If you cramming madly for finals (or remembering a time when you once did), here’s a wonderfully witty Philip Appleman poem about the experience.
Tag Archives: College
Welcome Class of 2020 (and Others)
A letter to incoming college students, with a tip of the hat to Montaigne, Williams Wordsworth, and Lucille Clifton.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Tintern Abbey" entering students, academe, Liberal arts education, Lucille Clifton, Michel de Montaigne, William Wordsworth Comments closed
Rituals of Commencement
Robert Creeley’s graduation poem captures both the predictability and the unpredictability of young people going forth into the world.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "blessing the boats", "For the Graduation", commencement, Creeley (Robert), graduation, Lucille Clifton Comments closed
Mississippi Football and Homophobia
When Mississippi football players hurled insults as “The Laramie Project,” educators were presented with a teachable moment.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged homophobia, Laramie Project, Mathew Shephard, Moises Kaufman Comments closed
Poetry in the Commencement Ceremony
Our Commencement was jolted by a reading of Martin Espada’s “Imagine the Angels of Bread.”
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "blessing of the boats (at St. Mary's), "Imagine the Angels of Bread, Education, graduation, Lucille Clifton, Martin Espada, Maya Angelou Comments closed
For a Mold Attack, Read Dickinson
Our College has closed down two dorms after a mold attack. Among the many remedies has been an Emily Dickinson poem.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Water Is Taught by Thirst", Education, Emily Dickinson, Mold, Nature Comments closed
Date Rape or Cultural Misunderstanding?
Reading “Passage to India” for the first time in decades has given me insights into a date rape that I became involved in years ago involving an Ethiopian and an American student. How much, I wonder, can be attributed to cultural misunderstanding?
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Cultural misunderstandings, E. M. Forster, India, Passage to India, Rape Comments closed
Class of 2011: Brains Deeper than the Sea
St. Mary’s College of Maryland President Joseph Urgo turned to an Emily Dickinson poem as he talked to graduates about the value of a liberal arts education.
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