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Author Archives: Dan Jenkins
The Scholar’s Rest
I remember those days clearly: limping through the halls ofmiddle and high school, avoiding trips to my locker due to time constraints, schlepping an overloaded backpack to each class. Open up the backpack in this vision, and a person might … Continue reading
A Library with a View
When I lived life as an ambitious writer in my early twenties, I often sought exotic writing environments. I often wrote furiously in cafes, bookstores, the market square in Reston Town Center, and beach houses. I always thought that in … Continue reading
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Tags: BIS, Daniel Jenkins, Learning Commons, libraries, Loudoun Campus, NVCC, Richard Johnson, UVA, views, writing
Tags: BIS, Daniel Jenkins, Learning Commons, libraries, Loudoun Campus, NVCC, Richard Johnson, UVA, views, writing
Interdisciplinary Studies
On August 28, a little over a month ago, I began work on a Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies degree through the University of Virginia. The obvious miracle of this degree (besides its friendliness to students of any age) is the … Continue reading
Rate Your Studentship, Part 1
What About Rate My Students? I’m kidding, but of course I’m talking about RateMyProfessor.com, the site which allows users to “rate” their professors based upon certain criteria (unfortunately, ‘hotness’ is one of them). Students across this nation can log in … Continue reading
The Learning Commons
I can remember watching the thing go up. At first, the structure looked like a slowly hulking skeleton of steel, concrete, and glass, lumbering to form in the winter of 2011-2012. I could see men in hard hats working it … Continue reading
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Tags: 2012, construction, LC, Learning Commons Building, Loudoun Campus
Tags: 2012, construction, LC, Learning Commons Building, Loudoun Campus
School’s Not Out For the Summer
I can’t pretend this new post has meaning. After finishing two sections of Geology – 105 and 106 – I spent three weeks visiting family and preparing to attend UVA classes at NVCC Loudoun for the Fall 2012 semester. I’ll … Continue reading
The Summer of Strata
I’m reading and re-reading my Historical Geology (GOL 106) text book, Historical Geology, Interpretations and Applications. With fifteen classes left in the second summer 6-week session, I must really study. I find myself looking at the broken flagstone leaning against … Continue reading
The Student Holiday, Dunkirk, and the Great Pumpkin Plan
I hope most Dominion Power customers offer a glass of cold water to service workers in the future, especially after the diligent near-miracle they performed this past week. When my power returned at 12:10 very early Monday morning, the respite … Continue reading
Carving a Niche, Leaving a Mark, and Other Glacial Thinkings
Yes, Six-Week Session #1 melts to a close in one week. I use the word melts because a certain confluence of time and events conspired to form an ironic place where Ice Age happened to be on HBO Family as … Continue reading