Friday, August 11, 2006

Today is turning out to be really fantastic and a great way to end the work week!

Ed, Dwight, and Warren really liked my format and the fact that I added Learning Objectives to the Syllabus for the upcoming Legal Research Class that they have approved it for the upcoming course. Yeah!

The Research Assignment relating to divorce, religion, and state governments: He gave me a copy of two articles (that we will doing additional research) entitled:

Church-state? It's a bad marriage, St. Petersburg Times (Florida) October 9, 2005 Sunday-Section Perspectives, pg. 4P
&
Ontario to ban faith-based tribunals in family disputes, Guelph Mercury (Ontario, Canada) November 16, 2005 Wednesday Final Edition, pg. A5

Both are interesting reads, and it will be very interesting to see where we are going with this research topic. I found an article using the new feature on the ND-Library Homepage from Academic Search Premier:

Till annulment do us part, by Richard Ostling and Massimo Calabresi, Time 8/16/93, Vol. 142, Issue 7, pg. 43.

I had an interesting dialog with Dwight and Dan on branding, marketing, my experience of ND and how it differs from other institutions I have worked. We also discussed the current situations dealing with the terrorist threats in London and possibly the United States, traveling in general, and how our sense of security is changing even in our small town of South Bend. It was nice to talk about current events with colleagues.

I am almost finish with Assignment I for Dwight to check; he mentioned today that I will have to do the assignments a week in advance in preparation for the questions I will have to answer from the students that will seek me out. My response to that is: "Come on in...."

On a personal note:

I am looking forward to the weekend to get rid of stuff we don't need, and to play with my kids and husband. My daughter begins school next week (Yes!) and I am hoping to get my 2.5 yr. old son into pre-school at least 2 times per week. My daughter is a little apprehensive: She's back in private school, she has to wear a uniform, and she doesn't know anyone there...yet. My daughter is blessed with her parents extro-verted demeanor, and the fact that she is really a nice kid to know. She will be fine. I will have to spend a lot of time this weekend pepping her up...."Cheer-leader MOM to the rescue.....