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  • Deep Thoughts on Higher Ed
    • The Future of Higher Education – May 2025
    • University Majors (at Universities) with the Greatest Negative Return on Investment
    • Elder Academies – A New Population and Shift for Higher Education
    • Top 50 Higher Education Consulting Companies
    • Colleges Most Likely to Close – Based on 2024 Forbes’ Financial Health Failing Grades
    • 50 Most Often Outsourced Services at Universities:
    • ~80 Ways Colleges Can Save Money without Sacrificing Quality
    • 10 Main Outcome Measures of Universities
    • 120 Additional Sources of Revenue for Universities
    • 30 of the Best Sources of Knowledge on the Future of Higher Education
    • 10 Themes for Why People Go To College
    • What is a Flagship Institution?
    • The Future of Higher Education Summer “Class”
    • Why Freaking Out About AI Destroying Society is Not Wise
    • Reflections on a Friend’s Untold Stories from their time at Baylor University
    • Predicting Closure of Religious Universities in TX & OK
    • Selecting a College can be as Easy as Deciding Where to go to Dinner
    • Have You Met My Institutional Friends? How Colleges Signal Value in Peer Identification
    • Surrounded by Data – Starved for Meaning: Campus Crime Data in 2022
    • The Unintended Consequences of Campus Crime Reporting
    • Why Colleges Close
    • Do Universities Really Care and Share What Happens to Students After College?
    • Why Don’t Universities Follow Federal Law To Document Post-Grad. Success?
    • A Cursory Look at and Analysis of 25 Universities’ Placement/Success Data
    • An Attempt at Reporting on 25 Universities’ Post Graduation Success Data
    • How to Makes Sense of Executive Search Firms in Higher Education
    • Top Higher Education Executive Search Firms
    • What’s Your Return on Investment to Your University?
    • The University Family Argument
    • The Greatest Shift in Learning Ever?
    • Before You Make Your Final College Choice, Consider This
    • Worried that Your Desired College Might Close? Don’t Be.
    • A Straight Talk Survival Guide for Colleges, Peter Facione
    • Should We Believe Scott Galloway’s Predictions of Soon-to-Perish Colleges?
    • There is One Secret Not Being Explored In Order to Secure the Fall 2020 Class
    • Why Social Distancing for College Students is Not Going to be Easy
  • Student Success
    • Doyle Student Sense of Belonging Inventory
    • Using Summer Engagement with Students as Powerful Predictor of Future Success
    • Do College Rankings Prioritize Student Success?
    • 9 Needs for Student Persistence
    • A Hierarchy of Needs for Student Success
    • 4E Student Development Model
    • My Big Idea for Student Success
    • The “Billion Dollar Result” from Seeing Student Success in a New Way
    • 100 Variables Often Not Used to Predict Student Persistence
    • 9 Steps for Leveraging Major and Career Exploration in a Student First Year Lifecycle
    • Missing Data that Will Improve Student Success Predictions
    • What is Missing From Student Success Analytics? – PPT slides
    • Helping Students to Succeed in College by Learning to Ride a Bike – Part 1
    • Helping Students to Succeed in College by Learning to Ride a Bike – Part 2
    • 60,000 College Graduates Reveal What Makes a Great College Experience
    • An Institutional Maturity Model for Student Success
    • 170 Key Performance Indicators in Student Affairs
    • The Research is Clear – Cut Down on Lecturing in Classes (and/or Giving Long Sermons in Churches)
    • 10 Most Proven Methods for Real Learning: Myelin Applied
    • Holistic Advising: Is Student Support Too Decentralized to Best Help Students Succeed?
    • Top Performers on Social Mobility (US News)
    • Ranking College Student Retention Software based on Predictive Analytics Ability
    • Matrix of Student Success – A 2×2 w/ Social & Academic Engagement
    • Improve Retention by Linking Scholarships to High Impact Practices
    • The Penguin Promise – How to Ensure Students Get a Good Job After College
    • One Method for Discovering Why Students Really Leave Your University
    • Letter to Families Of College Students
    • “Find Your Way” College Student Coaching  
    • Why a Focus on Organizational Performance Can Be More Important than Relationships with Students
    • Why Not Going to College Immediately After High School Might Be a Decision to Consider
    • When Students and Faculty are Online, How DO Student Affairs/Academic Staff Have an Impact?
