I am feeling really proud to be so active in the Indianapolis runners community. Athlinks.com hasme listed as having run more races for charity than any other person ever to live within 50 miles of Indianapolis. And I am just getting started. Please visit my profile there. […]
I love running and get so much satisfaction from it. The Jay County Race Series for 2019 just ended and I won in the 50-59 age group. I also got first overall male in the JRDS 5k on August 17th, but first male was 3rd overall. I am a competitive person but what feels really […]
The National Security Agency sponsors an amazing camp. There are fewer than a half dozen such camps are offered across Indiana and Ivy Tech’s Muncie Campus is hosting one of them. These amazing events offer hands-on labs and game play to introduce young people to cyber security, and seeks to raise their understanding of the […]
One of the great things about being a professor is watching innovation and learning feed each other. Recently an Ivy Tech Community College team placed second overall in the recent Techstars Ball State University Entrepreneurship program. The project was called Artify.com and sought to beautify cities through connection of local authorities to artists of all […]
I kicked off my defense of the Charity Jay County 5k Race Series from 2018 in the first race of 2019. I will update my blog throughout the summer series. I also was awarded an Episcopal Church order of merit for my service as Chalice Bearer at Christ Church Cathedral in Indianapolis on Sunday, March […]
On September 22, I won the Run Jay County 5k Circuit. It was The Hot Pink 5k Fun Run/Walk that ended the races that started back on April 7, 2018. There were almost 2 races every month since April. It was a great series of races and very competitive at that. I had a wonderful […]
Running for Charity One of my passions in life is competing in runs. Most of the runs I participate in are ones for charitable organizations. A charitable race is very rewarding in so many ways. Charitable Race Series I am currently tied with one other person for lead in the series of charitable races put […]
I wrote an article for USAHerald.com about a university taking over a failing public school district. Please read it and I welcome any comments. […]
Citizen Truth Article on the takeover of Muncie schools by Ball State People who follow my blog know that I take particular interest in patters of school funding and a crucial test of this is what happens when a state feels compelled to take over failing schools. A whole school district can be considered failing […]
As I’m sure you can tell from this blog, I am passionate about education policy and news. I’m so interested because education is the cornerstone of American democracy, it is the future, it is the vehicle that pulls people out of poverty—or it should be. For this to be true to the United States, […]