Thinking of this quote today from Annie Dillard, "How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives." I am grateful for these days.

Want to up your outdoor game? See when fall foliage will hit its peak. Ohio, our greatest leaf glory is still to come. smokymountains.com/fall-foliage-m…

Thanks The Chronicle of Higher Education and Rutgers University president Jonathan Holloway for an honest and inspiring conversation today about leadership and innovation during crisis. And especially, thanks for this: youtube.com/watch?v=k49yMJ…

Leaders who believe the elimination of bias is essential to the functioning of the organization are more likely to take the kind of active, aggressive, long-term steps needed to root out bias in decision making. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Inspiring team. Amazing work. Always proud of the accomplishments of the Ohio State IT team! It has been an honor to work alongside you. it.osu.edu/year-in-review

Excited to join Michael Cato and Sherri Braxton on Fri, 11/19, 12-1 pm ET, to learn about Next Leaders Fellowship, a one-year program to develop and advocate for IT professionals in Higher Ed who identify as Black, Indigenous and People of Color. Register at: tcrdf.org

How the internet is helping women and others in trouble: 19thnews.org/2021/11/hand-g…

greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/h…

Loving this team so much too. Excited about all there is to learn and do.

Glad to be part of a team that worked along 26 national governments to build vaccine mgmt systems, volunteered thousands of hours to global disaster preparedness & response programs, and committed $40M to help orgs improve health equity and outcomes. #AWS Worldwide Public Sector

What it can mean when AI steps in as a caring and consistent presence for students. edsurge.com/news/2021-12-1…

Thanks The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for this great handout about gender inclusive language: writingcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools… and the accompanying post about turning on inclusive language checks in Word and Outlook. portal.ed.unc.edu/resources/incl…

Love everything about this game and the sweet story behind it. nytimes.com/2022/01/03/tec… Wordle 200 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Gender Pay Gap Bot I love you. Truth telling across the UK. "Employers, if you tweet about International Women's Day, I'll retweet your gender pay gap." x.com/PayGapApp

“We are defined by the causes we serve. Our identity is discovered in the challenges we embrace. At some deep level, we know that life is too short to work on inconsequential problems. Solving new problems and forging new paths - this is what we were born to do.” - Humanocracy

There are two ways for the nature of human power to change. One is that an order issues from the palace. The other, the more certain, the more inevitable, is that those thousand points of light each send a new message. When the people change, the palace cannot hold. - N. Alderman

Question for higher ed IT professionals: if you've stayed in your role, what's kept you there & kept you happy. If not, what could have? Leah Kraus, Sherri Braxton Castanzo, @Shannon_M_Dunn and I will share ideas on 11/2 EDUCAUSE Online Conference. Share yours below! #highered #EDU22

Give me a shout if you'll be UPCEA in DC this week! Looking forward to a conversation about connections- with and without technology, in and outside of classrooms, and perhaps most importantly, with ourselves.

Inspiring talk about innovation & democratization of info by Dr. Sanjeev Arora yesterday. “I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and have found how to serve.” #upcea2023