It has been a delight to move to Alpena some 39 years ago and to see the progress that the world of education has been able to make during these years...often under challenging circumstances. Since this world of education has been a personal life's work, I consider myself a bit of a ...
When artists canceled their performances for President Donald Trump's June 25 Great American State Fair, one stood out for me: Martina McBride. The first time I saw Martina live in concert was at the Taste of Cincinnati festival in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Memorial Day Weekend in 1994. Her iconic ...
Tuesday saw the usual first-week-of-June gaggle of state primary elections. It's a feature of the American federal system that states choose when to hold primary and local elections. Back in the 1850s, as historian Roy Franklin Nichols notes, there was an election in all but one or two of ...
When I was a high school teacher, I kept granola bars in my desk. Any student could have one if they needed a bite to eat. I didn’t ask about their parents’ income or what neighborhood they lived in. If a kid was hungry, none of that mattered. What mattered was that they couldn’t learn on ...
I know Father’s Day isn’t for two weeks, but my own father is always in my heart and mind, and our Father in Heaven should be. After all the greatest known prayer is the “Lord’s Prayer”, or the “Our Father.” We would do well to pray the “Our Father” as often as we can. ...
Contrary to biological intuition, the end of June is the end of the year at Alpena Community College. Our new fiscal year begins July 1. Looking back, we had a very good year. Here are some highlights: Our graduation rate among first-time full-time degree and certificate-seeking students was ...