Bittersweet
I have recently started reading a powerful book called Bittersweet by Susan Cain where she asks her readers to dig deep into experiences of longing, poignancy, and sorrow and find meaning in them. She highlights…
Article review: Level 5 Leadership: The Triumph of Humility and Fierce Regard
By Drs. Sheila Boysen, Mike Cherry, and Lesley Page In 2001, Jim Collins, author of the classic book Good to Great, penned Level 5 Leadership for the Harvard Business Review. The content for this article…
Students Return From LUCE Program in Rome
Veni, Vidi, Vici (I came, I saw, I conquered). These are the famous words Julius Caesar wrote to the Roman Senate after a quick victory. But, in some ways, they apply to the students from…
Dr. Livingston Visits Students in Rome
This week, Dr. David Livingston, Lewis University President, visited the Lasallian Universities Center for Education (LUCE) students studying in Rome. Livingston also met with the Lewis University students in their classroom and joined them for…
Anxiety as a Superpower
Introduction Nearly all human beings experience anxiety on a regular basis. It can be expressed as future-oriented worry (“Will I pass this the test in 2 weeks?”), concern about how we are being perceived (“Everyone…
My New Favorite Orchestra
I’ve been involved in symphony orchestras, playing and conducting, since 1967. If you want to skip over my recollections and jump to the punch line, you will find the name of my new favorite orchestra…
Lewis Students take an Educational Pilgrimage to Assisi
People love celebrating their hometown heroes, and this is especially true for Assisi which celebrates St. Francis and St. Clare, who lived in the 13th century. Students at the Lasallian Universities Center for Education (LUCE)…
The Pros and Cons of Using Social Media
Social media has been around since the 1990s but it gained increasing popularity around 2005. Now we cannot imagine life without it. There are myriad pros and cons to using social media. This article will…
COVID and End of State of Emergency in Rome
As the much-needed Spring rain falls over Italy, the COVID-19 state of emergency is coming to an end. We can definitely see a season of change in Rome, and it’s more than a meteorological transition.…
SAFE SPACE ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES
A safe space is a place where students can associate or interact with those like them—ideologically, racially, culturally, or by any other measure (Sigal & Ben-Porath, 2017). With the world constantly changing at rapid pace…