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    William Payne wrote a new post, Cancel Culture, on the site W. Russ Payne 3 days, 15 hours ago

    So cancel culture is taking a thrashing, and in so far as it means hastily judging people and giving up on trying to understand them, I’m on board. But I have a worry here since cancel culture tends to be […]

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    William Payne wrote a new post, Another Moral Relativism Post (and DCT for good measure), on the site W. Russ Payne 1 week, 4 days ago

    Cultural norms often go far beyond morality. Morality has nothing to say, for instance, about whether men should grow beards or women should wear veils or makeup. So what is accepted or disapproved of in a […]

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    Robert Viens wrote a new post, Resources for Discussion Difficult Topics, on the site Instructional Meanderings 1 week, 4 days ago

    (Email: January 14, 2021)

    As a follow up to recent discussions about addressing difficult topics and current events in your classroom, I’m sharing a short list of additional resources. This is by no means c […]

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    Robert Viens wrote a new post, Storm Outages, on the site Instructional Meanderings 1 week, 4 days ago

    (Email: January 14, 2021)

    Hope you are well! I urge you to be understanding and flexible with students and colleagues over this week, as many have been “disconnected” as a result of the recent storms.  Not […]

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    Robert Viens wrote a new post, Welcome Back – Winter Quarter Reminders, on the site Instructional Meanderings 1 week, 4 days ago

    (Email: January 5, 2021)

    Welcome back and Happy 2021!

    I hope you had a relaxing and rejuvenating winter break. With vaccines surfacing there is some hope for being on campus again by sometime in […]

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    Robert Viens wrote a new post, Annual contract applications for Lecturer Faculty, on the site Instructional Meanderings 1 week, 4 days ago

    (Email: January 5, 2021)

    First, I want to congratulate those who recently gained Lecturer promotions. Thank you for your service to our students. Your hard work and efforts, and that of all adjunct faculty, […]

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    Robert Viens wrote a new post, Winter Equipment Request Form, on the site Instructional Meanderings 1 week, 4 days ago

    (Email: November 24, 2020)

    As fall quarter winds down, we want to again make sure that you have the basic technology needed to effectively teach online during COVID. We put together a simple form for you to us […]

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    Robert Viens wrote a new post, Interim IBIT Dean, on the site Instructional Meanderings 1 week, 4 days ago

    (Email: December 17, 2020 and January 5, 2021)

    Jody Laflen, the Dean of IBIT, has recently shared that she will be leaving BC to take on other pursuits as of December 18th.  I want to thank Jody for h […]

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    Robert Viens wrote a new post, Thank You!, on the site Instructional Meanderings 1 week, 4 days ago

    (Email: December 11, 2020)

    As finals draw to a close, I just wanted to send out a short note to wish you all a restful and peaceful break. May your holidays, whether you celebrate Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, […]

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    Robert Viens wrote a new post, Sabbatical Leave applications due February 1, 2021, on the site Instructional Meanderings 1 week, 4 days ago

    (Email: December 8, 2020)

    As you contemplate the new decade and the eventual end of COVID-quarantine …. I wanted to send a quick reminder that Sabbatical Leave applications for academic year 2021-22 are due on […]

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    William Payne wrote a new post, Righteousness, on the site W. Russ Payne 2 weeks, 4 days ago

    I’ll have to research this one, but I’m pretty sure Nietzsche would count righteousness, the sense that bad must absolutely be punished. as a sublimated impulse to cruelty, a diseased manifestation of the will to […]

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    William Payne wrote a new post, Processing some Grief, on the site W. Russ Payne 2 weeks, 4 days ago

    I’m not one to wish suffering on others, but what I wish for Trump’s followers is probably going to involve some of that and I’d acknowledge that with a good deal of sorrow. It’s not that I think anyone […]

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    Taija Tevia-Clark wrote a new post, Website Freeze – Dec 16 through 18 2020, on the site Website Notes 1 month, 1 week ago

    We are making a major ‘behind the scenes’ update to the BC website (www.bellevuecollege.edu) between Wednesday, December 16 and Friday, December 18, which requires that all website content be frozen (no changes […]

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    William Payne wrote a new post, Academic Freedom, on the site W. Russ Payne 1 month, 3 weeks ago

    Thoughtful and lovely essay here:

    Self-Censorship in the Academy. Two cheers for inclusivity | by Aaron Kunin | Dec, 2020 | Arc Digital

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    William Payne wrote a new post, Learning from the Navajo, on the site W. Russ Payne 1 month, 4 weeks ago

    Through 3rd and most of 4th grade, I lived in Ganado, in the Navajo nation. I don’t recall a paved road in town. Horses and dogs roamed free. So did children. My friends and playmates were all Navajo save for one […]

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    William Payne wrote a new post, Critical Thinking Note 27: Trust and Identity, on the site W. Russ Payne 2 months ago

    We are living through a period of deep mistrust. This is most obvious at the level of national politics where tens of millions of Americans distrust the results of our recent presidential election. But this […]

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    Robert Viens wrote a new post, Student Mental Health Faculty Resources, on the site Instructional Meanderings 2 months, 1 week ago

    (Email: 18 November)

    Based on recent faculty feedback, I asked our counseling faculty if they could put together some mental health resources for their colleagues to use when working with students during these […]

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    Robert Viens wrote a new post, Revamping Course Evaluations – Your Input Needed, on the site Instructional Meanderings 2 months, 1 week ago

    (Email: 18 November 23)

    Hope you are doing well! 

    During the summer, a team got together to start the process of reexamining our student evaluations – with a focus on redesigning a system that works to elim […]

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    William Payne wrote a new post, Critical Thinking Note 26: Subjectivity and Objectivity, on the site W. Russ Payne 2 months, 4 weeks ago

    In everyday language we often treat “subjective” and “biased” as synonyms and likewise “objective” and “unbiased”. But we don’t really need two different words to say the same thing, and this way of speaking […]

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    Robert Viens wrote a new post, Advice to Students from your Instructors, on the site Instructional Meanderings 3 months, 4 weeks ago

    (Email: Sept 25)

    Just a quick thank you all for your work in helping students off to a successful start of Fall quarter!  I know there were some bumps and room for improvement, but overall it went well, and I […]

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