  • Fascinating Facts about Colleges
    • Colleges that Closed (and Merged) in 2025
    • 30 Colleges that Said Goodbye (Closed) in 2024
    • Colleges We Lost in 2023…
    • The 19 Colleges and Universities Named Southwestern
    • Flagship and Land Grant College Comparisons
    • 50 Fascinating Facts About the Number of Colleges in the U.S.
    • College Towns, Enrollments, & Football Stadiums
    • Harris, Trump, Vance, & Walz Education Quiz – Can you Identify the 15 Places They Went to “School”?
    • Southwestern University – 10 Facts about the Most Interesting College of the Day
    • The Only 10 AI Undergraduate Degrees in AI (as of 8/10/24)
    • The Ultimate Quiz on the Best Public Colleges in Each State
    • Composite Ranking of University Film School Rankings in US
    • The Best University Film Programs – What do the Rankings Say?
    • 10 Facts About The Most Interesting College of the Day – Florida State
    • 10 Facts About The Most Interesting College of the Day – U. of Delaware
    • The Most Interesting Colleges of the Day! – Aalborg and Aaltort Universities – July 16th
    • The Most Interesting College of the Day – National Defense University – July 4
    • The Most Interesting College of the Day! – Lincoln University – June 30
    • The Most Interesting College of the Day! – University of Limerick – June 21
    • The Most Interesting College of the Day – Make School – June 15
    • The Most Interesting College of the Day! – The Coast Guard Academy – June 8
    • The Most Interesting College of the Day! – Colorado School of Mines – June 3
    • The Most Interesting College of the Day! – Deep Springs College – May 27
    • The Most Interesting College of the Day! – Ouachita Baptist University – May 25,
    • The Most Interesting College of the Day! – Ottawa University Surprise (OUAZ) – May 24
    • The Most Interesting College of the Day! The most northern college in the U.S. – May 21
    • The Most Interesting College of the Day! – Marion Military Institute – May 20
  • Higher Ed History
    • The “Forced” Flexibility of Higher Education’s Target Populations
    • HEd History – Residential Colleges in the U.S. Are Less than 100 years Old!
    • HEd History – Football Violence has been an Issue for >100 Years
    • HEd History – Paying College Athletes to Play at the Root of College Football
    • HEd History – College in the 1700s – Harvard & Yale
    • HEd History – Universities Named after Slaveowners
    • HEd History – Colleges that Moved Their Entire Campus
    • HEd History – World War I
    • HEd History – Scotland, Not England = Real Model for U.S. Higher Ed
    • HEd History – Old Main – Who Knew There Were So Many?
    • HEd History – First Ever Ranking of Universities?
    • HEd History – “Identify & Ratify” the Elite through “In Loco Parentis”
    • HEd History – Colonial Colleges’ Efforts to “Educate” Native Americans
    • HEd History – Academic & Industrial Efficiency
    • HEd History – Using a Credit Hour as a Gauge to Efficiency
    • HEd History – Ranking Students by their Socio-Econonic Status
    • HEd History – Why There Are So Many Memorial Stadiums
    • HEd History – The Harvard of the South – Transylvania University
    • HEd History – Universities Borrowed Real Babies to Learn Childrearing
    • HEd History – Taking Leadership of Student Social Institutions
    • HEd History – What We Didn’t Know about the Creation of Land-Grant Colleges
    • HEd History – Early Women’s Colleges
    • HEd History – College Presidents Have Always been Fundraisers
    • HEd History – Graduating College not nearly as Important in Colonial Days
    • HEd History – Medical Schools Were Not What We Thought
    • Hed History – Baylor University for One Woman From 1858-1860
    • HEd History – Rationale for Eating Clubs
    • Changes in Majors at Yale over 120 Years
    • HEd History – A Jewish Student in the 1950s
    • HEd History – New Colleges (e.g. Princeton) Formed In Response to Liberal Colleges
    • HEd History – Black Colleges and College Life in early 20th Century
    • HEd History – Oberlin 1st to Coeducate & 1st Black Woman Graduate!
