And happy Feast of Samhain
Updated: 2012-10-31 10:30:00
: Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Wednesday , October 31, 2012 And happy Feast of Samhain For all you practicing . Druids Feast of Samhain Celtic New Year Celebration of All Celtic Saints November 1 is the Celtic feast of Samhain . Samhain , Gaelic for summer's end , was the most important of the ancient Celtic . feasts The Celts honored the opposing balance of intertwining forces of existence : darkness and light , night and day , cold and heat , death and life . The Celtic year was divided into two seasons : the light and the dark , celebrating the light at Beltane on May 1st and the dark at Samhain on November 1st . Therefore , the Feast of Samhain marks
: Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Tuesday , October 30, 2012 Abracadabra See this guy at the TACHE Conference in Nashville , November 8. A magical time is guaranteed for . all Professional magician , speaker and . M.C Joe M . Turner is a corporate entertainment specialist based in Atlanta , Georgia He creates customized corporate magic presentations for promotional , motivational and entertainment events in the United States and Canada . For his skills in adapting his performances to entertain and amaze his audiences while emphasizing specific marketing or inspirational messages , Mr . Turner is often described as The Chief Impossibility Officer and America's.jpg)
: Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Monday , October 29, 2012 I'm not that old But I find myself reading the AARP website . Then again , maybe I am that old . Don McLean's American Pie' Explained With Slideshow Posted by Rick Osborn Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook : Reactions No : comments Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom About Me Rick Osborn I'm currently the Secretary Treasurer for the Tennessee Alliance for Continuing Higher Education TACHE and I'm a past president of both the Association for Continuing Higher Education ACHE and TACHE . In the real world , I work in university continuing
Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Thursday , October 25, 2012 This year the Association for Continuing Higher Education is broadening its audience and bringing a virtual component to the ACHE 2012 Annual Conference Meeting on November 12-14 in Austin , . Texas By utilizing the Mediasite webcasting platform , an online attendee pass will be available for the first time , giving attendees the option to view live streams of conference sessions from their desktops or mobile devices . They can even pose questions to the speaker by clicking the Ask button on the Mediasite player Posted by Rick Osborn Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook : Reactions.jpg)
: Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Thursday , October 25, 2012 College choices in the Memphis area The Commercial Appeal highlights some of the outreach efforts of the University of Memphis . The story includes comments from our continuing education friends Dan Lattimore and Sam . Brackstone College choices are moving closer to home But , just as in secondary education , there are far more choices in higher education around the Memphis area today and thousands of students are finding satellite campuses near their homes or jobs better suited to their needs . nbsp The University of Memphis , for example , offers classes at its Lambuth campus in Jackson and has a
: Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Wednesday , October 24, 2012 Improving higher education Time lists eight ideas to improve higher education : leading off with our Governor's suggestion to tie funding to graduation rates Of interest to continuing educators is Molly Corbett Broad's suggestion to Do More for Adult Learners 8 Ideas to Improve Higher Education There are 18 million undergraduates attending U.S . colleges and universities , but a surprisingly small portion of them fall into the category of traditional” students : just 27 percent are fresh out of high school and studying full-time at a four-year school . Yet that’s where the national focus is , and
: Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Wednesday , October 24, 2012 ETSU to offer veterinary assistant training East Tennessee State University’s Office of Professional Development , in partnership with Boston Reed College , is offering a veterinary assistant training . program The course will meet on the ETSU main campus from Nov . 5 to Dec . 17 on Mondays and Wednesdays from 6-9:30 p.m . with no class meetings the week of Nov . 19. The program combines 35 hours of classroom instruction with a 24-hour volunteer experience that students will coordinate in their local area . Over the course of five weeks , participants learn to clean and disinfect cages and work
: Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Thursday , October 18, 2012 National Women's Leadership Forum December 5-7, 2012 Washington , DC Nomination Deadline : October 25, 2012 There is still time to nominate women administrators whose next career move is to a presidency , vice presidency , major deanship , or other comparable senior executive position to participate in ACE's next Women's Leadership Forum . This highly interactive Forum provides an opportunity for women leaders to network with women presidents and executive search consultants who help participants develop effective search . strategies Topics to be covered include : Developing an Effective Search
: Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Wednesday , October 17, 2012 Low hanging fruit The University of South Carolina creates Back to Carolina , a college for adult students with 60 or more credit hours and no . degree From T he Chronicle of Higher . Education U . of South Carolina Crafts an Online Degree That Students Can Afford Mr . Pittman recently began studying in the university's new Back to Carolina program , an online degree-completion option for adults who are 25 or older and previously earned at least 60 academic credits at the university . Back to Carolina is a pilot program for Palmetto College , the first offering in a much broader distance-learning
: Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Wednesday , October 17, 2012 Has pop culture forsaken the liberal arts Wherefore art thou , Indiana Jones By Kevin Craft , writing in T he . Atlantic Pop Culture Has Turned Against the Liberal Arts What gives Why are so many works perpetuating the stereotype that liberal arts programs cater to Peter Pan boys and girls and sad-sack professors , none of whom have the emotional intelligence to deal with life's problems Part of it could be recession-era scapegoating . And part of it is that the cultural heroes of the moment are largely start-up kings like Mark Zuckerbergs and Steve Jobses who dropped out of college to pursue
: Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Monday , October 15, 2012 Another listing of best places to retire Tennessee is in the top 10 at number 8. Of course , with our low life expectancy , don't plan on being around too long . From . MoneyRates.com Best Places to Retire : Latest MoneyRates.com Survey Ranks Top States No . 9 : Tennessee Why it's in the top : 10 After ranking in the bottom 10 in last year's study , Tennessee was a huge beneficiary of the new reader-weighted preferences . The state came out strong for economic factors and climate , which was enough to overcome a high crime rate and low life expectancy . nbsp Economic factors : nbsp Tennessee had the
: Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Thursday , October 11, 2012 Publics with worst graduation rates Vincennes was a community college when I was offered a teaching job there , years . ago But it was called Vincennes University even then . On the flipside , Playboy's number one party school , the University of Virginia , had the best graduation rate at 92.7 Hmmm . I wonder if the Complete College Act takes this into account . More parties , everyone From CBS Moneywatch 50 state universities with best , worst grad rates Vincennes University , 0 percent University of Houston-Downtown , 12.4 percent Texas Southern University , 13.3 percent Chicago State University 
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