tyrannical “equality” mandates, and much more. Dorian Abbot is associate professor in the Department of the Geophysical Sciences at the University of Chicago. He has written more than 90 scientific papers on the climates of Earth and other planets. He is a member of the Council of the Faculty Senate, a co-founder of the faculty group U-Chicago Free, a founding member of the Academic Freedom Alliance, and a co-founder and moderator of the Heterodox Academy STEM Community.  Dorian won the 2021 “Hero of Intellectual Freedom Award” from the American Council of Trustees and Alumni and the 2022 “Courage Award” from the Heterodox Academy.Read the MIT Freedom of Expression & Academic Freedom statement.Watch this episode on YouTube. 

West Virginia University on Friday released plans to cut faculty and staff because of expected budget shortfalls. We speak with the chair of the Faculty Senate. The post WVU Faculty Senate Chair Talks Academic Cuts, Budget Shortfall On This West Virginia Morning appeared first on West Virginia Public Broadcasting.

Join Patti as she engages in a thought-provoking conversation with the brilliant Stanley K. Ridgley. Stanley, a Professor of Business at Drexel University, unveils the shocking attack on the Enlightenment University and the brainwashing process happening on college campuses. In his newly published book, "Brutal Minds," Stanley exposes the decline of higher education and offers powerful solutions to counter this alarming trend. Prepare to have your beliefs challenged and your eyes opened to the truth behind the scenes. This is an episode that will leave you questioning everything. Here's a breakdown of what to expect in this episode: • The Influence of Bureaucracy and Ideological Indoctrination in Higher Education • Criticizing Social Emotional Learning, Critical Race Theory, and Marxist Ideology in Schools • Unveiling the Role of Education Schools and Bureaucratic Mechanisms in Promoting Ideological Agendas • Protecting Academic Freedom • Exposing Radical Ideologies and Offering Strategies for Combatting Indoctrination in Higher Education • And so much more! About Stanley K. Ridgley: STANLEY K. RIDGLEY, PH.D. is a Clinical Full Professor of Management at Drexel University's LeBow College of Business. Dr. Ridgley has also studied at Moscow State University and the Institut de Gestion Sociale in Paris. He is a former Military Intelligence Officer who served in West Berlin and near the Czech-German border, where he received the George S. Patton Award for Leadership from the 7th Army NCO Academy. In addition to his teaching, Dr. Ridgley lectures widely in the United States and internationally. He is Drexel's faculty sponsor for Turning Point USA, serves on Drexel's Faculty Senate, and Drexel University's Institutional Review Board. He is a frequent contributor to national media, including Newsmax and American Greatness, and is also the highly praised faculty instructor for the course “Strategic Thinking” in the DVD series TheGreatCourses.com. He lives and works in the Philadelphia metro area. You can find Stanley K. Ridgley on . . . Website: brutalminds.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stanleyri... ~ Connect with Patti Katter! Website: https://pattikatter.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/PattiKatter/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pkatter TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@pattikatter --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wakeupwithpattikatter/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wakeupwithpattikatter/support

On this special episode of Inside the Firm, we are joined by Stanley K. Ridgley is a clinical full professor of management at Drexel University's LeBow College of Business. Dr. Ridgley has also studied at Moscow State University and the Institut de Gestion Sociale in Paris. He is a former Military Intelligence Officer who served in West Berlin and near the Czech-German border, where he received the George S. Patton Award for Leadership from the 7th Army NCO Academy. In addition to his teaching, Dr. Ridgley lectures widely in the United States and internationally. He is Drexel's faculty sponsor for Turning Point USA, serves on Drexel's Faculty Senate, and in Drexel University's Institutional Review Board. He is a frequent contributor to national media including Newsmax and American Greatness and is also the highly praised faculty instructor for the course, “Strategic Thinking” in the DVD series TheGreatCourses.com.

This week Beth and Andrew speak with geophysicist Dorian Abbot, an outspoken activist for academic freedom. Abbot discusses his views on the state of free speech and academic freedom in elite universities in the United States and talks about his own high profile experience of being cancelled from a speech he was supposed to give at MIT because of his outspoken activism against the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) regime.Abbot also shares his scientific views on climate change and whether there is life on other planets. Dorian Abbot is an associate professor in the Department of the Geophysical Sciences at the University of Chicago.Dorian is also a member of the Council of the Faculty Senate at the University of Chicago, a co-founder of the faculty group UChicago Free, a foundingmember of the Academic Freedom Alliance, and a co-founder and moderator of The Heterodox Academy STEM Community (HxSTEM). He has written and spoken publicly extensively on issues related to academic freedom and was awarded the 2021 Hero of Intellectual FreedomAward by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni and the 2022 Courage Award by the Heterodox Academy.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5817303/advertisement

GUEST OVERVIEW: Stanley Ridgley (PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA) is Clinical Full Professor of Management at Drexel University's LeBow College of Business. Dr. Ridgley has also studied at Moscow State University and the Institut de Gestion Sociale in Paris. He holds a Ph.D. in political science from Duke University, an International MBA from Temple University, and undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina. He is a former Military Intelligence Officer who served in West Berlin and near the Czech-German border, where he received the George S. Patton Award for Leadership from the 7th Army NCO Academy. He is faculty sponsor for Turning Point USA, serves on Drexel's Faculty Senate, and on Drexel University's Institutional Review Board. Dr. Ridgley is a frequent lecturer and contributor to national media including NEWSMAX, American Greatness, Academic Questions, and is also the highly praised faculty instructor for the course “Strategic Thinking” in the DVD series TheGreatCourses.com. BrutalMinds.com

Scott is a Professor Emeritus of Geology and Past-Chair of the Dept. of Geology at Portland State University where he just finished his 33rd year of teaching. He was also Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at P.S.U. from 1997-1999. He has been teaching for 53 years, with past positions in Switzerland, New Zealand, Washington, Colorado and Louisiana. He is a 6th generation Oregonian who grew up in Beaverton and is very happy to be "home" after a 25 year hiatus! Scott specializes in environmental and engineering geology, geomorphology, soils, and Quaternary geology. In Oregon, he has projects involving landslides and land use, environmental cleanup of service stations, slope stability, earthquake hazard mapping, Missoula Floods, paleosols, loess soil stratigraphy, radon generation from soils, the distribution of heavy metals and trace elements in Oregon soils, alpine soil development, and the terroir of wine. He has been active in mapping landslides in the Pacific Northwest since his return to Portland. Scott has won many awards for outstanding teaching with the most significant being the Faculty Senate Chair Award at Louisiana Tech University in 1987, the Distinguished Faculty Award from the Portland State Alumni Association in 2001, and the George Hoffmann Award from PSU in 2007. He has authored over 100 publications and has had over 25 research grants. His first book, Environmental, Groundwater and Engineering Geology: Applications from Oregon, came out January of 1998. His second book, Cataclysms on the Columbia, the Great Missoula Floods came out in October of 2009 and is co-authored by Marjorie Burns, a friend and professor at PSU. Scott has been the president of the Faculty Senate at three different universities: Louisiana Tech University and the American College of Switzerland and Portland State University. He actively helps local TV and radio stations and newspapers bring important geological news to the public. For the past 49 years he has been studying wine and terroir – the relationship between wine, soils, geology and climate.His BS and MS degrees are from Stanford University in California, plus a Ph.D. in geology from the University of Colorado, Boulder. He has memberships in over 20 professional organizations and is most active in the Association of Engineering Geologists, International Association of Engineering Geologists and the Environment, Geological Society of America, National Association of Geology Teachers, and the Soil Science Society of America. He is past president of the Oregon Society of Soil Scientists and the Oregon Section of the Association of Engineering Geologists. He was national chair of the engineering geology division of the Geological Society of America (GSA) in 1999-2000. He was national president of the Association of Engineering Geologists from 2002-2003. He was president of the International Association of Engineering Geologists from 2014-2018. He was chosen a fellow of the Geological Society of America in 2004 and Sigma Xi, the international research organization in 2020. Scott was chosen a fellow with the Kellogg National Fellowship Program from 1990 - 1993 based on his national leadership performance. He was president of the Downtown Rotary Club of Portland, Oregon's oldest and largest Rotary club in 2009. He has won some national awards in geology: distinguished practice award from the engineering geology division of GSA in 2012, the Richard Jahns Award for engineering geology (top engineering geologist in the U.S.) from GSA and AEG in 2011, the Shoemaker Award for Geology Public Service to the US (GSA) in 2011, the Karl Terzaghi Award from AEG in 2015, and on the state level, the “Outstanding Scientist for Oregon for 2014” from the 81 year old Oregon Academy of Sciences. All production by Cody Maxwell. Artwork by Cody Maxwell. Opening graphic assets by sonorafilms. sharkfyn.com maxwellskitchenpodcast.com

