Good Sunday Morning! Listened to a recorded presentation this morning. Heard the phrase “Blue Collar PhD.” It wasn’t a compliment. Nevertheless, I think it describes me, perfectly. No silver spoon here! Ergo... “Bruce M. Mackh, [Blue Collar] PhD” See you at work!

The Health and Wellbeing of Higher Education It almost doesn’t matter if you have a projected decline or growth in college-going students. Forasmuch as we now all compete for students nationally, we all must: 1.Leverage place 2.Brand and market our pl…lnkd.in/eSeUJpD

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Want to see a miracle in real time? Visit: facebook.com/groups/onlinea… I'm really proud about the care and dedication to teaching and student success exhibited there. Brené Brown said it best, "Art and design are a function of connection." Every entry is proof that's true!

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Well, even though we are not conducting business as usual at my university, I was able to get my new graduate course—design thinking—approved! That’s a win!!!

“Beat Yesterday.” And so I will!

Every now and then I want to take a road trip to discover and consume the perfect donut! COVID and my diet discourages taking action on the donut, but I can do the drive! Besides, I do some of my best thinking when drive. “Not all who wander are lost.”

Just when I think I can’t write anymore today, a thunderstorm happens along and the words just spill out of my brain onto the page. I love listening to the rain!

My new floor lamp!

“The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it.” -George Orwell

Teaching and learning have changed. We must resist the temptation to hold on to the past. We must transition to a future full of new opportunities. See you at work!!

Innovation and progress... Both are possible. Nevertheless, accomplishment comes at a price (hard work), and requires steadfast dedication. Yesterday we made a lot of innovative progress, for which I’m grateful and thankful. “Higher” education!

On 01/01/2021 at 12:00:01 a.m. hindsight—for the first time ever—will be “2020.” What did you learn?

Coming soon!

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Remember when you were a kid at a family reunion and everyone posed for a photo? You were small—others towered around you. Here I am, my chapter in this book about to be published, surrounded by giants, international scholars of incredible accomplishment and repute…, and me.

PUBLISHED!!!