    • HEd History – ACC Targets UVA for Expansion But UVA Leaders Resist
    • HEd History – Fun Facts About 12 of U. of Virginia’s Current Buildings
    • HEd History – The Early Days of the University of Virginia
    • HEd History – Yale’s Namesake Considered Overrated Philanthropist
    • HEd History – SMU 1958 Yearbook
  • College Mascot Factbrary
    • College Mascots that Make a Merry Christmas
    • College Mascots from the Plant Kingdom
    • College Mascots that Are Politicians
    • College Mascots that Live Underwater
    • College Mascots that are Blue and Orange
    • College Mascots without an “S” at the End – FBS
    • College Mascots that are Aggies
    • College Mascots that are Blue Devils
    • College Mascots – The Only Live Wild Animal Mascots Living on Campus
    • College Mascots – Planes, Trains, & Automobiles (& Boats)
    • The Only College Mascot Named a Number
    • College Mascots without an “S” at the End – O’ Canada Edition
    • College Mascots without an “S” at the End – FCS and DII.
    • The Only 13 universities with “and” (or &) in Their Name (Division 1)
    • College Mascots Named “Purple…”, “Crimson…”, and Maroons  
    • College Mascots that are Mythical Creatures
    • College Mascots that are Pure Evil
    • College Mascots From Scotland
    • College Mascots that Are Storms
    • College Mascots that are Woodcutters
    • College Mascots You Could Eat for Thankgiving
    • College Mascot Battles – Who Wins the 2024 College Football Playoffs (FBS)
  • The Power of a Story
    • Best Stories from On the Road w/ Steve Hartman (~40)
    • Stories that Touch My Heart (~35)
    • Kindness to Others Stories (~30)
    • Sports Stories of Inspiration (~30)
    • Health Challenge Stories (~25)
    • Other Stories of Facing Challenges (~15)
    • Stories of My Favorite Singing Tryouts
  • Clips that Guide My Life
    • The Secret to Finding Joy – Our Thoughts
    • How to Best Understand Relationships
    • How to Life Life Better
    • Importance of gratitude
    • A Few Favorite Speakers
    • Best of Simon Sinek
    • Best of Jordan Peterson
  • Professional Stuff
    • Brief Overview of Jeff’s Higher Ed Network & Experience
    • My Bio
    • My Journey
    • Jeff’s Life Mission & Core Values
    • Personal Reminders of Perseverance
    • My Top Strengths
    • Jeff’s Presentations
    • Jeff’s Publications
    • Courses Taught
    • Shoulders I Stand On
    • Jeff’s Typical Work Style
    • Results of Jeff’s “Personality Tests”
    • How Do “Personality” Tests Help Us Succeed? (Summer 2024)
  • Life Ponderings
    • How to Find Your Purpose in Life
    • One Way to Make Good Ethical Decisions
    • Good vs. Good – The Hardest Ethical Decisions
    • The Creation of My Leadership Philosophy
    • Achieving Goals Template
    • 28 Leadership Values of Jeff (est. 1999)
    • The End of the American Empire Will Be ~2026
    • Amara’s Law
    • Perez’s 5 Technological Revolutions
    • Cognitive Biases – 25 of the Hardest to Learn
    • Reasons People Have for Living
    • Favorite Quotes from the Movie, Stutz
    • 45 things I know (by Sasha Cohen)
    • Classroom Kindness Guidelines
    • 1964 – Learning From History
  • Feedback on Jeff
    • Highlights of Feedback
    • Feedback from Supervisors and Superiors
    • Feedback from Colleagues and Peers
    • Feedback from Unexpected Places
    • Feedback from Direct Reports at Baylor and Shenandoah
    • Feedback from Direct Reports at Appalachian State
    • Feeback from Baylor Indirect Reports
    • Feedback from Graduate Student Staff
    • Feedback from Student Leaders
    • Feedback from Fall 2021 Class
    • Student Feedback from Spring 2021 Course
    • Feedback from Classes
  • My Favorites’ Lists
    • Favorite Podcasts
      • Why You Need to Listen to Podcasts
    • Favorites Movies – Top 50 Dramas
    • Favorite Movies – Top 25 Animated and Top 15 Documentaries
    • Favorite Movies – Top 40 Comedies and 10 Action Series
    • Favorite Streaming Shows (not Movies)
    • Favorite Singers/Groups Growing Up
    • Favorite Sports Teams
    • Clips About My Favorite Athletes
