Wrestling your children into bed at night, solving a murder mystery in London, escaping the constricts of Victorian society, analyzing modern Russian cinema, helping teachers adapt to increasingly diverse classrooms – William & Mary alumni and faculty never fail to demonstrate a wide range of expertise and creativity in the books they write. Find your next “must read” in the spring quarterly book roundup of titles written by W&M alumni and faculty.

Grab a cup of your favorite hot beverage, prop up your feet and get lost in the warmth of a good book by W&M alumni and faculty, the latest collection profiled here in the W&M Alumni Association Magazine's quarterly book roundup. by Christopher R. Gareis M.A.Ed. ’92, Ed.S. ’93, Ed.D. ’96, professor of educational leadership in the School of Education, and Douglas G. Wren Written for educators, administrators and policy makers, “Assessing Deeper Learning” looks at how performance assessments ca

From dodo bird detectives to Cold War espionage to illustrated poetry, William & Mary alumni and professors will keep your noses stuck in books this fall. Read all about their fun, thoughtful, nerve-wracking and enthralling titles in our quarterly book roundup. In the first book of Tom Angleberger’s new children’s book series, avian detective Didi Dodo stumbles upon her first case — Chef Koko Dodo’s secret fudge sauce recipe was stolen on the day of theroyal cookie contest. Will Didi find the r

Rural America’s unique challenges and opportunities will be the topic of Ohio University’s Wealth and Poverty Week [http://www.ohio-forum.com/?p=32415] from February 3 – 10. Organized by the University’s Wealth and Poverty theme [https://www.ohio.edu/cas/undergrad/themes/wealth-poverty/], one of several topical themes designed to provide ways for small groups of students and faculty to get involved in solving 21st century issues.

Going to school away from home can often be a major adjustment for students, especially for those who often don’t think about their health as they focus on studying, making friends and creating new lives for themselves on a college campus.

You are the difference – the difference between being an overwhelmed, underprepared student starting college or a job training program and a successful student graduating with a plan. What makes the difference? Foster Care to Success (FC2S), its donors and volunteers are the dinner table conversation where parents relay important information to their children that youth in foster care miss. We are the phone call to a favorite high school teacher that a student in college makes asking for advice on how to pass a class. We are the doting aunt who sends the care package to her niece in school. We are the red scarf wrapped around a student’s neck like hug keeping her warm on a chilly evening.

Classes don’t start until next week at Franklin University in Ohio, but Domonique Chapman is going through her course syllabi and working on assignments already. She wants to be prepared for the first day of classes and to make sure she knows in advance what questions she may have for her professors on the first day. After hearing this, you’re probably not surprised to hear that Domonique has held a 4.0 grade point average for the last five semesters and is working her way through graduate school on her way to getting a master’s degree in healthcare management. You may be surprised to hear that Domonique wasn’t always this way. In fact, she didn’t do as well in her first college classes and switched schools. How did Domonique make such a radical change to become a successful student?

The majority of employers (77 percent) recruit job candidates via social networking websites, according to a new survey from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). Released today at SHRM’s Talent Management Conference and Exposition at the Mandalay Bay Hotel, the survey found that the number of organizations using social networking sites to find and communicate with applicants jumped significantly from 2011 (56 percent) and 2008 (34 percent).

Lynn Shotwell and Rebecca Peters of ACIP discuss what they'll be listening for in the State of the Union Address

Shot, edited and posted this Society for Human Resource Management video, The video was used in a press release and the Society's social media accounts and garnered interviews for the video subject with NPR, the Washington Post, and WTTG Fox 5, among others.

Sara Rynes, the John F. Murray professor of management and organizations at the University of Iowa, won the $50,000 Michael R. Losey Human Resource Research Award, presented today by the Society for Human Resource Management’s Strategy Conference in Chicago. The Losey award, given by the boards of SHRM, the HR Certification Institute, and the SHRM Foundation, recognizes human resource professionals or researchers whose contributions significantly advance the field of human resource management. The award acknowledges major research accomplishments and helps fund future individual contributions to the field.

I ghost wrote an article for a Society for Human Resource Management executive. It was published in the NSBA Advocate magazine