Dr. Andrew Pollom

What the Humanities Can Teach Us About Climate Change We can’t save the world. But we can learn how to live in it.

Essay | While science and engineering are about finding solutions to your problems, the humanities are about finding problems with your solutions.

End of my most recent work days:

4:55pm Let me just take care of this one final and quick task

6:30pm <still solving a problem that I inadvertently invented>

If when we hit barriers we stop trying to make progress and give up, then we get no where. See the discovery of a barrier not as a stopping point, but as an opportunity to start a new bridge of the journey.

Innovation cannot happen in a sustainable manner, in #StudentAffairs or #HigherEd when the infrastructure and processes within our divisions and institutions are not designed with innovation, and the sustainability of that work, in the forefront of our thinking when developed. #HigherEdSky

When we consider finding distance from the stress and anxiety of life, we often underestimate the power that exists in reconnecting ourselves to humanity through acts of service and through volunteering. There are so many growth opportunities and lessons involved in giving selflessly in service.

It is much easier to find value in accomplishments and the contributions of an experience to your development if you first understand yourself and have a capacity for empathy.

One of the greatest gift I have as a SAPro, whenever the stress of work begin to weigh heavily, I can go spend time with students or talk with or check in on a colleague. I am reminded immediately of why all of it is worth doing and why I love it. #studentaffairs #highered

50+ degrees and you start seeing knees.

Silence. We must teach our teams to be healthy, patient, and functional in silence. Immersed in their inner thoughts and without stimulus. Teach them the language of their own mind and body. There are critical conversations they miss by not doing so. #higeredsky #sapro #studentaffairs #mindfulness

Set Your Clocks: Going Live There is a lot to talk about ... So let's do this.

Set Your Clocks: Going Live #HigherEdSky #SAPros And others who are interested in today's conversation: "Put your oxygen mask on first." For the HigherEd and #AcademicSky community, it's time to gather around for some real talk. Join me today at Noon Eastern.

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‘We should focus on the effect of the technology rather than the technology itself’ How much tech is helpful in the classroom? Highlighting both benefits and drawbacks, John Komar explains how computer vision and AI can reinforce personal connections and interactions between teacher ...

"Teaching is, above all else, a personal relationship between individuals, and technology should focus on fostering this," writes @jkomar.bsky.social who is using computer vision and #AI to monitor teacher activity and student responses: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/we-sh... #edusky #teaching

What's getting me really jazzed lately is the potential that AI provides us as professionals, to customize and personalize a student's experience and supports to position them for the greatest potential of success. As I research the tech and consider how to use it, I am energized by the possibility.

One of the things that I don’t hear talked about enough when it comes to employing AI tech into Student Affairs work is how much fun it is. It invigorates creativity, changes and energizes the way you think and see data. It feels fresh. I cant over emphasize this enough. #studentaffairs #highed

Combating college student anxiety with climbing, kayaking The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, launched an activities-based therapy group in 2024 to help students combat social anxiety and build self-confidence.

Student Success | Adventure Therapy Addresses Student Anxiety

The @uarkansas.bsky.social, Fayetteville, launched an activities-based therapy group in 2024 to help students combat social anxiety and build self-confidence. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/43eYocV