Dr Marianne Lorensen

Big 10 w/ SEC roots in the ACC. Kentucky Wildcat, Nittany Lion, Illini, Cornhusker PhD teaching ’Noles . Educator, writer, lover of all things leadership.

[Dr Marianne Lorensen @melorensen]

Proof of alien life forms? The new Twitter branding. X Files…

[The Daily Collegian @DailyCollegian]

"I’m not getting a good enough education if my professors are scared to be teaching about the world as it is."

Student marshals address opposition to their recent letter to the editor

https://t.co/1A09JkQzvY

[Dr Marianne Lorensen @melorensen]

Listen, I work 6-7 days a week, but I don’t think it’s a reasonable expectation for everyone. And I’m really over people griping about remote work being less valuable/productive. Way to be tone deaf, Martha…

[TODAY @TODAYshow]

"You can’t possibly get everything done working three days a week in the office and two days remotely... Should America go down the drain because people don’t want to go back to work?" https://t.co/Np9L3lxusU

[Dr Marianne Lorensen @melorensen]

@mckeelearning For the first time this semester, my syllabus also includes a date after which late work can no longer be excepted. Caveat is that late work is never accepted without a conversation where we agree to a timeline/deadline. This has come in handy this semester. 2/2

[Dr Marianne Lorensen @melorensen]

@mckeelearning I do periodic grade audits in my class now. Set up like a quiz. Students have a chance to go through all of their previous assignments and confirm their understanding of grades and feedback. They also agree to a date by which they must address concerns with those assignments. 1/2

[Dr Marianne Lorensen @melorensen]

I mean, this is not something I like to do, but the findings made me chuckle… 😉😂

[Daniel Pink @DanielPink]

I could have f**king told you this years ago.

New study shows that swearing:
- reduces pain,
- improves physical performance,
- tightens social bonds.

https://t.co/n41rkGvEJw

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

A company isn't a family. Parents don't fire their kids for low performance or furlough them in hard times.

A better vision for a workplace is a community—a place where people bond around shared values, feel valued as human beings, and have a voice in decisions that affect them.

[Dr Marianne Lorensen @melorensen]

Speaking from experience, sometimes our own colleagues and administrators also make this assumption…

[Nataliya Braginsky @nataliyabrgnsky]

Folks attacking teachers act like our goal is to work remotely. In reality, teaching online is both more work + far less joy. We don’t want to teach online—we just want ourselves, our students, + our families to be safe. We could be fighting for safe in-person schooling together!

[Dr Marianne Lorensen @melorensen]

It would be funny, but our semester starts next week, so…

[Associate Deans @ass_deans]

Hope you had a good break, I was hoping we could we meet on Monday or Tuesday this week to get a jump start on the spring semester?

[Dr Marianne Lorensen @melorensen]

@mckeelearning 😒

[Dick Vitale @DickieV]

Can u believe this as I get prepared for a surgical procedure 7 am Dr Kenneth Meredith walks in wearing a KENTUCKY CAP / the guy loves @UKCoachCalipari Cats fans r everywhere. My heart is filled with gratitude from all the LOVE I have rec’d . 🙏🙏🙏needed

[Dr Marianne Lorensen @melorensen]

@Delta — I’ve been on hold for an hour and a half. What happened to the call-back feature? #silvermedallion

[Dr Marianne Lorensen @melorensen]

@_Jackie_Bruce Agreed. I was fully remote from the jump last fall. Missed being in the room with students, but loved not having to mask. Hybrid spring was a MESS. I don’t want to do that again. I just hope they make the call sooner than later.

[Dr Marianne Lorensen @melorensen]

I was wondering the same thing… 🤔

[Persistent Professor @persistentprof]

You all… are we really going back to the classroom? I mean, I’ll do it, but I doubt it will last. What’s the over/under? #AcademicTwitter #teachinginapandemic #DeltaVariant

[Soup @soupinthering]

i know the girl who got rejected on her fashion surgical mask idea on shark tank in 2009 is mad as hell now

[Dr Marianne Lorensen @melorensen]

@mckeelearning True. Maybe a better analogy would be voting. There's a final day to do it, but the results may be overwhelmingly clear before then if most folks vote sooner than later. Sure, maybe results aren't declared early, but the outcome is the same.

[Dr Marianne Lorensen @melorensen]

@mckeelearning Fair. But the real issue is the overachievers who respond early. I think of Doodle poll deadlines similar to assignment deadlines. If most people submit early, I'll probably start grading.