Uncategorized My Father and His 6 Siblings 07/01/2024 Phillip James (Jim) Doyle - September 22, 1940 - February 24, 2018 (age 77) Floyd Doyle - October 16, 1941 - November 23, 2017 (age 76) Lloyd Doyle - October…
Uncategorized My Doyle Grandparents 06/30/2024 My Pop-Pop's 1920 birth certificate My Pop-Pop's updated 1960 birth certificate Pop-Pop's parents - Charlie & Bertie May. They had 13 children. He was a farmer. Pop-pop Mom-Mom's 1922 birth…
Uncategorized Results of Jeff’s “Personality Tests” 06/23/202406/25/2024 In Summer 2024, I taught a short-course on using personality tests to improve our ability to lead. In spite of the boxes some personality types get put into by others,…
Uncategorized 45 things I know (by Sasha Cohen) 06/20/202406/20/2024 Sasha is much younger than me but the challenges he has faced in life has resulted in his ability to state some major truths that I deeply resonate with and…
Uncategorized Would You Rather – Icebreaker 06/15/2024 I have found these either/or questions fun to ask and discuss when strengthening teams. I pulled these from various locations the web. Would you rather have the ability to see…
Uncategorized 30 of the Best Sources of Knowledge on the Future of Higher Education 06/11/2024 Most Well Known & Respected Higher Ed Resources - includes best estimate of # of employees, year founded (if known), other notes Chronicle of Higher Education, 179 staff (72 writers/editors),…
Uncategorized How Do “Personality” Tests Help Us Succeed? (Summer 2024) 06/05/202406/23/2024 Course Description Over the past 30 years of teaching courses on leadership and organizational behavior, students have always ranked the "leader self-awareness" section of my class as their favorite. I…
Uncategorized The Future of Higher Education Summer “Class” 05/31/202405/31/2024 Summer 2024 - Feel free to send your email if you would like to be invited to our Google Meet or join us in person on the campus of Southwestern…
Uncategorized HEd History – Colleges that Moved Their Entire Campus 05/27/202406/06/2024 From 2001-2003 I worked at Shenandoah University in Winchester, VA. As someone who enjoys learning the history of each college where I work, I discovered Shenandoah had spent its first…
Uncategorized My Grandmother’s Life as a Child 05/27/202405/27/2024 This is a letter my grandmother wrote to my cousin, Anne, in 1977. The letter is about my grandmother's life when she was 9, the same age Anne was in…
Uncategorized The End of the American Empire Will Be ~2026 03/23/202403/23/2024 Based on The Fate of Empires, by Sir John Grubb, 1976 Lieutenant-General Sir John Bagot Glubb, (16 April 1897 – 17 March 1986) was a British soldier, scholar, and author,…
Higher Ed History… HEd History – Black Colleges and College Life in early 20th Century 03/13/202403/13/2024 At that time, "it was standard practice to exclude the black colleges from the national media, whether major newspapers or other publications about college life. For example, the anthologies of…
Uncategorized Perez’s 5 Technological Revolutions 02/24/2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4AQ7x9jXN4 In 2002, Carlota Perez wrote a book helping us understand major technological revolutions of the past 230 years. As I listen to people talking about how AI (and nuclear…
Uncategorized Amara’s Law 02/24/2024 I created this post because it resonates with my experience with technological innovation over time. In my "short" life time (~50 years), I remember the following: The microwave will result…
Uncategorized College Mascots Named “Purple…”, “Crimson…”, and Maroons 02/07/202402/07/2024 University of Mount Union Purple Raiders University of Evansville Purple Aces Niagara University Purple Eagles Williams College Purple Cows University of Bridgeport Purple Knights The University of Alabama Crimson Tide…
Uncategorized Jeff’s Picks for the Greatest Orioles Ever 09/18/202309/18/2023 1983 World Champions! Having attended the first-ever night game at Camden Yards, I grabbed a picture of the stadium and added my favorite Orioles of all-time. To qualify, I would…
Uncategorized Touching Human Stories 10/09/202209/13/2023 General Father of the bride w/ Alzheimer's Man at the bus stop w/ Alzheimer's Mother's change w/ Alzheimer's Caskets for the family's of Uvalde victims Puppy surprise Man learns skateboarding…
Uncategorized Animals are Smarter Than We Realize 10/09/2022 Primates Chimps have better memory than people? Bonobo understands English Chimps know to help people Chimps smarter than kids? Gorilla likes clean hands Chimps solves complex problems Monkeys cooperating for…
Uncategorized Favorite Streaming Shows (not Movies) 08/16/202211/17/2023 Top 12 (alpha order) 3% (subtitles - Portuguese) After Life Anne with an E Breaking Bad (MA) Downton Abbey Narcos Mexico Lilyhammer (MA) Ozark (MA) Stranger Things (scary) The Crown…
Uncategorized Top Movies – Favorite 40 Comedies (& 10 Action Series) 06/03/202206/09/2022 Comedies - I laughed a lot and the story/message was touching (top 10 in rank order, the remainder in alpha order) Note: If we go back and watch some of…
Uncategorized Professional Stuff 06/27/2021 It is hard to strike a balance between humility and pride when one is trying to demonstrate some credibility in an area. A humble approach would leave these pages off…