The LightWritten by Loy A. Webb Directed by J. Paul NicholasFeaturing: Ang(ela) Bey and Abdul SesayFebruary 2, 2023 — February 26, 2023“Explosive and Exquisite” – Stage LeftNot every marriage proposal goes as planned. What started as the happiest day of a loving couple's lives quickly unravels when ground-shifting accusations from the past surface. What The New York Times calls “compelling” and “visceral”, The Light by Loy A. Webb is a real-time rollercoaster ride of laughter, romance, and despair that uncovers how the power of love can be a healing beacon of light.ABOUTDr. Kimmika L. H. Williams-Witherspoon (Dramaturg) PhD (Cultural Anthropology), M.A. (Anthropology), MFA (Theater), Graduate Certificate) Women's Studies, B.A. (Journalism); is an Associate Professor of Urban Theater and Community Engagement and President of the Faculty Senate at Temple University. Author of Through Smiles and Tears: The History of African American Theater (From Kemet to the Americas) (Lambert Academic Publishing, 2011); The Secret Messages in African American Theater: Hidden Meaning Embedded in Public Discourse” (Edwin Mellen Publishing, 2006), she has had over 34 productions of her plays, her stage credits include over 20 productions, 8 one-woman shows and she has performed poetry in over 120 national and international venues. A contributing poet to 44 anthologies, 11 books of poetry, 9 book chapters, 10 journal articles and 2 books on African American Theater.FOR TICKETS AND INFORMATION: https://theatreexile.org

Today's episode of the Faculty Factory is a “Best of” show that includes highlights from past interviews of our show about how to best navigate social media in academic medicine. Today's “Best of” show includes highlights from the following episodes: Social Media Habits and Hacks with Sapna Kudchadkar, MD, PhD The Benefits and Pitfalls of Twitter in Academia with Mahadevappa Mahesh, MS, PhD Exploring the Future of Learning and Online Education with Peggy Semingson, PhD Interested in hearing the full conversations from any of these episodes? Click on the links above to explore each episode in-depth. Learn About Today's Speakers Sapna Kudchadkar, MD, PhD, serves as Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Pediatrics, and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. She also serves as Associate Vice Chair for Research at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore. You can follow her on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/SapnaKmd  Peggy Semingson, PhD, currently serves as Associate Professor at the University of Texas at Arlington. With a background in educational technology, online course development, adult education, curriculum development, and online course design, she is on the cutting edge of YouTube and online learning. You can follow her on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/user/peggysemingson Mahadevappa Mahesh, MS, PhD, serves as Professor in the Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, and Chair of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine's Faculty Senate in Baltimore.   You can follow Dr. Mahesh on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/mmahesh1 The Faculty Factory More from the Faculty Factory: https://facultyfactory.org/ Visit us on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/faculty_factory 

Co-hosts Debra Murray and Grace Stephens talk to reporters Alexandria Anderson and Michael Crimmins about their upcoming stories on student sustainability and WKU President Timothy Caboni's Faculty Senate attendance.

In the news today: For our first headline of the day focusing on campus news, Faculty Senate passes resolutions urging Board of Trustees for more transparency. For our second headline, ASMSU releases mental health resources for students, recognizing National Suicide Prevention Month. For our final headline of the day, Meet the candidates: Lisa Babcock talks criminal justice and overcoming imposter syndrome. 

Dr. Best joined UCM in August 1995 as an assistant professor of finance and became a professor in 2005. He was named chair of the Department of Economics and Finance in 2003, associate dean of the Harmon College of Business Administration in 2008 and dean of the college in 2010. Following an extensive restructuring of academic programs, Dr. Best began service as dean of the newly formed Harmon College of Business and Professional Studies in 2011. His strong business acumen contributed to Dr. Best becoming interim senior vice president for Finance and Administration in August 2017, and concurrent with a university administrative reorganization, he was appointed executive vice president and chief operating officer in January 2018. In this capacity, he was responsible for implementing a three-year budget planning cycle for the university, revising university fiscal policies and leading efforts to provide more robust reporting for budget managers. With board oversight, he also helped formalize the university's contingency reserves guidelines. Early in his tenure as president, Dr. Best established priorities that include: ensuring a focus on and highlight on academic quality; building a sustainable financial model, which includes automation and streamlining practices; expanding the spectrum of educational opportunities available to students, including seeking out markets beyond undergraduate and graduate degrees; strengthening alumni engagement and developing a strong fundraising arm through the UCM Alumni Foundation, including filling key staff and leadership positions; and engaging marketing and branding efforts to roll out a new slogan and graphic icon that relates to students and assists with building program-level recruitment. He has also challenged faculty and staff to continue a long legacy of being service-minded toward students and to become problem solvers. Throughout his service at UCM, Dr. Best has shared his financial and administrative expertise to the benefit of the university. Early in his career, he was appointed to a Board of Governors Academic Affairs Subcommittee on Faculty Compensation, which recommended a new faculty compensation model ultimately approved by the board. During the 2014–2015 academic year, he played a role in the development of the university's Strategic Resource Allocation Model (SRAM) by chairing a team that considered how the budget process could further enhance transparency and accountability, optimally allocate resources to academic programs and directly connect to student success, growth with quality and sustainability and efficiency metrics. While serving the Harmon College, Dr. Best played a key role in the college's accreditation by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International), having been involved in three of the college's Continuous Improvement Review visits by external teams. He was also engaged with AACSB at a national level, having served on the AACSB Continuous Improvement Review Committee and on numerous peer review teams for other university business programs. As dean, he oversaw the creation of the Donn G. Forbes Center for Financial Studies, funded through a private gift to the university, and facilitated a partnership with the UCM Alumni Foundation to create the Student Managed Investment Fund (SMIF) with an initial allocation of $500,000. Dr. Best's tenure at UCM includes a strong record of participation in department, college and university committees that have given him a broad, well-rounded knowledge of the campus community. He has served on the Faculty Senate, Academic Program Review Committee, University Research Committee, University Scholarship Committee, Professional Enhancement Committee and a number of other committees and work groups. His teaching assignments included more than 100 sections of a dozen unique courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels covering concepts in corporate finance, international finance, investments and personal finance. His professional contributions include publication of numerous scholarly research-based articles in peer-reviewed journals and more than 40 presentations at professional conferences, as well as service on the Board of Directors for both the MidAmerican Business Deans Association and the Southwestern Business Deans Association. Dr. Best began his higher education at Georgia College in Milledgeville, where he earned a Bachelor of Business Administration with a major in management. Advanced study led to a Ph.D. in finance from Florida State University in Tallahassee. Active members of the community, Dr. Best and his wife, Robin Best, reside in Warrensburg, Mo., and have two daughters, Amy Burk and Lindsey Keirsey, and six grandchildren. Previously, Dr. Best served as treasurer and board member of Habitat for Humanity of Johnson County, and he currently serves as a member of Johnson County Economic Development Corporation's Board of Directors, Whiteman Area Leadership Council, Missouri Campus Compact Presidential Advisory Board and KCPT Board of Directors.    

#Propaganda #PublicOpinion #Universities(0:00) Stream strart(5:38) Show startLet's talk about, and update, this talk given as the keynote address to an open-session of the Faculty Senate at Howard University March 29, 2019.Degrees of Propaganda: The University and Public Opinionhttps://imixwhatilike.org/2019/03/29/degrees-of-propaganda-the-university-and-public-opinion/HBCUs: Not A Different World Projecthttps://imixwhatilike.org/2021/07/23/hbcus-not-a-different-world-project/My Faculty/Staff of a "Real" HBCU Thread Explained!https://youtu.be/p6lFFt4avzMNEW BPM DISCORD!https://discord.gg/TDP9a4f5EzJared A. Ball is a Professor of Communication and Africana Studies at Morgan State University in Baltimore, MD. and author of The Myth and Propaganda of Black Buying Power (Palgrave, 2020, 2nd Edition Coming Spring 2023). Ball is also host of the podcast “iMiXWHATiLiKE!”, co-founder of Black Power Media which can be found at BlackPowerMedia.org, and his decades of journalism, media, writing, and political work can be found at http://www.imixwhatilike.org____________________________________Follow BPM:JOIN - Click the "JOIN," Subscribe, and Like buttons!WEBSITE - http://www.blackpowermedia.orgTWITTER - https://twitter.com/BlackPowerMedi1INSTAGRAM - http://www.instagram.com/black.power.mediaFACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/Blackpowermedia ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Jonathan Holloway, the President at Rutgers University, recently gave a speech to the Faculty Senate at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, a member of the Big Ten Conference. The speech caught national attention when he told the group “ For too long the entire Rutgers community has been laboring under the illusion that athletics will generate enough revenue to pay for itself and, then, in time turn a profit. Let me disabuse you of that claim. While I would be thrilled if athletics were to cover all of its expenses, it is highly unlikely that it will. Only 2 percent of major college athletics programs run in the black, and not many more than that break even. The better way to think about athletics is that it represents a commitment by the university that helps tell a compelling story about this institution—one that will inspire applicants, alumni, and friends to learn more about we have to offer as a university in 2022. In this regard, the story-telling capability of athletics far outstrips any other thing that we do at Rutgers." Is that an appropriate summary of where athletics should fit into a campus? Or can we find different ways to define how athletics fits into the campus and its culture? My guests today have led three different institutions, and have written two books on leadership and the presidency: their new book is called “Leadership Matters: Confronting the Hard choices Facing Higher Education”, as well as their previous book, “How to Run a College”, both from Johns Hopkins Press. Joseph King is the past president at Lyon College (MO) and Brian Mitchell is the current president of Academic Innovators, and a past president at Bucknell University (PA) and Washington and Jefferson College (PA). They also talk frankly about future presidents and their need to be strategic when it comes to implementing change. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/karen-weaver/message

Stay up to date with the Cynic Roundup, giving you coverage on the stories you might have missed last week.

