Skip Fennell - Makes Mathematics Add Up for Educators
As president of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Dr. Fennell goes the distance to ensure that students everywhere have access to top-quality mathematics education.
Debora Johnson-Ross - Cool Enough for School
This popular culture researcher examines how the African concept of “cool” has been transformed in American culture.
Elizabeth van den Berg - The Play’s the Thing
Serious fun defines the scene in this award-winning theatre arts professor’s workshops.
Robin Armstrong - Helping Students Speak the Same Tune
Dr. Armstrong’s innovative, Web-based tutorial teaches the language of music.
Volker Franke - Examining Terrorism’s Tough Questions
Worst-case scenarios are a teaching tool for this national security studies expert.
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In the autumn issue you’ll learn: why it’s best to whip your holiday meringues in a copper bowl; how life got wild for two Biology professors after they became part-time shepherds; what Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had to say during his campus visit, and why Harvard Professor Davíd Carrasco ’67 says he will never be part of The Establishment.
Look for the magazine in your mailbox around Thanksgiving. It will be wrapped in plastic with Summus Mons, a publication featuring stories of philanthropy at McDaniel. Put your feet up, relax and read.
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