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World Teacher’s Day

In 1994, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization designated October 5th as World Teachers’ Day. It is a day that we use to celebrate the millions of educators around the world who strive to help their students meet …

Pulling A Tebow in University: Not that Difficult

Many people were stunned to hear that famed football star Tim Tebow recently signed a contract to play professional baseball. After so many years of making headlines as a quarterback, it’ll take some adjustment to start thinking of the one-time Heisman …

Technology in the Classroom: The Untapped Benefits

These weeks, social media has been abuzz with the news of Apple releasing its newest products, including the iPhone 7. While digital devices are sometimes viewed as a necessary evil in today’s increasingly interconnected world, there are many uses for …

World Oceans Day

With hash tags like ‘#worldsoceanday’ and ‘ #waveforchange’ trending on twitter it didn’t take me long to figure out that yesterday was World Oceans Day – a global observation to honor the largest water bodies and take time to appreciate …

A new chapter begins.

It is that time of the year when social media is buzzing with photos of graduation hats, flashing diplomas, proud parents, convocation halls, university campuses and goodbye’s to a big phase of the student life. It’s graduation time! Although the …

Never put your life on hold

How many times have you told yourself that next summer I will plan for that dream vacation ? How many times have you promised yourself that next week you will start exercising? How many times have you said, “I have …

Don’t Be a Feather!

Are you ready? Are you ready to take control? With the dawn of the New Year upon us it is about time to prepare our list. A lot of people would think of it as a wish list, but that …

When life throws you a curveball

Ever been in a conversation where you heard or said the following? Perplexed, confused, uncertain are words running through my head… I really don’t know what to do… It seems like I have hit a wall and there’s nowhere to …

Now that the holidays are over – what’s next?

Back from the break and thinking how to re-adjust into the routine… it’s not just you, all of us are in the same boat. It is quite common to experience withdrawal symptoms after the holiday season. Christmas and New Years …

Breakfast vs. Sleep – the battle continues

Every morning right when I open my eyes I start debating whether to eat breakfast or get those five extra minutes of sleep. Yes, like most of you I go through it every day and unfortunately sleep wins in my …