Last . . .

I started this last thing I have done in several categories because it seemed a fun way to help people keep track of typical things I do. It is a way to spark conversation and is excellent for student scavenger hunts. So, if anyone is looking for gift ideas, below are some ideas.

Last books read:

  • What Color is Your Parachute 2022 – Richard Bolles and Katharine Brooks
  • The Busy Professor: Ten Easy Time Management Steps for Getting Your Academic Life Under Control – Timothy Slater
  • Leading from the Middle: A Playbook for Managers to Influence Up, Down, and Across the Organization – Scott Mautz
  • Leading Without Authority: How the New Power of Co-Elevation Can Break Down Silos, Transform Teams, and Reinvent Collaboration – Keith Ferrazzi and Noel Weyrich
  • Create an Engaging Syllabus: A Concise, 7-Step Guide for Professors – Norman ‘Eng
  • The Department Chair Field Manual: A Primer for Academic Leadership – Don Chu
  • Ungrading – Susan Blum
  • The Future of Education – Hezki Arieli
  • The Busy Professor – Timothy Slater
  • Guide to Rethinking Interviews – Richard Bolles
  • Guide to Rethinking Resumes – Richard Bolles
  • What Color is Your Parachute for Retirement – John Nelson and Richard Bolles
  • Dare to Lead – Brene Brown
  • Facilitating a Collegial Department in Higher Education – Robert Cipriano
  • The No Asshole Rule – Robert Sutton
  • Virtual Team Success – Darleen DeRosa and richard Lepsinger
  • Leading Project Teams – Anthony Cobb
  • Get Agile – Pieter Jongerius
  • A Guide to Teaching in the Active Learning Classroom – Paul Baepler et al
  • the Coddling of the American Mind – Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
  • Assessing Student Learning – Assessing Suskie
  • The New Education – Cathy Davidson
  • Undergraduate Capstone Courses – Robert Hauhart and Jon Grahe
  • Teaching What You Don’t Know – Therese Huston

Last movies and television:

  • The Adam Project
  • Death on the Nile
  • Invasion
  • Wheel of Time
  • Discovery of Witches
  • Foundation
  • Cinderella
  • The Matrix Resurrection
  • In the Heights
  • The Tomorrow War
  • Zombieland Double Tap
  • The secret: dare to dream
  • The map of tiny perfect things

Trips:

Trips Scheduled:

  • Wait until after the pandemic? England, Wales, Scotland

Trips Taken:

  • Italy (Rome), Greece, and Iceland (2019)
  • New Zealand and Australia (2018)
  • Bahamas (2018)
  • Ireland (2017)
  • Las Vegas (November 2015)
  • Orlando (May 2015)
  • Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico (March 2015)
  • Ireland (May 2014)
  • New Zealand and Australia (June 2013)
  • Utah (May 2013)
  • Barbados (May 2013)

Coffee Mugs

  • Drawn to Life – Cirque Du Soleil/Disney
  • Jekyll Island
  • Amelia Island
  • Ovo – Cirque Du Soleil
  • Luzia – Cirque Du Soleil

Last music purchased

  • Hollywood Park – Airborne Toxic Event
  • Look Long – Indigo Girls
  • III – The lumineers
  • Such Pretty Forks in the Road – Alanis Morissette
  • EMD 2019 – multiple artists
  • Melodrama – Lorde