    • Jeff’s Picks for the Greatest Orioles Ever
  • Let’s Laugh
    • Deep Thoughts (like Jack Handey wrote)
    • My Favorite Dad Jokes
    • 200 Would You Rathers
    • Favorite Nate Bargatze Clips
    • Favorite Jim Gaffigan Clips
    • Favorite Comedians’ Clips
    • Favorite Key & Peele Sketches
  • My Early Thinking
    • Two Stories of Growing Up on Maryland’s Eastern Shore
    • College Exploration
      • My Analysis of Colleges to Attend as high school senior
      • Essay to Get Into U. of Virginia
      • My Father’s Notes on College Tours
      • Personal Essay for Admission to M.Ed. for Student Affairs in Higher Ed (1992)
      • People Who Were at U. of Virginia When I was A Student
    • My Writing as a Youth
      • Little Jeff Notes
      • 10 Year Old Diary
      • 10-Year Old Writing to Support President’s Re-election
      • 12 Years Old – Letters Home from Camp
      • High School – My Opinion on Smoking in the Teacher’s Lounge
      • High School – Impact of Boy Scouts on Me
      • High School – Weekend with Young Dems
      • High School – Ropes Course – 1987
    • Masters Degree Application (Fall 1992)
    • What I Learned from Leading a Student Trip to Ghana
  • Old Pictures of Jeff
    • Growing Up in Salisbury
      • Jeff’s “School” Picture from 1-18 years Old
      • Pictures of Little Jeff
      • Jeff’s Sports’ Team Pictures
      • Boy Scouts
      • My First 5 Cars in Life!
    • College Pictures
      • Camping Trips
      • Beach Week!
      • College Dances
      • Good Friends
      • Good Time with the Fellas
      • Coed Hangouts
      • My Bachelor Party
      • College Roommates
      • Just Me in College
    • Post College, Pre Kids (1995-2001)
      • Jeff Post-College, Pre Marriage (24-28 years old = Still pretty Goofy)
      • Pictures of Jeff When Dating & in First 2 Years of Marriage (1998-2000)
    • Jeff as a Dad
      • Daddy of Baby Boys
      • Daddy of Little Boys
      • Letter to My Sons on Their 20th Birthday
  • Maryland Family
    • Family of Origin (all 4 of us)
    • Family of Origin (3 of Us)
    • Little Jeff and Laura
    • Laura and Jeff Growing Up
    • The Extended Doyle Gatherings
    • My Father and His 6 Siblings
    • My Mother’s Family Gatherings (Cissels)
    • My Memories of My Father
    • Dad and Me
    • Just Dad (Jim Doyle)
    • My Parents’ Marriage
      • Letters to Our Parents for their 50th Wedding Anniversary From Jeff & Laura
      • Letters to My Parents for their 50th Anniversary From Extended Family
      • Letters to My Parents for their 50th Anniversary from Their Friends
    • My Grandparents
      • My Doyle Grandparents
      • My Grandfather’s Retirement Program
      • My Grandmother’s Life as a Child
      • My Mother’s Memories of Her Mother, Polly Thornton Cissel
      • My Mother’s Memories of Her Parents’ Journey to Marriage
      • Maude Ashley Doyle, 1922-2001
      • Chester Marvin Cissel, 1911-1997
      • Phillip Jesse Doyle, 1920-2009
HomeMy Parents’ Marriage

My Parents’ Marriage

  • Letters to Our Parents for their 50th Wedding Anniversary From Jeff & Laura
  • Letters to My Parents for their 50th Anniversary From Extended Family
  • Letters to My Parents for their 50th Anniversary from Their Friends
Contact me: jeff.doyle.923@gmail.com
Georgetown, Texas 78626

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Everything Published

  • Deep Thoughts on Higher Ed
    • The Future of Higher Education – May 2025
    • University Majors (at Universities) with the Greatest Negative Return on Investment
    • Elder Academies – A New Population and Shift for Higher Education
    • Top 50 Higher Education Consulting Companies
    • Colleges Most Likely to Close – Based on 2024 Forbes’ Financial Health Failing Grades
    • 50 Most Often Outsourced Services at Universities:
    • ~80 Ways Colleges Can Save Money without Sacrificing Quality
    • 10 Main Outcome Measures of Universities
    • 120 Additional Sources of Revenue for Universities
    • 30 of the Best Sources of Knowledge on the Future of Higher Education
    • 10 Themes for Why People Go To College
    • What is a Flagship Institution?
