Happy International Coffee Day! ☕️ #InternationalCoffeeDay

New post on my blog, The Contemplative Professor: Seven Ways that Faculty Life Differs from Graduate Student Life. What others would you add to my list? thecontemplativeprofessor.blogspot.com/2021/10/seven-…

If you're going to post your academic successes on Twitter, please post the setbacks that preceded them. I worry that we are setting the bar artificially high for our peers. I get grants/manuscripts rejected 80% of the time, and I'm having a pretty good career. #AcademicTwitter

Free individualized exercise program for individuals with cardiac, pulmonary or metabolic complications Elon University

New post on my blog, The Contemplative Professor: Three Ways that Faculty Life is Similar to Graduate Student Life. One that I didn't discuss but did mention: my continued love for "free food opportunities." :) thecontemplativeprofessor.blogspot.com

Academia is generally lacking in genuine positive feedback. Share some encouragement with someone today and maybe you'll make their day. At the very least, both of you will be happier for it. cc Academic Chatter™

A mentor is not someone who walks ahead of us and tells us how they did it. A mentor is someone who walks alongside us to guide us on what we can do.

Balancing serious sabbatical reading of pediatric exercise oncology literature with leisurely sabbatical reading of Robin Cook medical thriller novels. #sabbaticallife

Never underestimate how powerful your mentorship can be to someone. You could completely change the trajectory of someone’s life. Be kind, be supportive and lift people up. The world needs more of this.

When you die, what part of the human body is the last to stop working? Your pupils....they dilate.

Burnout isn't due to a lack of motivation. It's caused by a shortage of capacity. There are more interesting people and projects than hours in the day. The key question isn't whether you have interest. It's whether you have bandwidth. Enthusiasm is boundless. Time is finite.

Jupiter oversees my work as I write a Specific Aims document. He’s adorable, but not very helpful. 😂 #planetkitties

Is it time?

Doing great research and being a great mentor are not mutually exclusive, but it matters which we prioritize. If we prioritize research, great mentoring does not necessarily follow. If we prioritize mentoring, we empower researchers and great research can be a natural outcome.

The Science News Cycle

Third-year Elon DPT student Shani Lewis wins imaging infographic contest elon.edu/u/news/2021/11…

Active learning has been proven to be more effective than passive learning, but are some active learning activities more effective than others? This article looks at different types of active learning and investigates possible hierarchy: buff.ly/2YyEElF

Our students, alumni & faculty are excited to present at #APTACSM this week & look forward to meeting you! 🦾 showing at CSM yet again! Amy DeNeal Savannah Henry Luke Friess Chelsea Martin PT, DPT, SCS @AlysGiordano Melissa H. Scales, PT, DPT, PhD, PCS Elon University APTAofNC @APTAtweets Elon Biomechanics Lab

A little #MondayMotivaton for anyone who needs it. @WartburgPrez, this quote is still on the whiteboard in our facstaff lounge. I am glad that it is still there.

Heard my grad school friend Julianne Schmidt on NPR this morning, talking about the importance of studying how females experience concussions. UNC Human Movement grads are out there in the world doing awesome work! Way to go, Jules!