Supply chains of today continue to change and evolve quickly. This month, Penn State Supply Chain Podcast hosts Steve and Irv welcome John Coyle, the first person to teach a course at Penn State under the label "Business Logistics," to discuss how supply chains have adapted and how they may continue to change in the future. Dr. Coyle joined the Penn State faculty in 1961 and has seen the field morph from Business Logistics to the intricate supply chain we see today. He provides our audience and hosts with insights into how teaching supply chain has changed drastically over his expansive career, how new graduates are preparing differently for the field of supply chain, and how their preparation could change in the future. ----more---- John J. Coyle served as Executive Director of the Center for Supply Chain Research® (CSCR®) from 1989 until 2000. He currently is the Director of Corporate Relations for CSCR and Professor Emeritus of Business Administration. His many career highlights include 12 college and university awards for outstanding teaching and advising. In 2001, he received the Distinguished Lions Paw Award for outstanding service to the University. He received the Council of Logistics Management's highest honor, the Distinguished Service Award, in 1991. For 30 years Dr. Coyle served as the faculty athletic representative to the NCAA and the Big Ten for Penn State (1970-2000). He served as Special Assistant for Strategic Planning to the President of Penn State University from 1983 to 1986 and from 1989 to 1991. During 1982 to 1987 he served as Assistant Dean and Director of the Undergraduate Program, and from 1987 to 1989, as Associate Dean in The Smeal College of Business Administration at Penn State. Coyle has also chaired many University-wide committees and served as chairman of the Faculty Senate. Dr. Coyle has written more than 100 publications and provided in-house educational programs for more than 300 companies.

It's the most wonderful time of the year, time for the Wisconsin Book Festival, and Stu Levitan welcomes one of the featured presenters, University of Wisconsin Professor Chad Alan Goldberg, editor of an important new volume Education for Democracy: Renewing the Wisconsin Idea, from our very good friends at the University of Wisconsin Press. Prof. Goldberg will be giving talk on his book live and in-person at the Madison Central Library on Saturday October 23, so Stu thought it would be a good idea to dial up an encore presentation of their conversation from this past March. And by the way, Stu's show next week will feature another UW professor giving an in-person presentation on the 23rd, Prof. Jordan Ellenberg, talking about his best-seller, Shape.According to Wisconsin statute 36.01(2), the mission of the university of Wisconsin system is “to develop human resources, to discover and disseminate knowledge, to extend knowledge and its application beyond the boundaries of its campuses and to serve and stimulate society by developing in students heightened intellectual, cultural and humane sensitivities, scientific, professional and technological expertise and a sense of purpose. Inherent in this broad mission are methods of instruction, research, extended training and public service designed to educate people and improve the human condition. Basic to every purpose of the system is the search for truth.”But not everyone agrees with that mission – especially the parts of public service, improving the human condition, and searching for truth. And over the years some people in high places have sought to change that mission in fundamental ways, even destroy it outright. Leaving us with some very important questions.What is the role of the public university in a democratic society? Specifically, what is the role of the University of Wisconsin in the democratic, pluralistic society of the 21st century? And, harking back to the words of UW President Charles Van Hise from 1905, does the beneficent influence of the university continue to reach every family in the state? If not, how do we ensure that it once again does?These are the questions Chad Alan Goldberg asks in Education for Democracy, questions he and his 11 contributors answer by examining how and why the Wisconsin Idea was born, expanded, honored – and then threatened and diminished. And they explain why it must be renewed, and suggest how to do so.The list of those contributors is quite a collection of scholars and analysts, including Prof. Katherine Cramer, author of The Politics of Resentment, environmental historian and biographer of Aldo Leopold Curt Meine, our friend, repeat guest and LGBTQ historian Dick Wagner, Wisconsin Public Radio's Emily Auerbach, and several other distinguished professors, both from the UW and elsewhere.Prof. Goldberg is very well-equipped to edit this volume, which is based on an outreach course on the Wisconsin Idea which he helped organize in 2016, and which he still teaches as Professor of Sociology. And It was Prof Goldberg who in May 2016 wrote the resolution — which the Faculty Senate adopted — expressing no confidence in the commitment by then-president Ray Cross and the Board of Regents to defend the Wisconsin Idea, which was under attack by Gov. Scott Walker and the Republican legislature.Prof. Goldberg's previous books include Modernity and the Jews in Western Social Thought and Citizens and Paupers: Relief, Rights, and Race, from the Freedmen's Bureau to Workfare. He is also affiliated with the Center for German and European Studies, the George l. Mosse/Laurence A. Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies and the GAM program in History, all here at the UW Madison.And on a personal note, Chad and Stu are both graduates of a small school now known as New College, the Honors College of Florida, where their respective graduating classes were smaller than the class roster of his Survey of Sociology course.Thankfully, Ray Cross and Scott Walker are both gone, and Professor Chad Alan Goldberg is still here. It was a pleasure to welcome him to Madison Bookbeat.

You're listening to the Westerly Sun's podcast, where we talk about the best local events, new job postings, obituaries, and more. First, a bit of Rhode Island trivia. Today's trivia is brought to you by Perennial. Perennial's new plant-based drink “Daily Gut & Brain” is a blend of easily digestible nutrients crafted for gut and brain health. A convenient mini-meal, Daily Gut & Brain” is available now at the CVS Pharmacy in Wakefield. Now for some trivia. Did you know that Rhode Island resident, Mike Cloud, is a former American college and professional football player who was a running back in the NFL for seven seasons. He played college football for Boston College, and was recognized as an All-American. He was a second-round pick in the 1999 NFL Draft and played professionally for the Kansas City Chiefs, New England Patriots, and New York Giants. Now, for our feature story: The commission to redraw political districts in Rhode Island has scheduled its first round of meetings across the state. The Special Legislative Commission on Reapportionment is charged with drafting and reporting to the General Assembly on how the legislative and congressional districts should be reapportioned. It released its meeting schedule Friday and a website with information and data for the process. The first meeting will be at 6 p.m. Thursday in Newport at the Community College of Rhode Island campus auditorium. Subsequent meetings will be held on Oct. 4th in the Woonsocket High School auditorium, Oct. 7th in South Kingstown in the Brookside Residence Hall at the University of Rhode Island, Oct. 18th in the Providence Career and Technical Academy auditorium, Oct. 21th in Warwick at CCRI's Knight Campus auditorium, and on Oct. 25th in Bristol at the Mount Hope High School auditorium.  All of the meetings begin at 6 p.m. The state constitution mandates redistricting for the General Assembly districts and the two congressional districts after each 10-year census. Representative Robert Phillips, a Woonsocket Democrat, and Sen. Stephen Archambault, a Smithfield Democrat, lead the commission. A second round of meetings will also be scheduled. The meetings will be broadcast on Capitol Television and streamed online. For more information on all things Westerly and Rhode Island, check out this story and more at thewesterlysun.com Are you interested in a new opportunity? You're in luck! Today's Job posting comes from Randall Realtors Compass in Westerly. They're looking for real estate agents. You'll need to obtain a real estate license before you start. Pay can be $100,000 or more per year. If you're interested and think you'd be a good fit for the role you can apply using the link in our episode description. https://www.indeed.com/jobs?l=Westerly%2C%20RI&mna=5&aceid&gclid=Cj0KCQjwpf2IBhDkARIsAGVo0D2S3gEb-328GyRpBuTTeeKPdn3-klOh0KYAsfete6MEZmI5S4qTg-4aAnQkEALw_wcB&vjk=ca280a731c2da875&advn=7652287743140876 Today we're remembering the life of Jack Donoghue. Jack was a graduate of Boston College and while there,  he was a member of the track team. Jack received his PhD from New York University in 1977. He was also a veteran of the Korean War and served as a Gunnery Officer on a destroyer. He mustered out in 1955. Jack was a long-time educator who taught for forty years at New York City Technical College in the Department of Social Sciences. Dr. Donoghue was a member of the Faculty Senate and active in the union He was a popular professor who dedicated himself to his students, many of whom stayed in touch with him after he retired. Following his retirement from full-time teaching in 2003, Jack moved to Charlestown, where he had bought a home after driving through the area in 1995. He became active in the community including writing numerous letters to the editor in local newspapers and a run for the City Council. He was never shy of expressing an opinion... especially if he felt the best interests of the community were not being served. Each weekday he met friends at local coffee shops, rotating between a select few including 'the Dunk" and the Corner Bakery. Before the coffee sessions, Jack would act as a Lector at St. James Catholic Chapel in Charlestown. He did the morning reading each weekday and treated the attendees to his professorial voice, projected so all could hear. Jack is survived by two nieces, Kathleen and Jaqueline. Thank you for taking a moment with us today to remember and celebrate Jack's life. That's it for today, we'll be back next time with more! Also, remember to check out our sponsor Perennial, Daily Gut & Brain, available at the CVS on Main St. in Wakefield! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On another episode of The State Hornet Podcast, podcast editor Mack Ervin III rounds up the biggest stories entering week three of classes at Sacramento State.Major stories include the first faculty senate meeting of the year detailing potential COVID-19 contingency plans, how students are feeling and fairing after returning to campus, and the Sac State football team losing their first home game since the 2019 season.Music: Acid Jazz by Kevin MacLeodShow Notes:Sac State Faculty Senate talks changes on campusSac State students balance excitement of returning to campus with post-COVID realitiesIndie artist Jayson Angove rocks Serna Plaza at Sac StateIsland of Black and White plays Sac State concertSac State football loses home opener after offensive struggles