    • The Future of Higher Education Summer “Class”
    • Why Freaking Out About AI Destroying Society is Not Wise
    • Reflections on a Friend’s Untold Stories from their time at Baylor University
    • Predicting Closure of Religious Universities in TX & OK
    • Selecting a College can be as Easy as Deciding Where to go to Dinner
    • Have You Met My Institutional Friends? How Colleges Signal Value in Peer Identification
    • Surrounded by Data – Starved for Meaning: Campus Crime Data in 2022
    • The Unintended Consequences of Campus Crime Reporting
    • Why Colleges Close
    • Do Universities Really Care and Share What Happens to Students After College?
    • Why Don’t Universities Follow Federal Law To Document Post-Grad. Success?
    • A Cursory Look at and Analysis of 25 Universities’ Placement/Success Data
    • An Attempt at Reporting on 25 Universities’ Post Graduation Success Data
    • How to Makes Sense of Executive Search Firms in Higher Education
    • Top Higher Education Executive Search Firms
    • What’s Your Return on Investment to Your University?
    • The University Family Argument
    • The Greatest Shift in Learning Ever?
    • Before You Make Your Final College Choice, Consider This
    • Worried that Your Desired College Might Close? Don’t Be.
    • A Straight Talk Survival Guide for Colleges, Peter Facione
    • Should We Believe Scott Galloway’s Predictions of Soon-to-Perish Colleges?
    • There is One Secret Not Being Explored In Order to Secure the Fall 2020 Class
    • Why Social Distancing for College Students is Not Going to be Easy
  • Student Success
    • Doyle Student Sense of Belonging Inventory
    • Using Summer Engagement with Students as Powerful Predictor of Future Success
    • Do College Rankings Prioritize Student Success?
    • 9 Needs for Student Persistence
    • A Hierarchy of Needs for Student Success
    • 4E Student Development Model
    • My Big Idea for Student Success
    • The “Billion Dollar Result” from Seeing Student Success in a New Way
    • 100 Variables Often Not Used to Predict Student Persistence
    • 9 Steps for Leveraging Major and Career Exploration in a Student First Year Lifecycle
    • Missing Data that Will Improve Student Success Predictions
    • What is Missing From Student Success Analytics? – PPT slides
    • Helping Students to Succeed in College by Learning to Ride a Bike – Part 1
    • Helping Students to Succeed in College by Learning to Ride a Bike – Part 2
    • 60,000 College Graduates Reveal What Makes a Great College Experience
    • An Institutional Maturity Model for Student Success
    • 170 Key Performance Indicators in Student Affairs
    • The Research is Clear – Cut Down on Lecturing in Classes (and/or Giving Long Sermons in Churches)
    • 10 Most Proven Methods for Real Learning: Myelin Applied
    • Holistic Advising: Is Student Support Too Decentralized to Best Help Students Succeed?
