Conversations occur in the context of a community, one’s colleagues, students, family members – and other interested people.

I am proud of my miserliness, proud that my coveralls are older than my adult kids, proud that I remember when fieldwork was familiar and

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So. What’ll it be today? Rage or despair? Or can I manage to set them aside for a while? At least enough to get my

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I’ve seen this before, deer flies bold enough and brazen. You hear them, pounding themselves on the windshield and against the door and laying siege

To: Calvin University Board of Trustees, President Greg Elzinga, Provost Noah TolyCalvin UniversityGrand Rapids, Michigan From: Timothy R. Van Deelen, Ph.D. Dear trustees and leaders