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Fighting Alternative Facts with Facts

A call for higher education leaders to advocate for the truth. There was a lot of water cooler and social media banter after […]

I know I just got back from vacation, but I’ve already got vacation on my mind again. My husband and […]

I’m heading off on vacation this weekend, our first solo family trip, and I’m kind of unsure about what to […]

In communications, our job is intimately tied to and depends upon the news. To do the job well, we must […]

I know I’m in the minority here: I really don’t like the Super Bowl. Not even for the ads. Not […]

In light of Kellyanne Conway’s now infamous remarks about “alternative facts,” Teresa explores the implications of these two words and […]

What. A. Week. I don’t know about you, but this week had me ready to throw up my hands in […]

Believe it or not, I’ve already started my 2017 garden! I’ve got about half of my seeds and plants ordered […]

Words matter. Tensions on campuses and the reactions (or lack of reactions) from administrators have illustrated that academicians need to […]