    • Top Performers on Social Mobility (US News)
    • Ranking College Student Retention Software based on Predictive Analytics Ability
    • Matrix of Student Success – A 2×2 w/ Social & Academic Engagement
    • Improve Retention by Linking Scholarships to High Impact Practices
    • The Penguin Promise – How to Ensure Students Get a Good Job After College
    • One Method for Discovering Why Students Really Leave Your University
    • Letter to Families Of College Students
    • “Find Your Way” College Student Coaching  
    • Why a Focus on Organizational Performance Can Be More Important than Relationships with Students
    • Why Not Going to College Immediately After High School Might Be a Decision to Consider
    • When Students and Faculty are Online, How DO Student Affairs/Academic Staff Have an Impact?
  • Fascinating Facts about Colleges
    • Colleges that Closed (and Merged) in 2025
    • 30 Colleges that Said Goodbye (Closed) in 2024
    • Colleges We Lost in 2023…
    • The 19 Colleges and Universities Named Southwestern
    • Flagship and Land Grant College Comparisons
    • 50 Fascinating Facts About the Number of Colleges in the U.S.
    • College Towns, Enrollments, & Football Stadiums
    • Harris, Trump, Vance, & Walz Education Quiz – Can you Identify the 15 Places They Went to “School”?
    • Southwestern University – 10 Facts about the Most Interesting College of the Day
    • The Only 10 AI Undergraduate Degrees in AI (as of 8/10/24)
    • The Ultimate Quiz on the Best Public Colleges in Each State
    • Composite Ranking of University Film School Rankings in US
    • The Best University Film Programs – What do the Rankings Say?
    • 10 Facts About The Most Interesting College of the Day – Florida State
    • 10 Facts About The Most Interesting College of the Day – U. of Delaware
    • The Most Interesting Colleges of the Day! – Aalborg and Aaltort Universities – July 16th
    • The Most Interesting College of the Day – National Defense University – July 4
    • The Most Interesting College of the Day! – Lincoln University – June 30
    • The Most Interesting College of the Day! – University of Limerick – June 21
    • The Most Interesting College of the Day – Make School – June 15
    • The Most Interesting College of the Day! – The Coast Guard Academy – June 8
    • The Most Interesting College of the Day! – Colorado School of Mines – June 3
    • The Most Interesting College of the Day! – Deep Springs College – May 27
    • The Most Interesting College of the Day! – Ouachita Baptist University – May 25,
    • The Most Interesting College of the Day! – Ottawa University Surprise (OUAZ) – May 24
    • The Most Interesting College of the Day! The most northern college in the U.S. – May 21
    • The Most Interesting College of the Day! – Marion Military Institute – May 20
  • Higher Ed History
    • The “Forced” Flexibility of Higher Education’s Target Populations
    • HEd History – Residential Colleges in the U.S. Are Less than 100 years Old!
    • HEd History – Football Violence has been an Issue for >100 Years
    • HEd History – Paying College Athletes to Play at the Root of College Football
    • HEd History – College in the 1700s – Harvard & Yale
    • HEd History – Universities Named after Slaveowners
    • HEd History – Colleges that Moved Their Entire Campus
    • HEd History – World War I
    • HEd History – Scotland, Not England = Real Model for U.S. Higher Ed
    • HEd History – Old Main – Who Knew There Were So Many?
    • HEd History – First Ever Ranking of Universities?
    • HEd History – “Identify & Ratify” the Elite through “In Loco Parentis”
    • HEd History – Colonial Colleges’ Efforts to “Educate” Native Americans
    • HEd History – Academic & Industrial Efficiency
    • HEd History – Using a Credit Hour as a Gauge to Efficiency
    • HEd History – Ranking Students by their Socio-Econonic Status
    • HEd History – Why There Are So Many Memorial Stadiums
    • HEd History – The Harvard of the South – Transylvania University
    • HEd History – Universities Borrowed Real Babies to Learn Childrearing
    • HEd History – Taking Leadership of Student Social Institutions
    • HEd History – What We Didn’t Know about the Creation of Land-Grant Colleges
    • HEd History – Early Women’s Colleges
    • HEd History – College Presidents Have Always been Fundraisers
    • HEd History – Graduating College not nearly as Important in Colonial Days
    • HEd History – Medical Schools Were Not What We Thought
    • Hed History – Baylor University for One Woman From 1858-1860
    • HEd History – Rationale for Eating Clubs
    • Changes in Majors at Yale over 120 Years
    • HEd History – A Jewish Student in the 1950s
    • HEd History – New Colleges (e.g. Princeton) Formed In Response to Liberal Colleges
    • HEd History – Black Colleges and College Life in early 20th Century
    • HEd History – Oberlin 1st to Coeducate & 1st Black Woman Graduate!