Dr. Maria Millan, MD, is the President and CEO of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM - https://www.cirm.ca.gov/), an organization that was created in 2004 when voters initially approved a state Proposition which allocated US$3 billion to fund this fascinating area of medicine, and which recently received an additional US$5.5 billion in renewed funding. Dr. Millan is a physician-scientist who has devoted her career to treating and developing innovative solutions for children and adults with debilitating and life-threatening conditions. After receiving her undergraduate degree from Duke University where she started her focus on immunology research, Dr. Millan obtained her MD degree and then went on to complete her surgical training and post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. After a transplant surgery fellowship at Stanford University School of Medicine, Dr. Millan began her academic career with a pediatric and adult transplant surgery practice. In parallel, she continued her bench research at Stanford and became associate professor and director of the Pediatric Organ Transplant Program. Dr. Millan served on multiple leadership teams including the Faculty Senate and the Dean's faculty committee at Stanford University School of Medicine and served on the Children's Hospital operations committee. She has published in the areas of cell biology, immunology and clinical organ transplantation. Dr. Millan also ventured into the private sector in 2006 to join StemCells, Inc., one of the earliest stem cell organizations and the first to enter into an FDA-regulated clinical trial with a stem cell treatment for children with a fatal neurodegenerative disease. Dr. Millan then joined CIRM in December 2012 where she led the formation of the Alpha Stem Cell Clinics Network, a network of California medical centers that specialize in rigorous and high-quality clinical trials and top-tier medical care for patients participating in these trials. This clinical network is successfully supporting over 45 clinical trials and was recently expanded to include 5 programs composed of 7 medical centers and their affiliated hospitals.

In this “additional” episode, Andy and Akhil switch roles and put the US Constitution aside for an hour, as they take a deep dive into the governance and politics of their beloved alma mater.  Yale recently initiated a scandal when their trustees abruptly eliminated most of the democratic elements whereby alumni participated in the governance of the University.  Andy was a candidate for election to the Yale Corporation, and he leads us through the weeds “inside Yale.”  Meanwhile, Nicholas Christakis, a Sterling Professor at Yale and an official of Yale's Faculty Senate, joins us; he and Akhil offer a unique faculty-oriented perspective on events.  Anyone who cares about Yale will want to learn the facts behind this outrage.  And how does John Adams, a Harvard man, sneak his way in?

Find out more and access the full show archive at https://therebelhd2.com/shows/letstalkunlv/

Stephen Hekman is the Vice President of Retail Services for Kinsgmen Projects, spearheading the growth of several international brands. Prior to his career, Stephen graduated from California State University-San Bernardino College of Business and Public Administration, served as ASI Student Body President, on the Faculty Senate, and the American Marketing Association. He's been referred to by his colleagues as, “the Wikipedia of the retail rollout world” because of his wealth of industry knowledge and wisdom, while continually providing an unparalleled dedication to his work and the people whom he works with.

Faculty Senate approves establishment of ethnic studies requirement at Sac StateHornet Baseball: Weekend series canceled due to positive COVID-19 testSac State professor's book gets plugged on ‘The Late Show'OPINION: Spongebob's top 5 most underrated songsEDITORIAL: Sac State has not involved students in fall 2021 instruction decisionsSTATE HORNET PODCAST: Everything you may have missed over breakSTATE HORNET PODCAST: Conference on anti-Asian violence held at Sac StateUnforgettable: The Year 2020

Oregon State University president F. King Alexander resigned Tuesday. This comes after the OSU Board of Trustees initially voted to place Alexander on probation, following a report that detailed the mishandling of sexual misconduct allegations at Louisiana State University, where Alexander served as chancellor and president before he came to OSU last year. Students, faculty, alumni and others were clearly not satisfied with the board's initial decision and ramped up the pressure, with the Faculty Senate expressing “no confidence” and even calling for board members to resign as well. We hear from OSU Faculty Senate President Selina Heppell and Millicent Durand, a senior at OSU and a reporter for the student newspaper, the Daily Barometer.

STATE HORNET PODCAST, WED 2/24: HEERF Grants, ‘CARmencement'STATE HORNET PODCAST, FRI 2/26: Faculty Senate, St. Francis protestBHM Playlist: A history lesson on Black music's impactEnvironmental studies professor reflects on experience with civil rights movementWhy Sac State volleyball team wears masks and the basketball teams don'tNO LIMITS PODCAST 2/28: ‘2021 All-Star Snub Team'Swarm Report Feb. 26: men's tennis team and women's volleyball team lose nail biters

Wednesday 2/24 podSpanish podSac State Faculty Senate discusses ‘CARmencement,' proposes endorsing ABC/no credit grading optionProtestors rally against racism due to blackface by St. Francis studentSacramento's ‘Worst' Kept Secret: Underground streetwear market reopensSwarm Report Feb. 25: Both basketball programs suffer losses to Weber StateHave a story you'd like to see covered on the podcast? Get in touch with us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook or through our email address, editor@statehornet.com. 

Students clash with professors violating Sac State policy restricting webcam requirementsPrepare for a 6 week stay-at-home order, Sacramento County Health officials saySac State Faculty Senate votes in favor of keeping spring breakYOUTUBE: BLM Sacramento and Our Streets Coalition hold boycott Arden Mall protestSac State Women's basketball game against UC Davis canceledSac State Men's Basketball defeats Idaho Vandals 73-57 in morning showdownSac State women's basketball team drops first game of the seasonTHE LO-DOWN: The ultimate affordable holiday gift-guideOPINION: The NFL has fumbled the ball with its handling of COVID-19

In this episode of the Armchair Scholars Podcast, Brendan and Nic sit down with Dr. Robin Rasbury, PsyD. WHO IS OUR GUEST? Robin Rasbury, PsyD is a an Associate Professor at John F. Kennedy University and graduate of California School of Psychology with emphasis on multicultural competency. She is now Core faculty in the Doctor of Psychology program at JFKU after starting as Core Faculty in the MFT MA in Counseling Psychology Program from 2010 to March 2018 and Program Chair from 2015 to 2018. Dr. Rasbury teaches attachment, psychodynamic theory, clinical skills, family life cycle, foster and adoption, children, adolescents and family treatment and interventions; and crisis and trauma, and multicultural competence. She enjoys advising and mentoring students and facilitated a monthly support group for African American students in the MA and PsyD program for five years. On the University level, Dr. Rasbury is an Executive Faculty member on the Faculty Senate and Chair of the Multicultural Curriculum Committee; and has served on hiring committees for faculty and staff. In 2017, Dr. Rasbury was an External Reviewer for a MFT program in the Bay Area. Prior to working at JFKU, Dr. Rasbury was the Supervisor of the Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care Program for high-risk adolescents. This involved recruitment and training of specialized foster parents to parent these teens and collaborating with probation officers and social services who referred the youth. The purpose of this program was to reunify the youth with their parents of origin after completing the program. At Oakland Children's Hospital as liaison clinician providing parent-infant therapy to incarcerated women of color and their babies. TOPICS Some of the topics we discuss are adoption, parenting, foster care, the role of psychologists during the Covid-19 and racial pandemics and more. Stay tuned to hear how Dr. Rasbury's role has shifted since the Covid-19 pandemic. OFFICE HOURS Stop by "Office Hours" to hear Brendan and Nic dive deeper into topics discussed on today's episode that they want to know more about, which will be posted 1 week following the upload of this video. Be sure to check us out on all social media platforms @armchairscholars for future episodes and more!

