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“I mean… I’m a white guy so it’s harder now for me to get in (to medical school).” My heart sank when I heard these words. As hard I tried, I couldn’t s… Read More

Times are tough - graduates are standing on street corners asking for jobs, kids that would love to further their studies are having to drop out due to not having fees, 'blessers' are on the… Read More

I gazed out of the window of the Cessna aircraft carrying a total of 3 passengers, thinking about how far I had come, and how far I had yet to go, while I struggled to keep my mind off of th… Read More

The following article was written by Jordan Lipman, and originally appeared in Issue 7 of #TheFeed. Jordan has been with us for the last year as an undergraduate intern on placement, and h… Read More

Evan McMullin, the Conservative Republican and former CIA Officer making a late independent bid for the White House, is poised to get a boost from a new super PAC being formed by two GOP str… Read More

"Giving students a leg up with job skills a resume won't show" PBS NewsHour 9/15/2016ExcerptSUMMARY:  When applying to a job out of college, having a top-notch resume isn't enough anymo… Read More

I have been working with a University over the past few weeks, helping them implement a new course on Performance Engineering which encompass a lot of DevOps practices. I  think the te… Read More

Die Zeiten, in denen der Unterricht in Schule und Universitäten den Fokus noch auf starre Wissensvermittlung durch Frontalunterricht legte, sind schon eine Weile vorbei. Dass die Lernen… Read More

72-year-old Darlene Mullins, a grandmother-of-four will be among the 800 students to graduate from Tennessee State University, TSU, on the 6th of May. Darlene will be receiving her degree 55… Read More

            Bowie State University’s History and Government’s Honor’s Ceremony       &n… Read More

Last month I wrote this quick overview blog on setting up successful hackathons https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/uk_faculty_connection/2017/06/19/hosting-and-performing-hackathons/ This blo… Read More

  Beginning Microsoft Small Basic: A Computer Programming Tutorial (Kindle Version @ Amazon.com) “The Beginning Microsoft Small Basic Programming Tutorial by Philip Conrod and Lo… Read More

     Time goes so fast.  My kids have grown up on me and it just flew by.  I loved having babies and every age and stage I would think was the best, until I got to t… Read More

I am trying to add things to my shop while the sale is going on.  I have said I have an unhealthy love for Halloween and since Halloween things have been in stores since July 5th I didn… Read More

Actress Natasha Thahane who recently moved to the USA for to further her studies is living it up. The 22-year-old who gave up on celebrating her 21st opted to save up and study film at the N… Read More

In our latest feature geared toward the college-set, we outlined a few essential tools students can use on their smartphone to help improve productivity and scholastic performance – p… Read More

I am thankful for so many things everyday.I am one of those nerdy and geeky people who loved school and especially the first day of a new year.  I loved learning and in my parents words… Read More

Hochschule der Wirtschaft für Management: Zukunftssicher dank Office 365  Die private Hochschule der Wirtschaft für Management (HdWM) wurde 2011 mit nur 28 immatrikuliert… Read More

If you are a student, you must have to write a lot of essays and assignment in every semester. In fact, there is hardly any course where writing is not involved. Even though everyone can… Read More

Forget about the holidays! You only have eyes for the spring — Spring Break, that is. The countdown may be months away, but that doesn’t mean you haven’t been thinking abo… Read More

I get so excited when my kids are out of school for a week.  I don't know why, because now that they are older school isn't the only thing that keeps them from home.  They have fri… Read More

(This is course #4 of my review of the Microsoft Professional Program in Big Data) Course #4 of 10 - Querying Data with Transact-SQL Foreword: For the “Querying Data with Transact-SQL… Read More

Happy New Year, everyone! It's now 2018, which means a whole year of books to look forward to. I thought I would share with you some of the books I am eagerly anticipating!Before I Let Go by… Read More

Despite the nursing shortage, there has been a push for RNs to obtain their Bachelor of Science degrees in nursing for decades. The Future of Nursing Report, written by the Institute of Medi… Read More

The Festival of Creative Learning is a week long break from teaching during second semester at the University of Edinburgh. It features all sorts of events that teach people about new discip… Read More

Summary: Educators need to consolidate their software platforms if they want to develop even more innovative digital lessons for their students. The days of the computer-free classroom are… Read More

In the spring semester of the school year, I teach a class called ‘Happiness’. It’s always packed with students because, like most people, t… Read More

I was having a conversation with some colleagues about a institutions which wanted to understand some ways of  integrating Azure’s data science services in their curriculum for t… Read More

In Memoriam – Non-Fiction by Alison Main – “What grief does is it puts us squarely in the middle of a fire, and it burns away everything that is not essential to our lives… Read More

Happy Saturday and Happy Mother's Day Weekend!Yes, I said weekend, because I think we moms deserve more than one day.  In our family, we have a birthday week, so Mother's Day and Father… Read More

I am so thankful for so many things everyday.You should try to find the blessing in any situation.  I am in the current situation of having my poor, sweet little dog recovering from sur… Read More

The Vinyl Raincoat – Nonfiction by Teresa Sutton – There it was. My mom had tried to preserve it, but the vinyl was crusty and dried, even though she had stored it in a garment b… Read More

I must admit i was pretty honored when asked to host the last semester of the Data Visualization Course for the University of Washington.   In addition to meeting some really… Read More

There’s a formula for creating ‘Girls of Steel’; it involves mixing together equal parts science, technology, electrical engineering and English literature and allowing stu… Read More

College students need to live in a comfortable and safe environment to focus on school. Whether you live in an off-campus apartment or a convenient campus dorm, you need to consider the foll… Read More

Fight in the Goodwill – Fierce Fiction by Lane Mullin –  The window display in the Goodwill relied on an imaginative employee. Sometimes washed, occasionally smokey, and al… Read More

Day of the Frying Pan  – Non-Fiction by Rebecca May Hope – Whenever my siblings mention the frying pan incident, I laugh along with them, even though I find it tragic and f… Read More

The Oppressor and the Oppressed Within – Non-Fiction by Connie Pertuz-Meza – Days shy of my fortieth birthday, I attended a class with master writing teacher Laleh Khadivi… Read More

The Miracle of Joey Ramone – Non-Fiction by Lee Gabay – U2 – Paul David Hewson – “The Miracle of Joey Ramone”After the unconventional release of the… Read More

College time is a dream for many students. First, moving out form parents gives the possibility to observe your life from a different angle. When in the first year of classes, you are feelin… Read More

No matter how interesting and eventful student life is, some young people decide to drop out of university. Most often, such a desire remains a momentary impulse and is not accompanied by s… Read More