    • HEd History – ACC Targets UVA for Expansion But UVA Leaders Resist
    • HEd History – Fun Facts About 12 of U. of Virginia’s Current Buildings
    • HEd History – The Early Days of the University of Virginia
    • HEd History – Yale’s Namesake Considered Overrated Philanthropist
    • HEd History – SMU 1958 Yearbook
  • College Mascot Factbrary
    • College Mascots that Make a Merry Christmas
    • College Mascots from the Plant Kingdom
    • College Mascots that Are Politicians
    • College Mascots that Live Underwater
    • College Mascots that are Blue and Orange
    • College Mascots without an “S” at the End – FBS
    • College Mascots that are Aggies
    • College Mascots that are Blue Devils
    • College Mascots – The Only Live Wild Animal Mascots Living on Campus
    • College Mascots – Planes, Trains, & Automobiles (& Boats)
    • The Only College Mascot Named a Number
    • College Mascots without an “S” at the End – O’ Canada Edition
    • College Mascots without an “S” at the End – FCS and DII.
    • The Only 13 universities with “and” (or &) in Their Name (Division 1)
    • College Mascots Named “Purple…”, “Crimson…”, and Maroons  
    • College Mascots that are Mythical Creatures
    • College Mascots that are Pure Evil
    • College Mascots From Scotland
    • College Mascots that Are Storms
    • College Mascots that are Woodcutters
    • College Mascots You Could Eat for Thankgiving
    • College Mascot Battles – Who Wins the 2024 College Football Playoffs (FBS)
  • The Power of a Story
    • Best Stories from On the Road w/ Steve Hartman (~40)
    • Stories that Touch My Heart (~35)
    • Kindness to Others Stories (~30)
    • Sports Stories of Inspiration (~30)
    • Health Challenge Stories (~25)
    • Other Stories of Facing Challenges (~15)
    • Stories of My Favorite Singing Tryouts
  • Clips that Guide My Life
    • The Secret to Finding Joy – Our Thoughts
    • How to Best Understand Relationships
    • How to Life Life Better
    • Importance of gratitude
    • A Few Favorite Speakers
    • Best of Simon Sinek
    • Best of Jordan Peterson
  • Professional Stuff
    • Brief Overview of Jeff’s Higher Ed Network & Experience
    • My Bio
    • My Journey
    • Jeff’s Life Mission & Core Values
    • Personal Reminders of Perseverance
    • My Top Strengths
    • Jeff’s Presentations
    • Jeff’s Publications
    • Courses Taught
    • Shoulders I Stand On
    • Jeff’s Typical Work Style
    • Results of Jeff’s “Personality Tests”
    • How Do “Personality” Tests Help Us Succeed? (Summer 2024)
  • Life Ponderings
    • How to Find Your Purpose in Life
    • One Way to Make Good Ethical Decisions
    • Good vs. Good – The Hardest Ethical Decisions
    • The Creation of My Leadership Philosophy
    • Achieving Goals Template
    • 28 Leadership Values of Jeff (est. 1999)
    • The End of the American Empire Will Be ~2026
    • Amara’s Law
    • Perez’s 5 Technological Revolutions
    • Cognitive Biases – 25 of the Hardest to Learn
    • Reasons People Have for Living
    • Favorite Quotes from the Movie, Stutz
    • 45 things I know (by Sasha Cohen)
    • Classroom Kindness Guidelines
    • 1964 – Learning From History
  • Feedback on Jeff
    • Highlights of Feedback
    • Feedback from Supervisors and Superiors
    • Feedback from Colleagues and Peers
    • Feedback from Unexpected Places
    • Feedback from Direct Reports at Baylor and Shenandoah
    • Feedback from Direct Reports at Appalachian State
    • Feeback from Baylor Indirect Reports
    • Feedback from Graduate Student Staff