This week, Podcast Editor Abby Smith takes a look at some of the most competitive races for U.S. House and Senate seats and seats that are up for re-election in the state of West Virginia. To listen to this podcast, visit the https://www.thedaonline.com/deepdive or subscribe to DA Deep Dives wherever you listen to podcasts. Interested in the Faculty Senate's Social Justice Summit Series? Click here to register: https://tinyurl.com/wvu-sjs-survey Vulnerable Races: https://cookpolitical.com/ratings/house-race-ratings https://cookpolitical.com/ratings/senate-race-ratings West Virginia House Races: https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_West_Virginia,_2020 West Virginia Senate Race: https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_Senate_election_in_West_Virginia,_2020

This week, host Sydney Wentz takes a look at the cancelation of study abroad for Spring 2021, how WELL WVU is keeping students safe in a different way and how international students and freshmen are feeling the impact of online classes. Interested in the Faculty Senate's Social Justice Summit Series? Click here to register: https://tinyurl.com/wvu-sjs-survey

In a first for this podcast (but not a last), Paul G. Cook (@paulgeecook) reads his own bad idea chapter, "First-Year Composition Should Be Skipped." Seriously, who needs Kyle Stedman (@kstedman) around here anyway (though he butts in as host regardless). Cook's narration is a chapter from Bad Ideas about Writing, which was edited by Cheryl E. Ball (@s2ceball) and Drew M. Loewe (@drewloewe). Chapter keywords: rhetorical listening, contingent labor, deep learning, dual enrollment, ethics, first-year composition, literacy, rhetoric, writing pedagogy Paul Cook is Associate Professor of English in the Department of English and Language Studies at Indiana University Kokomo and Director of Writing for the campus. He also serves as President of Faculty Senate and Reviews Editor for the online journal Across the Disciplines. He teaches courses in writing, rhetoric, digital media, and technical editing. Paul earned a BA from Winthrop University, an MA from Auburn University, and a PhD from the Rhetoric/Composition program at the University of South Carolina. His work has appeared in Pedagogy, JAC, Workplace: A Journal for Academic Labor, Across the Disciplines, Communication Law Review, and others. Most recently, he co-led, along with colleagues Polly Boruff-Jones, Mark Canada, Christina Downey, and Mike Caulfield, AASCU‘s webinar series “Digital Literacy in the Time of Pandemic.” Paul lives in Indianapolis just off the Monon Trail, the subject of one of his current writing projects. As always, the theme music is "Parade" by nctrnm, and both the book and podcast are licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. The full book was published by the West Virginia University Libraries and Digital Publishing Institute; find it online for free at https://textbooks.lib.wvu.edu/badideas. All ad revenue will be split between the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund and the Computers and Writing Graduate Research Network.

