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8/12/2008

Seeing Lexington for the First Time As a New Settler
The 1788 diary of Mary Coburn Dewees is a rare find in women's history on the early frontier.  So, I enjoy sharing it whenever I can.  In this case, I am reminded of her as I think of students coming to UK for the first time as "settlers" in the next couple of weeks.  Truly, a frontier experience for our incoming first year students - some familiar sights and surely some difficult times.  I imagine they can hear the howling wolves from the 18th century, out of sight but nearby as the immigrants travel along the road to Lexington.  Some people around them are already familiar with the new lands, and it's best for them to find a good fit early on in the journey with companions who will serve them well in their new homes.
 
Here's an excerpt in a podcast I created as I read Mary's diary aloud for you. Late in November 1788 she and her family have come down the Ohio River from Pittsburg.  The podcast begins as they bring their boat in to the harbor at Limestone (near what today is Maysville, KY) about to embark on a long journey by road (most of it just a horse trail carved from an old buffalo trace) south to Lexington, the Athens of the West.
Dewees podcast
Click to open MP3 podcast here
Posted at 10:58 PM by Hollingsworth, Randolph | Category: IAS Blue 2.0 | Permalink | Email this Post | Comments (1)

8/10/2008

Facebook - can we see from our students' perspective?
In this opinions piece in ExtremeTech, Elizabeth Case, 17 and a senior in high school, talks about the importance of Facebook to her generation.
 
Facebook has become more than just a passing fad for my generation; the social networking site has turned into a genuine necessity. Everything from birthday parties and national senior ditch day to community service projects and go green campaigns are organized and popularized through the blue and white universe created by Mark Zuckerberg and Chris Hughes....  (read more...) 
 
For me, Facebook has been a fun way to give a quick hello to cherished friends and colleagues or to play a little when needing a quick break.  It's also become more of a connection to political activism for my political partisan tendencies have been muted by my years at a state agency.
Posted at 4:04 PM by Hollingsworth, Randolph | Category: IAS Blue 2.0 | Permalink | Email this Post | Comments (0)

6/9/2008

Patsy's Springfield Identity - pink and green, oh my!
As part of the IAS Blue 2.0 project, I commented on Patsy Carruther's Technology180 blog entry about her new avatar based on The Simpsons characters.  Wordpress makes it really easy to comment - and it suggests related postings too which I like.
 
 
Of course, Sharepoint does not allow me to tag an entry - though I had fun tagging entries for a blog in Wordpress that I set up for my presentation at the Berkshire Women's History Conference (yikes! that's this weekend!).  There, the tags were very useful - nearly all of the views came from people searching on words from Google, Yahoo or Excite that were part of my tag list.
Posted at 4:02 PM by Hollingsworth, Randolph | Category: IAS Blue 2.0 | Permalink | Email this Post | Comments (1)

5/19/2008

Blue 2.0 for IAS staff
How wonderful to see the crowd of folks at the Blue 2.0 kickoff led by Bill Burke and Patsy Carruthers!  There are over 30 attendees - most all are from Experiential Education and Career Services, Central Advising Service and Transfer Center, TASC!  Yahoo!  This is great. 
Posted at 3:38 PM by Hollingsworth, Randolph | Category: IAS Blue 2.0 | Permalink | Email this Post | Comments (0)