Academics

Avoiding First-Year Pitfalls
By Vicki Brown

Failing to find the right balance of social life, work, and study may be the single most common mistake college freshmen make, according to campus ministers, chaplains, and student-life staff.

“Some students try to take on too much. They join every organization on campus and have a great time with the extra curricular activities but forget to go to class and study. Those students, if they don't change their ways, don't come back the next semester,” says the Rev. Leigh S. Martin, Reinhardt College chaplain.

Unconventional businessman shares profits with the people
MEDIA, Penn. (UMNS) - Clad in blue jeans and a T-shirt, Hal Taussig, 82, rides his bicycle to work every day and hasn't owned a car since 1971. "I gave my last car away to a hitchhiker," recalls Taussig.

Career and Calling: Making a Life, Not Just a Living
Career and calling--two words that appear to be different ways of saying the same thing. Though they are sometimes used interchangeably, they are actually very different. By career, we usually mean a job someone does as a means to make a living. It often requires some preparation through training or education and, hopefully, carries with it some sort of compensation or salary.

Ethics Course Has Students Reflecting on Universal Themes
Twenty-year-old Kudzai Mukumba didn't know what to expect when she saw Christian Ethics and Values on her list of required courses at Africa University. With Christian Ethics and Values and three other core courses taught across all disciplines--African Studies, Communications Skills, and Information Technology--the United Methodist-related university aims to equip a new breed of African professionals and leaders. Every undergraduate student must pass these four courses to receive a degree.