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Let Them Know They Can and Will Make It
We have reached a time in the semester when first-year students are beginning to become…
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Achievement vs. Success
"My mother drew a distinction between achievement and success. She said that 'achievement is the…
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Getting Smart
Last week, I wrote here about my "getting stupid" as I took on the directorship…
Getting Stupid
This last year as director of academic support was my first involvement with a year-long…
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Belonging
Every conversation I have with my grandmother, who is 97 and lives alone in an…
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A Day to Savor
My wife gave me a ring the day I graduated from law school. I had…
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Balancing Act
My friend Ellen Swain (Vermont Law School Academic Success Program Director) recently directed me to…
It’s the Majors
I once had a student whose husband was a professional baseball player; and when, during…
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A Little Push Goes a Long Way
We had a lovely adventure last week as we were driving down to New York…
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Finishing Strong
It's late in what has been a long, grueling year for first-year students; briefs are…