Today I talked to Thaisa Way about her new books The Landscape Architecture of Richard Haag: From Modern Space to Urban Ecological Design (University of Washington Press, 2019). Haag is best known for his rehabilitation of Gas Works Park in Seattle and for a series of remarkable gardens at the Bloedel Reserve on Bainbridge Island. He reshaped the field of landscape architecture as a designer, teacher, and activist. In 1964, Haag founded the landscape architecture department at the University of Washington, and his innovative work contributed to the increasingly significant design approach known as urban ecological design, which encourages thinking beyond the boundaries of gardens and parks to consider the broader roles that landscapes play within urban ecosystems, such as storm water drainage and wildlife habitat. Thaisa Way is an urban landscape historian teaching and researching history, theory, and design in the Department of Landscape Architecture at the College of Built Environments, University of Washington, Seattle. She is currently the Chair of the Faculty Senate's Committee on Planning and Budgets at the University of Washington. Currently she is the Program Director for Garden and Landscape Studies, Harvard University/ Dumbarton Oaks Research Center. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest Bios Show Transcript Liberty University president, Jerry Falwell Junior, is in hot water after several exposes charging him with nurturing a culture of fear and self-dealing at the evangelical school. But the charges against him were mainly made by anonymous sources. This week on The Roys Report, a former dean at Liberty University who's never before spoken to the press will join me to discuss the allegations. And he'll be going on the record, as opposed to remaining anonymous. What's true and what's not? I really hope you can join us for The Roys Report, this Saturday morning at 11 on AM 1160 Hope for Your Life and on Sunday night at 7 on AM 560 The Answer! Show Transcript Segment 1 JULIE ROYS:  Jerry Falwell, Jr., the president of Liberty University is in hot water, following a series of reports alleging self-dealing, mocking students and staff, and nurturing a culture of fear. But are these reports true? Welcome to The Roys Report. I'm Julie Roys. And if you follow the news, you've likely heard a lot about Jerry Falwell and Liberty University lately. Last week, Reuters publishes several emails by Falwell where he speaks disparagingly about those at the college. In one, he calls a student “retarded.” And in another, he calls his police chief a “half-wit.” But earlier last week, Politico published an article with much more serious charges. It alleged that Falwell used Liberty to make deals and loans to enrich his family and friends. For example, Falwell reportedly hired his son, Trey Falwell to manage a shopping center that the school owns. And Liberty loaned a construction company, owned by Falwell's good friend Robert Moon, a quarter of a million dollars to start his company. Then, according to Politico, Liberty awarded Moon's company more than 130 million dollars in contracts. Of course, if Liberty were a private business, owned by Falwell, that would be his prerogative. But Liberty is a non-profit university, funded in part by donations. And using a non-profit for personal enrichment is strictly prohibited by the law. The Politico article also alleged that administrators and faculty at Liberty are terrified of speaking out against Falwell. One current high-level employee reportedly called it a dictatorship. Another employee reportedly said “Everybody is scared for their life. Everybody walks around in fear.” But a major problem with the Politico article is that it relied heavily on anonymous sources. The author, Brandon Ambrosino, said he talked to more than two dozen current and former high-ranking Liberty University officials, and close associates of Falwell, yet none went on the record, supposedly because they were all too afraid. Yet that's a huge problem in an age where there've been major scandals involving media outlets inventing stories and sources. That's not okay. But today, on this program, I have a former Dean at Liberty, who's going to speak on the record publicly for the very first time. And I should clarify, this former Dean has never before spoken to the press about this issue. So he's not one of the anonymous sources in the Politico article. His name is Mark Tinsley. He's currently a pastor at Amelon United Methodist Church in Madison Heights, Virginia. But from 2012 until 2017, he worked at Liberty University—first as a department chair, then as an Associate Dean and finally as the Dean of the College of General Studies. So, Mark, welcome! It's a pleasure to have you join me. MARK TINSLEY:  Good to be here, Julie. Thank you for having me. JULIE ROYS:  Absolutely. And also joining me today is another former Liberty employee who actually has spoken on the record to the press. His name is Brian Melton. And he is quoted at length in a Washington Post story that published in July called “Inside Liberty University's Culture of Fear.” Brian taught at Liberty for 15 years as an Associate Professor of History. He also served for a time as the Chair of the Curriculum Committee and Moderator of the Faculty Senate. He resigned in 2018 and now is a senior lecturer at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland. Brian thank you so much for joining us all the way from Poland! Appreciate it. BRIAN MELTON:  Thank you very much for having me. I appreciate it. JULIE ROYS:  Well, I should also mention that I reached out to Scott Lamb. He's the Vice President of University Communications at Liberty. We spoke on Friday. And I invited him or President Falwell to join us today. Scott asked me to text him back at his cell phone and I did that. But he did not respond to that. So I'm assuming that Liberty does not want to be part of this but we did invite them. And in fairness, I always do that. I always reach out to anybody who's part of the discussion to see if they want to join us, especially when it's of this kind of nature. However, Jerry Falwell has responded to the reports, by saying in some other reports to the press, that he's a target of an illegal smear campaign. Falwell says that some of the emails that were leaked to the press in the Politico article were technically University property. And he says he's called the FBI to investigate. He also says he's going to sue anybody who did that in civil court. He also says this is a part of an attempted coup against him. And these charges aren't true. It's just the smear campaign and then attempted coup. So Brian and Mark, I should just ask you. Did you leak any emails to the press? Are you part of any of that? BRIAN MELTON :  No, I myself I …absolutely not. JULIE ROYS:  Okay. So you're not a part of that. MARK TINSLEY:  Yeah and Mark, I'm not either, so. JULIE ROYS:  Okay. But they may have an uphill battle. According to the AP article, they quoted a cyber-crime expert, Nick Ackerman, who said Falwell's assertion of a criminal conspiracy—he called it totally insane. He said that ex-board members and employees can share emails with reporters as long as they have authorized access to them and didn't hack into someone else's account. So, we are not going to talk about, I don't think, any of the self-dealing because as I talked to you, Brian and Mark, before this show, you said that's not something that you had knowledge of. And what I want to talk about is what you have firsthand information of. What were you an eyewitness to? Because what I want to do is get to the truth. And are some of these allegations in these articles, can you corroborate them? And it seems like that self-dealing isn't one. And as far as knowing Falwell personally, Brian have you ever met Jerry Falwell, Jr. personally? BRIAN MELTON:  No, not really. As we discussed before the show, my closest encounter with Jerry Falwell, Jr. is actually one day after a doctor's appointment ran over late. That was rushing into a building to try to get to my class. And he saw me coming and thought I was a student who was running late. And he asked me if I wanted an excuse to get into class. And I told him, as I rushed past, that no I'm the professor. And he got a kick out of that. And I made it to class only a few minutes late. But no, I have no personal knowledge of Jerry Falwell. And I have nothing to add to that and I have added nothing to that. JULIE ROYS:  Yeah, probably not the way you want to meet the President of your University if you're a professor. But (laughter) it is what happened. And Mark, what about you? You were a Dean at the University. Did you have any contact with Jerry Falwell, Jr.? MARK TINSLEY:  No, the only contact ever I had with him was at a gathering at the football stadium, several years back, and I passed by him. I may have shaken his hand. I can't remember. But that is the only contact, only time I've ever been in the same room. JULIE ROYS:  Yeah and Liberty is a massive school. How many students there? MARK TINSLEY:  It's over a hundred thousand right now, combining online and residential students. Gets them around 12,000 residential students right now. JULIE ROYS:  Yeah—very, very large school. But as we talked a little bit—how involved—we were talking about this Mark. How involved is Jerry Falwell, Jr., as a president, in the running of the school from your perspective as a Dean? MARK TINSLEY:  Well, I think I can speak from the perspective of the academic side of the University. And I would honestly say, and this is an objective statement, in my experience and I think in the experience of most of the folks in the department where I worked, he was really a non-presence. He rarely attended faculty meeting, faculty get-togethers. We didn't see him around the offices, places of work. He didn't walk the campus. His dad had a great reputation of walking the campus, Jerry Falwell, Sr. And going by the departments and talking to people. I remember one occasion when Jerry Falwell, Sr. came by the seminary when I was working there. And he talked to us about what held the seminary was the rudder of the University. And it was really an inspiring thing to have the President of the University to say those things to you. But we never say Jerry Falwell, Jr. in that way. And yeah, he was just a non-presence on campus. We didn't see him on a day-to-day basis at all. JULIE ROYS:  So, what we're going to be talking about today then, isn't something where you've had first-hand experience with Falwell, but more about how the school operates and its particularly this culture of fear at the school. And we only have about a minute or so before we have to go to break. But let me throw that to you, Brian. You've talked a little bit about tenure or there not being tenure. And how the school kind of uses that with professors. Can you, briefly, just kind of get us started on that? BRIAN MELTON:  Yes. Very much in nutshell. Liberty has always operated on one-year contracts. The original idea behind that was so that they could stop left-ward drift. So that was the problem in places like Harvard and Princeton had had. That once tenured professors had gotten in, you couldn't get them out. And then they would take the University farther and farther away from its Christian roots. But starting about 2007 and really hitting the fan about 2014, 2015, after Jerry, Jr. became slowly in control of the University. You did, it really became a method of control. Everyone was reminded, very, very often, that you're on a one-year contract that just does not have to be renewed. And that if you, not in so many words, but if you step out of line, if you do something that makes someone unhappy with you then you're– that's going to be it. JULIE ROYS:  That's it. (Laughter). I get it. Okay, again that is Brian Melton, a former Associate Professor of History at Liberty University. Also, Mark Tinsley, a former Dean at Liberty joining me today. I'm Julie Roys. You're listening to The Roys Report. We will be right back after a short break. Segment 2 JULIE ROYS:  Well, are the reports about Jerry Falwell and Liberty University true? Or are they simply a result of an attempted coup and an illegal smear campaign? Welcome back to The Roys Report. I'm Julie Roys. And joining me today is a former Dean and former Associate Professor at Liberty. And I'm asking them about numerous reports that have been published about Liberty and Falwell. These reports have accused Liberty President, Jerry Falwell, Jr., of berating employees and students and of cultivating a culture of fear and self-dealing at the school. But the most explosive expose which was published last week in Politico relied heavily on anonymous sources. So today what I've done is I've two sources who are willing to go on the record with their first-hand experiences. By the way, you can join the conversation about this show online by going to Facebook.com/ReachJulieRoys. Or you can reach us on Twitter by using our handle @ReachJulieRoys.  