Our life is an exhilarating journey. It is exciting to make new discoveries as we move forward and find new passions or re-discover passions we once had. But what is passion? As an educator, I find the following quote from “Life Launch – A Passionate Guide to the Rest of Your Life,” Hudson and McLean (2006), to be very powerful:

Dr. Mingzhen Bao lives in sunny San Diego, but it’s the cloudy, rainy days that bring a smile to her face. 

“Don’t get me wrong, I love the beach,” smiles the associate director for the University of Arizona Global Campus Center for Enhancement of the First-Year Experience. “I just love to go when it’s cloudy, during May, or what they call ‘June gloom’ here.”

What Does It Mean to Use Academic Voice?

Using an academic voice is to write with authority on a topic.

To use an academic voice simply means to meet the writing expectations for academic writing. As with any style and type of writing, there is always a set of writing expectations for that genre. Academic writing includes some specific expectations that you should follow when doing your assignments. It is these expectations that we call “academic voice.”

Growing up surrounded by trees and lakes in rural upstate Michigan, it’s little wonder School of Business and Technology faculty and research fellow Dr. Murad Abel developed a lifelong love for the outdoors. However, in a community that depended mainly on logging and mining for income, what was surprising to many of Dr. Abel’s friends and family was his determination to get his doctorate. 

Good study habits will help you get better grades in college, they also provide lifelong value for your intelligence, health, and memory. Here, we’ll discuss different actions you can take to improve your studying skills, your motivation to study, and your overall success.

Founded by the University of Arizona Global Campus Master of Human Resource Management (MHRM) and Bachelor of Arts in Human Resources Management (BAHRM) Program Chair, Dr.

While the University of Arizona Global Campus Library has plenty of resources to meet your research needs, there may come a time when you’ll need to venture out onto the Internet to find some credible sources. In this blog, MLIS Distance Education Librarian Allison McDermott will provide you with information on how to get the most out of your searches from two of the Internet’s most popular search engines — Google and Google Scholar.

If Dr. LaTonya Santo had her way as a teenager, she just might be a drummer today. Instead, she got kicked out of band class and ended up exactly where she was meant to be.

Growing up along the Alabama/Georgia border, the young Dr. Santo was a bit of a spitfire who clashed with her band instructor about which instrument she should play. She insisted on the drums. He wanted her to play bells. It wasn’t long before Dr. Santo and a few other unenthusiastic band members were booted from the class. 

People need food, air, water, clothing, and housing. They have wants - strong desires for particular versions of brands, beverages, food, education, recreation, and services. According to Sarah White (2012), “People in a market economy become consumers when they are driven to fulfill their needs and desires through exchanges” (p.11). Today there are all kinds of exchanges. The internet, for example, has created a fast-paced, ever-changing global marketplace. Companies today are global, aggressive in seeking opportunities, and they are highly competitive.