Albanian to American in higher education
 
Enkelejda Demika NU ‘09 and Jim Stellar
 
I first met Enkelejda at a high school science fair and immediately noticed a combination of the classic education hunger of an immigrant to US with that kind of intelligence that is at once academic and instinctive (e.g. otherlobe).  We met repeatedly over the [...]

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Jim Stellar is tweeting
 
I decided to try the experiment about which Ashley Stempel and I wrote about in a post in late December.  Follow me on Twitter at ProvostStellar. The idea is to talk about Experiential Education and particularly about ideas for implementing it at a great public university, CUNY Queens College (where else?).
 
After a [...]

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Riding high on horse-human communication
 
Susan Salk and Jim Stellar
 
Susan is a professional writer and we became friends at our previous jobs.  Recently, we began talking about the blog and how interesting it is that animals and humans seem to be able to communicate well. People think you are talking about dogs when you say that, [...]

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Inspiration is key to students from underrepresented groups
 
Tamara Buchanan NU’07 and Jim Stellar
 
When I was Dean at Northeastern, Tamara worked a little in my research laboratory but came to me with a proposition.  She noted that one of the Universities goals was to encourage diversity and accomplishment, particularly in pursuit by undergraduates of premedical and [...]

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Re-entry from Abroad Programs – Culture Shock and What it Means
 
Ruth Wyshogrod (NU ’10) and Jim Stellar
 
On January 3, I posted an e-mail that Ruth wrote from Israel about her coop abroad program experience and how deep it impacted her.  Well now she is back and the culture shock she is [...]

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Exploring Two Worlds
 
Ute Wenkemann NU’11 and Jim Stellar
 
What happens when a student from Germany comes to an American university that features a cooperative education program?  Both are cultural adjustments, first from the home country and then from the home university.  Ute did just that.  We met over an administrative matter when she was a freshman [...]

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