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Category: Just for fun

Looking back at 2022… Looking forward… And an offering of Intentionally Equitable Hospitality

Yesterday, I participated in a lovely session, a celebration with the NDB (Never Done Before) community – a community I

Courage, Joy, and Other Intangible Learning Outcomes

I always enjoy reading through my students’ reflections towards the end of the semester. Seeing the course through their

Delightful Assignments: Wellness Gift Basket

I am always so so stressed at end of semester when I am supposed to do the grading for the last few assignments and post grade

The Year Fasting in Ramadan Saved My Jaw

I wrote back in 2018 about my experience of being diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis, and how handshakes hurt me so much that

Help Others Find Their Purpose in Life with Ikigai

I heard about Ikigai a few months ago at a keynote. It is a Japanese approach which helps people connect their passions and st

Beat Your Mid-Day Funk (Crowdsourced from Twitter)

You know when it’s like 2pm and you are in a funk, low energy, can’t focus, type of thing? Apparently, this happen

Virtual Vulnerability #MYFest22

Today, I participated in a #MYFest22 session led by Tony Carr and Irene Maweu of emerge Africa. It was an emergent session, no

Plain Rice Hospitality

I’ve got a notion in my head, about conceiving of hospitality with the metaphor of plain rice. Egyptians, when they have

Finding Joy and #MYFest22

I recently participated in a session by Academic Impressions focused on rediscovering joy at work in the midst of burnout and

The Best Last Class Ever: Flowers, Chocolates, and Reimagining

Anyone who knows me well knows I always start the semester loving my students before I meet them. This seems odd, but I knew t