Well joining me today is Mark Tinsley, a former Dean of the College of General Studies at Liberty University. And Brian Melton a former Associate Professor of History and also part of the Faculty Senate. So, gentlemen, before the break, Brian, you were explaining about how there's no tenure at Liberty. Instead, every year, it's a one-year contract. And you're saying that this was used by the administration to get control over the professors. And frequently, you're told get in line or else you're going to lose your contract. What's the impact that has on the faculty when you have a system like that? BRIAN MELTON:  Well, I think probably one of the best ways to sum it up is something that Jerry, Jr. himself said. I think it was in The New York Times, when he said the big victory was “taming” the faculty. Which, of course, using an analogy comparing the faculty to animals that are beasts of burden. And that really does have that kind of chilling effects on peoples' ability to speak out. Especially given the fact that for conservatives, in general, and conservative Christians in particular in academics, jobs are very hard to come by. And so, if you lose a job at a place like Liberty, then there's a very strong probability that you will not be able to find one that either for years or again. So, the idea of losing that one ability to feed your family, it's a very serious threat. And it's something that the administration definitely used to keep the faculty in line. JULIE ROYS:  Well, and when you're saying that though, when you're saying keep them in line. There's probably a lot of sympathy with people listening to keeping faculty in line who are drifting left on doctrinal issues, for example. I think some, a lot of us are frustrated when we see that at colleges that that's allowed to happen and continues to happen. But is that really the kind of thing that it was, I mean, what was stepping out of line at Liberty? BRIAN MELTON:  Yeah, that was certainly the way it began. It was not what it became. Stepping out of line was complaining about academic quality in the classes, asking too many questions of a particular administrative set of goals or program or plan. It can also be grading too harshly. If you didn't have a certain success rate even if the students were not performing to the level that you would expect of a college level course. Then, you could lose your position or, at least, lose your load over that. There were absolutely no guarantees. JULIE ROYS:  So, let's talk about turnover now and kind of the culture among the administrators. Mark, you told me about something that I haven't really seen reported on and that is a huge shake up in the Provost Office around, what was it, 2016, 2017? So tell me about that? MARK TINSLEY:   Yes. So in around November of 2016, things were truckin' along at the University in the College of General Studies like they had always been. And business as usual. And suddenly, I was the Associate Dean of the College (inaudible) at the time. I reported to the Dean of The College of General Studies, at that time, Emily Heady, who also served as a Vice-Provost in the Provost's office. So, she had dual hats. And I remember the day. It was November the 15th, 2016. I'd been having correspondence that morning with Emily about matters in CGS. The mood had been light. We in our emails, we had a few jokes here and there in the emails. And when I emailed her at 11:30 am that morning after several email already that day. I got a reply back that said something to the effect of I'm not at the University right now. If you have any questions, contact the Provost, Dr. Ron Hawkins. I thought that was interesting. So, we went on and I called and talked to Dr. Hawkins. Got a lot of non-answers. One thing led to another and by December the 9th I got an email from Emily Heady saying I no long work at the University. Very much a stressful time for all of us. I sought answers from the Provost also saying and got none. The answers were it's something we can't talk about. You don't need to know. Continue to lead the College of General Studies, we'll get back to you. That kind of thing. So, one thing led to another there. It really caused a stir within the College and within the entire University because Emily was such a beloved person. A beloved administrator. All expected her to become the next Provost when Dr. Hawkins retired. It was assumed later that year or maybe in the next year or two. But things really started to snowball at that point. We started to get word that my, the other Associate Dean in the Department with me, that he was going to get sacked by the Provost Office. Presumably for being too close to Dr. Heady. I warned him of that and he went on and resigned. I went on soon thereafter and resigned myself. Not wanting to be associated with these types of underhanded tactics. I knew Emily Heady very well. I knew her character. I knew the person that she is today still. Certainly was at the time. So, in the matter . . .  JULIE ROYS:  So, did you talk with her? Did you talk? I'm guessing you talked to her. MARK TINSLEY:  Oh yes. JULIE ROYS:  I don't know how much you're at liberty to share but I mean, what was your sense? MARK TINSLEY:  Well, she wasn't at liberty to say a whole lot because she was under, they had somehow forced her to sign a non-disclosure agreement. So, we talked about, you know, her future and a lot of those things. But the sense that you get in any of these conversations, and talking to someone, they don't have to say, you know the person well enough to know their character. And I knew that she had not done anything underhanded or deceitful and she made the statement to that, you know, that everything was she didn't do anything wrong, you know. And so, I knew that things were fine with her and her character and all of the. The month that followed that, the resignation that, her being, well, she resigned. I mean she resigned under a non-disclosure. And then the other Associate Dean resigned. I resigned. And then in the months that followed, at least four other faculty members and staffers resigned as well. And so in a matter of six to eight months, ten months or so, you had about 7 to 8 faculty members and some staffers that, because of matters of integrity and not wanting to work in an environment and culture of fear any longer, decided to walk away and move on to other things. JULIE ROYS:  So, you really felt in a real culture of fear intimidation. This isn't something where Politico is just making it up. You're saying, yeah, it was real. MARK TINSLEY:  Oh absolutely. It was absolutely real. People regularly talked about the fear that they had in formal and informal ways. I mean, as Associate Dean, and Dean, I had people come by my office at times, and talk about their fears, especially when contract time was coming around. Talking about fears of non-renewal and those type of things. We were always having to address those kinds of issues with the faculty.  JULIE ROYS:  And so, you had to be loyal. Was this a culture where loyalty is the top, loyalty to Jerry Falwell, Jr., is the top goal, or the top value? Or what is driving it? MARK TINSLEY:   I don't know that any of us felt it was absolute loyalty to Jerry Falwell, Jr.. But we did feel that it was absolute loyalty to the institution. You didn't feel at liberty to, as Brian said earlier, to make any statements adversely towards the university or the curriculum or any of the executive offices. Or anyone. I mean it had to be – I always called it an environment of hyper-loyalty. It was loyalty without question. It was blind loyalty really. It's what folks felt was expected of them. And it seemed to be expected because when anyone stepped out of line and made any kind of critical comment, they were let go.  JULIE ROYS:  Well, that's Mark Tinsley, a former Dean at Liberty University. Also joining me today, Brian Melton, a former Associate Professor of History and Moderator of the Faculty Senate at Liberty. I'm Julie Roys and you're listening to The Roys Report. And when we come back, we're going to talk about a situation where Mark was pressured by the Administration to do something that he didn't want to do. We'll be right back after a short break. Segment 3  JULIE ROYS:   Is Jerry Falwell Jr. the target of an attempted coup and an illegal smear campaign? Or, are the accusations against his administration true? Welcome back to The Roys Report. I'm Julie Roys. And today we're discussing a very hot topic in the news right now. As you've likely heard, there were 2 explosive reports published last week. An article by Reuters included emails from Falwell in which he called a Liberty University student “retarded” and an employee a “half-wit.” But, the more serious allegations were reported by Politico. That article included multiple examples and documentation of alleged self-dealing at Liberty. For example, the article mentioned that Falwell hired his son, Trey Falwell, to manage a shopping center owned by the school. And Liberty loaned a construction company owned by Falwell's good friend Robert Moon, a quarter of a million dollars to start the company. Then, according to Politico, Liberty awarded Moon's company more than 130 million dollars in contracts. Again, Liberty is a non-profit university, so using the university for any personal enrichment is prohibited by law. But Politico, that article, also included numerous anonymous sources claiming that Falwell nurtured a culture of fear at the school. The article says people were too scared of Falwell to go on the record. But it claimed that the sources that were cited in there were current and former high-ranking employees of Liberty University and associates of Falwell's. In response, Falwell has claimed that he's the target of an attempted coup and a smear campaign at the school. And he's announced his intentions to sue those who have spoken out against him or leaked these emails. So, are the allegations against Jerry Falwell Jr. true or simply this result of a smear campaign.  Well joining me today are two former employees with first-hand knowledge of this situation at Liberty. And unlike the politico sources, they're not appearing on my program anonymously. Their names are Mark Tinsley, a former dean of the college of general studies at Liberty University. And Brian Melton, a former associate professor history and chairman of the faculty senate at Liberty. Mark resigned from Liberty in 2017 and Brian resigned last year. And by the way, if you're just joining us and missed the first part of the show, the entire audio will be posted soon after this broadcast to my website JulieRoys.com. I also want to mention that I did invite Jerry Falwell or another representative from Liberty to appear on this show, but they didn't respond to my invitation. So, gentlemen, let me just ask you this because, okay, Brian, you're in Poland now, so, I'm guessing you're feeling you're outside of the reach of Jerry Falwell Jr., but Mark, you're right there in Virginia. And I know in this Politico article, it was saying people are afraid, not just those who are employees of the college, but just living in the town because of the power and the reach of the Falwell family. Do you feel afraid. MARK TINSLEY:  No, I don't feel afraid. And that's not a cavalier attitude at all. You know, I think Brian would feel the same way. We just see a lot of our friends and former colleagues that are undergoing a lot of stress right now. They're in a place that many of them don't want to be. They're being oppressed right now. They live in fear. And I think for me, I'll speak for myself, I'm just tired of people taking courageous stands, in one sense, but not putting their names to it in another. My mom and dad raised me to, if you're going to say something about somebody, have, you know, put your name to it. Now I'm not criticizing the people that went anonymous. I know they're reasons than that. But for me, it's an obligation. I have some things that might be inspiring to our faculty that would see and hear me and Brian and would say, “You know, there's a voice out there. There's someone who does care and someone who will put their name to this.” And then secondly, you know, I preached on Isaiah 41:10 just this past Sunday. And it says, “Do not be afraid. For I am with you. Do not be afraid. For I am your God. I will strengthen you. I will help you. I will, I have called you with My victorious right hand.” And if I truly believe that passage of scripture, then I should stand up and not be fearful. JULIE ROYS:   Amen. And there's a freedom, isn't there, when you speak out? And you take the consequences, whatever they are. And you just move on with life. But there's a freedom to speak your mind and to say what you feel and what you believe. Brian, let me throw this to you real quick. I know I said before the break that we're going to talk a little bit about a course that was dropped and there was kind of this pressure around that. And I want to talk to Mark about that. But first, you had mentioned, just real briefly that there was something said, what was it, at faculty orientation every year? BRIAN MELTON:  Oh yes, I think one of the best examples of sort of how this culture was passed along and emphasized in such a way almost involving the sort of typical Christianese where I'm encouraging you but I'm kind of threatening you. There was this announcement they always used to give where they ended everything by saying, “Now we just want you to know, and this is not a threat, we're not threatening you, but there are hundreds of people lined up for your job. And even though we get resume's all the time, we're very happy to say that we don't want you, we've got the people we want. Now this is not a threat.” And of course, you look at that, and every faculty member that I knew looked at that and they're like, “No, that is a threat.” Nobody in their right mind would not take that as a threat. And, in fact, it was a very special kind of threat. It insulted your intelligence as much as it threatened you. And I joke sometimes that I wonder why they hired me to teach college history if they thought I was so stupid that I would fall for that. And surely you want someone smarter than that. It was a good example of ways they found to remind you of how temporary you were. And how even though, like Mark said, they expected so much loyalty from you, once you got beyon the dean level, there was none toward you. JULIE ROYS:   Well let me ask you Mark, this situation that happened, we probably won't have time to tell that much in this segment, but we'll get to it in the next segment too. But what happened? Somewhere there was a course that was a favorite of yours and one that seemed to do very well, but the school wanted to get rid of. MARK TINSLEY:  It was an introductory level freshman seminar type course. But it taught andragogy-adult learning. And we had run this course for a couple of years and gotten some wonderful data on it. And students who took it had better retention. And the university students who took it score better in their subsequent classes at the university. I mean, all of the data was showing, “Hey, you want your student to take this course.” However, some folks on the other side of the college—in enrollment management on the business side of the college—didn't like the course because it was another course students had to take. It was another required course. So, for a long time the course had stated that if a student came in with 60 credit hours—half their degree done—they didn't have to take this course. So that was a bit of a win for the business side of the university because some students didn't have to take it. However, the university wanted us to drop that down to 45 credits. JULIE ROYS:   And yet, this was communicated to you in a meeting with one of the administrators, correct? MARK TINSLEY:  Well, it had been communicated in several meetings. It had been a thing that had been discussed for a while. JULIE ROYS:   Well hold that thought. We're going to need to go to break. When we come back from break, we'll continue this whole store about this course. And it'll give just sort of an insight. I think it's an interesting window into how things operate there at Liberty. And I know this is a school both for you Brian and for you Mark that you still love. That you still want to see thrive. And I know that's part of why you're speaking out. Again, you're listening to The Roys Report. I'm Julie Roys. Joining me today Mark Tinsley, a former dean at Liberty University and Brian Melton, a former associate professor of history. We will be right back after a short break. Segment 4 JULIE ROYS:   Are the allegations against Liberty University President, Jerry Falwell, Jr. true? Welcome back to The Roys Report. I'm Julie Roys and today I'm exploring the recent allegations against Falwell that were published in both Politico and Reuters last week. These accused Falwell of mocking employees and students, using the College to enrich his family and friends, and nurturing a culture of fear. And by the way, if you're just joining the program and want to listen to the entire broadcast, or if you just want to share it with friends, the entire audio will be available shortly after this broadcast at JulieRoys.com and then you click on the podcast tab. Again, joining me today are two men with first-hand knowledge of the culture at Liberty. Until 2017, Mark Tinsley worked at Liberty as the Dean of the College of General Studies. And until 2018, Brian Melton worked as an Associate Professor at Liberty and the Chairman of the Faculty Senate. So Mark, we talked just briefly about what was happening about this one course, where the administration wanted you to get rid of this course. You didn't want to get rid of it. Tell me how this showdown came to blows.  