College of Arts and Sciences

Dean's Blog - previous years

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2018-2019 academic year

Fall

August 16 - Welcome to Xavier
August 23 - Summer reflections
August 30 - Implicit attitudes, conscious beliefs
September 6 - CAS in Cincinnati's future
September 10 - Shared governance ♦♦♦
September 13 - Two dudes and a bird ♦♦♦
September 20 - Immigration and conversation
September 27 - Our community
October 3 - Inaugurating CASCA
October 11 - Advising and mentoring
October 18 - Coming and going. And staying
October 25 - Eating on campus. And ducks
November 1 - In memory ♦♦♦
November 8 - Black and white thinking
November 15 - Migrants all ♦♦♦
November 20 - Thanksgiving. Now with added bacon
November 29 - SFX and the crab ♦♦♦
December 6 - Reflection
December 13 - Sounds of joy

Spring

January 17 - Great people
January 24 - Better than high impact
January 31 - Warm thoughts
February 7 - The year of the pig
February 14 - A gift for the love of learning
February 21 - It takes a . . . committee?
February 28 - Next to normal ♦♦♦
March 21 - Welcome to spring!
March 28 - From Nashville to Naperville
April 4 - Thank you
April 11 - What's a fandom, you ask?
April 25 - The arc of student learning
May 2 - Capstone achievements
May 9 - Beautiful weeds
May 16 - We celebrate

2019-2020 academic year

Fall

August 15 - Welcome back
August 22 - Begin as you mean to go ♦♦♦
August 29 - A hope-filled future? ♦♦♦
September 5 - Spirit celebration ♦♦♦
September 12 - Becoming
September 19 - How to teach Ignatian... on a bike
September 26 - Sparking our students
October 1 - Our original sin ♦♦♦
October 17 - See Chicago for less than $20
October 24 - Free. Safe. Contested. ♦♦♦
October 31 - Family visiting
November 7 - In Cincinnati ♦♦♦
November 14 - The sound of millennia
November 21 - Alumnus unveiled
December 12 - Feeding season

Spring

January 16 - Looking back and ahead
January 23 - Our beloved community ♦♦♦
January 30 - Invitation to thrive ♦♦♦
February 6 - Common values, extraordinary people
February 13 - Listening to learn
February 27 - Glad for March
March 5 - Celebrating Achievement
March 12 - Coronavirus: meeting the challenge ♦♦♦
March 19 - Remotely ♦♦♦
March 26 - Here we go again
April 2 - Lifesprings ♦♦♦
April 9 - Next year . . . ♦♦♦
April 23 - Honoring our adjunct faculty
April 30 - Prospective welcomes
May 7 - Made for this moment? ♦♦♦
May 14 - The path ahead ♦♦♦
May 21 - Worth celebrating

2020 summer

May 28 - Sustaining hope ♦♦♦
June 4 - Not enough ♦♦♦
June 11 - Gratitude
June 18 - Planning for return
June 25 - Summertime
July 16 - Return
July 23 - Adaptations
July 30 - Good trouble ♦♦♦
August 6 - Marking milestones

2020-2021 academic year

Fall

August 13 - Story Writing ♦♦♦
August 27 - Caterpillars, beetles, and philosophers
September 3- The feast of St. Gregory ♦♦♦
September 10 - What week is this?
September 17 - Gourds and polls ahead
September 23 - Under the circumstances ♦♦♦
September 30 - Listening
October 8 - Our journey ♦♦♦
October 14 - The seven-month wall
October 21 - Quarantine kitty ♦♦♦
October 28 - Purple? ♦♦♦
November 4 - Uncertainty ♦♦♦
November 11 - Names and faces
November 18 - Finish line
December 3 - Arrivals

Spring

January 21 - Privileged ♦♦♦
January 28 - Our next chapter ♦♦♦
February 4 - Fifty more ♦♦♦
February 18 - Seasonal reflections
March 4 - Richly deserved
March 11 - Stories of a year ♦♦♦
March 18 - Introducing our college
March 25 - Walking and standing ♦♦♦
April 1 - Happy new year!
April 8 - Say his name ♦♦♦
April 15 - Quality work
April 22 - Already. Not yet ♦♦♦
April 29 - New choices
May 6 - Accomplished
May 13 - Emerging