Some are bringing Rigor back to Universities

Universities have a trend towards less expectations and offer less and less real world application. Some Academicians state that the university is founded to study theory devoid of application… but they are wrong. The public demands graduates who have skills that work in today’s economy.

Here’s how one professor works to help students develope the skills needed to compete… in a class some call “the toughest assignment in college.”

[Teaching] the social media mindset

The tree has fallen in California 

A recent storm has toppled the Pioneer Cabin Tree here in California. They say this tree may have stood for over 1000 years and was first tunneled to attract tourists to our Redwood forests.

Here my grandfather Charles Gillard, great grandparents and great Aunts rest for a picture. They went on to visit the hot springs and other outdoor jewels of California.