MARK TINSLEY:  Well, it wasn't that they wanted to get rid of it but they wanted to reduce the credit hour requirement for it. So, originally it was 60 hours. If you came with 60 hours of credit as a transfer student, you didn't have to take this freshman seminar course that had been shown, again, to have a positive impact on student success. They wanted us to drop that down to 45 credit hours so that even fewer students would have to take it. We didn't agree with that because the course was showing so much success. And so, in order for that to happen, the College of General Studies had to vote, in its general studies committee, for that change to occur in a process called—the FIO process “For Informational Only” Process. And it's kind of a weird title but we had to vote then. Well, we went into the meeting to vote, and I've got, this is how the culture of fear works, Julie, is that we took minutes, like you do in meetings, but we also took alternate minutes. And I'm going to read from the alternate minutes from you that are unofficial. But these are the ones that we took to say what really happened in that meeting. The first vote that occurred got one yes vote, one no vote, in a group of about 10-12 persons. All the others abstained. Then one of the faculty members said, “Well, is this going to, if we vote no to this change is this going to hurt Mark and our other Associate Dean, or the Associate Dean and is it going to put them at risk?” Another faculty member stood up and said, “It absolutely will.” He said, “I don't agree with this change but I'm going to vote yes for it to protect our leaders. Because if we do not protect them, who knows who we're going to get. Who's going to replace them? Who's going to come down here to lead us?” So, we voted again and it passed that time and so we sent it on and, of course, the change was made. But you know, it was just amazing. I mean, I stood there in awe as the moderator of this group, because I had told them from the beginning, you guys vote your conscience. Don't vote, vote your conscience. And their conscience was—abstained, one voted yes, one voted no. When we went back and voted what we knew they wanted, then the vote came out the right way. And the thing is, I failed to mention this, is prior to this meeting, I had a visit from one of the Vice-Provosts, in my office, where he sat down, closed door, just him, me. And he said, “We need this to pass. This will pass.” And he sent me an email prior to that, Julie, that didn't say in those words but you could read between the lines in the email. And see he said, “We need this to be done in 21 days or less.”  You know, read between those lines and, you know, get this done. So, and that was how, they advised this change without consultation of the General Studies. This came in an email. They had re-written the FIO. JULIE ROYS:  So, they're really, they're not asking for a vote. They're telling you to vote, right? MARK TINSLEY:  They're telling you what to do.  Yeah and so, that was unfortunate.  JULIE ROYS:  Tell me, too, about the, you said in the vice, in the Provost's Office, we've talked about a shakeup. Then you had this situation happen but then there were a bunch of other Provosts that came through in a very rapid-fire manner, wasn't there? I mean, there was like, what did you say, no less than 5 turnovers in the Provost's Office within . . . ? MARK TINSLEY:  No less than 5 changes, in, since mid-2017. And the changes are still occurring. I mean, recently the current Provost, there was recently a second Provost added, another Co-Provost situation. Where they now have a Provost and Chief Academic Officer for the residential side and an online Provost. So, that office is continually in flux, it seems. JULIE ROYS:  I mean are you telling me that there's so much turnover this is such a crisis at this point? That, I mean, is this sustainable? At the same time the school is doing well. I mean, enrollment is extremely healthy. I talked to parents. I talked to some faculty. And, I mean, beautiful faculty. The students, from what I hear, there was a protest on Friday. Instead of it being contrarian, like the two sides apparently starting talking to each other and debating it politely. And I mean these are beautiful people at this school but what you're describing—that kind of turnover. That's hard to sustain a school. MARK TINSLEY:  It is and it makes for a lot of chaos and uncertainty. And all that of that uncertainty and chaos adds to the culture of fear. Yeah, so it's a very volatile situation. JULIE ROYS: Do you think it will last? I mean, or do you think there needs to be a change in the administration? Or, if there's not, and when I say administration, I mean everybody seems to be pointing the finger at the top, at the President. MARK TINSLEY:  Right. Well, I think something has to change. You can't sustain this kind of turnover indefinitely. This won't and it's going to start to hurt their accreditation. You can't have this kind of turnover consistently and the accreditors not see that and ask questions.  JULIE ROYS: Well and the self-dealing allegations, I mean, that's very serious. And I know accreditors look at that sort of stuff, too. So, and that, I would say, the Politico article had so much documentation. That was probably the strongest part, I thought of the entire article. The anonymous sources, not so much. The documentation for the self-dealing and that's a very serious charge. That was much stronger. Both of you gentlemen have told me about something that exists, Mark, you have a name for it, you call it like “the underground”. Tell me a little bit about this because this is really stunning to me about this whole underground and how it operates.  MARK TINSLEY:  Well, the name “the underground” comes from a former, a friend of mine, who's a former employee as well. I'll give him credit. I won't name him but it's an unofficial network of current and former faculty and employees, of the university, that are constantly talking. The interesting thing about this is, I don't know how big this network is but it's got to reach back into the top executive levels. Because I told you before the show, Julie, that every prediction that I have heard through this underground network has come true. Every one of them. We knew about Provosts that were being moved and going to be sacked. We even knew about one of the Provosts who went to another school. We heard that he was going to be fired from that school, before he was fired, before it came out in the news. All of the things that we've heard through this network have come true, 100%. And so, it's got to reach back to the highest levels. JULIE ROYS:  So, yeah, this shows that the discontent, you're saying, is rife. Not just among the faculty which, Brian you spoke to. Not just among, you know, the deans, kind of the level of the administration you were at. But to have that level of knowledge of what's going on, we're talking pretty high up at the school, there seems to be people who are speaking.  MARK TINSLEY:   I would think. And, you know, I only know about 8 people in this unofficial underground network, but each of my 8 contacts probably has 8 or 10 contacts and each of those has 8 or 10 contacts. I can imagine that this network is huge. JULIE ROYS:  But you don't know everybody that's in it. Brian, you're in this network? BRIAN MELTON:  I assume so. I also heard the news about the Provost getting sacked from the other school before it actually happened. And, personally, I think that a lot of it has to do with someone, one of the anonymous sources in the Politico article said that this isn't a Christian thing. This is a right or wrong thing. And frankly, I think, I have to strongly disagree with that and say that I think it is a Christian thing. And I think that a lot of the very strong Christians, who are at the university, are seeing these things and deploring them. And feeling that even if they can just do nothing, other than pass information to someone else, or give them some encouragement, that it's something that's very much worthwhile.  JULIE ROYS:  Gentlemen, we have just enough time, I think, to touch on one other thing that you talked to me about. And it was these courses that were called, what were they called, “S” courses? Is that right? MARK TINSLEY:  Oh, you're talking about completion rate.  JULIE ROYS:  Completion rates, yeah, okay. So tell me about these completion rates, Brian or Mark, maybe you're the best one to speak to that.  MARK TINSLEY:  Well, completion rates are how many students complete a course by passing. The difference between pass rate and completion rate but essentially the completion rate is students who get a “C”, I think it was, or higher. It was either a “C” or higher or a “D” or higher in a course. They were considered  to have completed the course successfully.  JULIE ROYS:  Okay, but there was a lot of pressure at the school. MARK TINSLEY:  A lot of pressure to keep that rate at 80%. You know, they wanted 80% in all courses, 80% in all courses for completion rate. And the story, I shared with you was that I went to the Provost's Office one day to make my report of our completion rates and I was all excited because our General Studies Math was at a completion rate of 70%. Well, at the time, the national average for completion of freshman level, General Studies Math was 50, I think 55% or somewhere in that range. So we were 15, at least 15 points above that. I was so excited. I go in there and report this and I'm immediately shot down and told, well that's too low. I said, “Well, that this was 15 points higher than the national average.” And the response I got was, we need it at 80%.  JULIE ROYS:  So are you saying there's pressure then to pass students who shouldn't be passing?  MARK TINSLEY:  There's pressure to get those rates up and how that's translated by the individual Deans, departments, and professors, you know, that's it's going to be different for each one. But you can only assume that some people are going, to save their jobs, as Brian was saying earlier, they look at these completion rates not just per course but per professor or at least they did when we were there. And there's pressure to have your numbers, so, higher than 80%. JULIE ROYS:  Okay let me throw that to Brian because we just have a little bit of time. Can you corroborate that, did you feel that too? BRIAN MELTON:  Oh, absolutely and I can say on the online side I saw that. Got that feeling talking to other professors. Because in the online side, it's as simple as we're just not going to give you another course. We don't even have to not renew your contract; you're just not going to get another course in the future. We'll give it to someone who will have a higher completion rate. That makes them want to grade much more easily. And then also for the course creators. Because the people who create the courses, if your course fails too many students, then you don't have a high enough completion rate, you may lose your job as an SME. And so there's constant pressure there to lower the standards on the courses and make the assignments easier.  JULIE ROYS:  Really briefly because we just have about a minute. What's your hope for Liberty, Brian? BRIAN MELTON:  My hope for Liberty? Well, I truly hope that Liberty realizes its original mission and rights itself. At this point I'm kind of afraid it's going off the rails. Harvard and Princeton went off the rails to the left. Liberty doesn't seem to know where it's going. I would really like it to get back to Jerry Falwell, Sr.'s B.H.A.G., as he called it—a Big Hairy Audacious Goal of being that true Christian University where you study the Biblical worldview from the ground up and everyone takes it seriously. JULIE ROYS:  Well, Brian, thank you so much, and I hate to cut you off but we are running out of time. But it's always sad when we talk about corruption or about Christian behavior that seems un-Christian. And a lot of people say, well why are we doing that? I mean there's so much bad PR in the secular press why would we do that on Christian radio? Well, I'll tell you why we need to talk about it. For one, judgment should start with the house of God. But secondly, Ephesians 5:11 says, “Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness but rather expose them.” Of all people, Christians should be the most committed to cleaning up their own house. So, I hope you've been challenged by today's program. If you'd like to read the article cited today, I put an article on my website at JULIE ROYS, Roys spelled R-O-Y-S dot com. It has links to that and again at Julie Roys.com you can get audio of this program. Again, thanks to my guests Mark Tinsley, Brian Melton. I hope you have a great weekend and God Bless.  Read more