    • Feedback from Student Leaders
    • Feedback from Fall 2021 Class
    • Student Feedback from Spring 2021 Course
    • Feedback from Classes
  • My Favorites’ Lists
    • Favorite Podcasts
      • Why You Need to Listen to Podcasts
    • Favorites Movies – Top 50 Dramas
    • Favorite Movies – Top 25 Animated and Top 15 Documentaries
    • Favorite Movies – Top 40 Comedies and 10 Action Series
    • Favorite Streaming Shows (not Movies)
    • Favorite Singers/Groups Growing Up
    • Favorite Sports Teams
    • Clips About My Favorite Athletes
    • Jeff’s Picks for the Greatest Orioles Ever
  • Let’s Laugh
    • Deep Thoughts (like Jack Handey wrote)
    • My Favorite Dad Jokes
    • 200 Would You Rathers
    • Favorite Nate Bargatze Clips
    • Favorite Jim Gaffigan Clips
    • Favorite Comedians’ Clips
    • Favorite Key & Peele Sketches
  • My Early Thinking
    • Two Stories of Growing Up on Maryland’s Eastern Shore
    • College Exploration
      • My Analysis of Colleges to Attend as high school senior
      • Essay to Get Into U. of Virginia
      • My Father’s Notes on College Tours
      • Personal Essay for Admission to M.Ed. for Student Affairs in Higher Ed (1992)
      • People Who Were at U. of Virginia When I was A Student
    • My Writing as a Youth
      • Little Jeff Notes
      • 10 Year Old Diary
      • 10-Year Old Writing to Support President’s Re-election
      • 12 Years Old – Letters Home from Camp
      • High School – My Opinion on Smoking in the Teacher’s Lounge
      • High School – Impact of Boy Scouts on Me
      • High School – Weekend with Young Dems
      • High School – Ropes Course – 1987
    • Masters Degree Application (Fall 1992)
    • What I Learned from Leading a Student Trip to Ghana
  • Old Pictures of Jeff
    • Growing Up in Salisbury
      • Jeff’s “School” Picture from 1-18 years Old
      • Pictures of Little Jeff
      • Jeff’s Sports’ Team Pictures
      • Boy Scouts
      • My First 5 Cars in Life!
    • College Pictures
      • Camping Trips
      • Beach Week!
      • College Dances
      • Good Friends
      • Good Time with the Fellas
      • Coed Hangouts
      • My Bachelor Party
      • College Roommates
      • Just Me in College
    • Post College, Pre Kids (1995-2001)
      • Jeff Post-College, Pre Marriage (24-28 years old = Still pretty Goofy)
      • Pictures of Jeff When Dating & in First 2 Years of Marriage (1998-2000)
    • Jeff as a Dad
      • Daddy of Baby Boys
      • Daddy of Little Boys
      • Letter to My Sons on Their 20th Birthday
  • Maryland Family
    • Family of Origin (all 4 of us)
    • Family of Origin (3 of Us)
    • Little Jeff and Laura
    • Laura and Jeff Growing Up
    • The Extended Doyle Gatherings
    • My Father and His 6 Siblings
    • My Mother’s Family Gatherings (Cissels)
    • My Memories of My Father
    • Dad and Me
    • Just Dad (Jim Doyle)
    • My Parents’ Marriage
      • Letters to Our Parents for their 50th Wedding Anniversary From Jeff & Laura
      • Letters to My Parents for their 50th Anniversary From Extended Family
      • Letters to My Parents for their 50th Anniversary from Their Friends
    • My Grandparents
      • My Doyle Grandparents
      • My Grandfather’s Retirement Program
      • My Grandmother’s Life as a Child
      • My Mother’s Memories of Her Mother, Polly Thornton Cissel
      • My Mother’s Memories of Her Parents’ Journey to Marriage
      • Maude Ashley Doyle, 1922-2001
      • Chester Marvin Cissel, 1911-1997
      • Phillip Jesse Doyle, 1920-2009
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