Warming Up to Winter Writings
Thawing out from recent snowstorms? Warm up to these web exclusives accompanying the February issue of University Business magazine that provide informative fodder:
It's known that disasters, whether natural or man-made, cause immediate damage and can leave a strong impact for months or years afterward. This point leads to another question: how can leaders be effective during this crisis? Dan S. Ramsey, senior consultant and project manager at Adjusters International Inc., tells higher ed administrators to start with the premise that disasters pose serious challenges and problems for institutional leadership. His piece gives recommendations for handling a number of tests. It includes advice on maintaining effective leadership before and after a disaster strikes, expediting institutional recovery, and maximizing the financial recovery process.
During summer, the University of San Diego Wireless Team doesn't get much vacation time. The season brings more than 12,000 visitors on campus for events, sports camps, and conferences. Each year, the Team faces many challenges in supporting these visitors, especially with providing secure wireless internet access. So, team members began to search for a solution that would allow users to easily create temporary log-in accounts for its guest network and protect the network from anonymous users.
In this economic pinch, what can universities do to create a new class of donors? The answer: sacred spaces. As a place, and not a collection of buildings, a college or university creates special memories for students, finds Earl Broussard, president and co-founder of TBG Partners, a landscape architecture and planning firm. These memories can provide a cornerstone for lifelong connections. Broussard emphasizes that it is the connective tissue between buildings—the landscape—in which sacred spaces are found. Not sure where to look? Broussard provides a number of directions to take.
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