More fun than Faculty Council. — Dr T on the launch of Academic Chic. It’s time that someone helped academics to get a life. Welcome to Academic Chic, the lifestyle blog for Academics, because academics need to get a life. Academics often have difficulty adapting to life outside the academy because outside of the academy, […]
Read More It’s Time To Get A LifeNote: This review was meant to be satirical. But the academic in me could not resist exploring some themes in The Chair. I couldn’t help it. I wrote a quasi-serious review. I promise there will be another review because The Chair does a wonderful job of capturing the hair styles of academia so well, and […]
Read More Dr T Reviews: The ChairThe newest trend in academic offices draws on old traditions of intergenerational cohabitation. “The idea,” explains Provost Peanut-Buttere of Great White Northern University (GWNU), “is to pair experienced and newer faculty members together in a single office to build networks of support and comaraderie.” In other words, professors are sharing offices. But Provost Peanut-Buttere is […]
Read More The Future of OfficesWith the pandemic making most travel impossible, many colleagues have turned to camping as a way to escape and to enjoy some rest and relaxation. Or at least, I assume that they are camping because they cannot do anything else. What else would possess someone to leave their comfortable homes, complete with beds and indoor […]
Read More Get lost.Here in at the Great White North U., we are just wrapping up Reading Week. Ah, Reading Week. How I longed for your arrival. The plans I had for you! And how you are gone, cruelly too soon. What do we do on Reading Week? What are we supposed to do? (Those two things are […]
Read More Events: Reading WeekHealth and wellness is important, according to our HR department. Dr T heads to the gym and reports back.
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