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Volstylexx said:
Today I won the 2022-2023 chancellor’s award for teaching excellence. The highest award in my college’s system of 8 campuses. That gives me a clean sweep on teaching awards for this year as I won the faculty award at my campus earlier this year and now at the system level. Do you think my trophy is big enough?? (Pictured with my Dean).

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Good job!! Congrats!
 
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Volstylexx said:
Today I won the 2022-2023 chancellor’s award for teaching excellence. The highest award in my college’s system of 8 campuses. That gives me a clean sweep on teaching awards for this year as I won the faculty award at my campus earlier this year and now at the system level. Do you think my trophy is big enough?? (Pictured with my Dean).

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Congrats man! 🎉
 
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Volstylexx said:
Today I won the 2022-2023 chancellor’s award for teaching excellence. The highest award in my college’s system of 8 campuses. That gives me a clean sweep on teaching awards for this year as I won the faculty award at my campus earlier this year and now at the system level. Do you think my trophy is big enough?? (Pictured with my Dean).

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congratulations
 
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Volstylexx said:
Today I won the 2022-2023 chancellor’s award for teaching excellence. The highest award in my college’s system of 8 campuses. That gives me a clean sweep on teaching awards for this year as I won the faculty award at my campus earlier this year and now at the system level. Do you think my trophy is big enough?? (Pictured with my Dean).

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Congrats. Well done.
 
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On April 11 in Baseball History...​
  • 1912 - Rube Marquard of the New York Giants began a 19-game winning streak with an 18-3 victory over the Brooklyn Dodgers.

  • 1917 - Babe Ruth beats the Yankees, pitching a three-hit, 10-3 win for the Red Sox in the opener. He is on the way to a 24-13 record and a league-leading 35 complete games in his best year as a pitcher.
  • 1954 - To make room for promising rookie outfielder Wally Moon, the Cardinals trade longtime great Enos Slaughter to the Yankees. In what turns out to be a good deal for both teams, the Cardinals get center fielder Bill Virdon, pitcher Mel Wright, and outfielder Emil Tellinger in return. Virdon will become the N.L. Rookie of the Year in 1955, and Slaughter will help the Yankees win 103 games.

  • 1959 - Don Drysdale hits his second Opening Day home run to become the first pitcher with two career home runs on Opening Day. Unfortunately, his home run is the only Dodgers score as he loses to the Cubs 6-1.

  • 1961 - The Los Angeles Angels won their first major league game, 7-2 over the Orioles in Baltimore. Ted Kluszewski had two homers for the Angels.

  • 1962 - The New York Mets played their first game and lost 11-4 to the Cardinals in St. Louis.

  • 1963 - Warren Spahn's Opening Day 6-1 victory over the Mets is the 328th win of his career. He thus moves ahead of Eddie Plank as the all-time winningest left-hander. Except for Duke Snider's home run, no Mets get past second base.

  • 1966 - A crowd of 44,468, including Vice President Hubert Humphrey, attends a historic opener at Washington. Emmett Ashford becomes the major league's first black umpire in Cleveland's 5-2 win against the Senators.

  • 1969 - The Seattle Pilots played their first game, with Gary Bell shutting out the White Sox 7-0 at Sicks Stadium.

  • 1975 - In Milwaukee, 48,160 fans brave 37-degree weather to welcome home Hank Aaron. Hank drives in a run as the Brewers whip the Indians 6-2.

  • 1981 - After 15 seasons with the Dodgers, Don Sutton makes his debut with the Astros and is pounded by his former club for six runs in four innings. Los Angeles wins 7-4.

  • 1985 - Seattle's Gorman Thomas hit three homers and drove in six runs to lead the Mariners to a 14-6 victory over the Oakland A's.

  • 1990 - California's Mark Langston and Mike Witt combine to no-hit the Mariners 1-0 for the first combined no-hitter in the major leagues since 1976. It is Langston's first start for the Angels since signing as a free agent in the off-season.

  • 1991 - Junior Ortiz guns down Rickey Henderson, who is trying to break Lou Brock's all-time stolen base record. Henderson later leaves the game with a calf injury.

  • 1996 - Greg Maddux loses his first road game since June 27, 1994 in Montreal. Atlanta's 2-1 loss in San Diego ends a string that saw Maddux go 18-0 with only 17 earned runs allowed in 154.2 innings.

Baseball Birthdays on April 11... ​


Baseball Deaths on April 11... ​

 
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4/11 Holidays

National Living Donor Day
National Submarine Day
National Cheese Fondue Day
National Pet Day
National Eight Track Tape Day
National Barbershop Quartet Day

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taylorvol said:
What’s the thing you like best about being a Professor? And least…. I’ve always thought it was a fascInating profession.
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What a great question.

The positive: I teach two days a week (Monday and Wednesday) for a few hours and then I’m done for the week. Can’t beat it. ( I was an investment banker working 50 hour weeks before I earned my Ph.D. from UT in 2014).

The negative: academic careers required you to chase the job. You can’t teach at the same institution you earned your graduate degree from (it’s frowned upon), so you have to move to where the jobs are so the career inevitably takes you away from your family. I didn’t mind that when I was younger but I now often wish I was closer to home. In any given year, there could be few jobs on the market so you you are forced to go places you may never have considered..

My first teaching job was a visiting Assistant Professor position in New York, then I spent 3 years at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, and then back to upstate New York to the University of Rochester, before coming to Houston 5.5 years ago.
 
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Volstylexx said:
What a great question.

The positive: I teach two days a week (Monday and Wednesday) for a few hours and then I’m done for the week. Can’t beat it. ( I was an investment banker working 50 hour weeks before I earned my Ph.D. from UT in 2014).

The negative: academic careers required you to chase the job. You can’t teach at the same institution you earned your graduate degree from (it’s frowned upon), so you have to move to where the jobs are so the career inevitably takes you away from your family. I didn’t mind that when I was younger but I now often wish I was closer to home. In any given year, there could be few jobs on the market so you you are forced to go places you may never have considered..

My first teaching job was a visiting Assistant Professor position in New York, then I spent 3 years at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, and then back to upstate New York to the University of Rochester, before coming to Houston 5.5 years ago.
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Thanks. I appreciate the info. I’d never thought about the 2nd part. Any advice you’d give an undergrad considering getting their PhD?
 
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taylorvol said:
Thanks. I appreciate the info. I’d never thought about the 2nd part. Any advice you’d give an undergrad considering getting their PhD?
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Think about the type of program you’d like to get accepted to and then work towards that. Even then, don’t be discouraged if your top 2 or 3 are “no’s.” My top program was Texas at Austin. I visited, did a campus interview and my spouse and I really wanted to move there. They came back as a no and I’ll never forget the way that felt. Tennessee was my backup and it turned out being best thing that could have ever happened to me. I wouldn’t trade my time at TN for anything. They follow a strong chair model which means your chair controls the process and no one else really argues with them. I had an amazing chair who supported my research endeavors from day 1. I was able to finish my Ph.D. in 3.5 years bc they backed me from day 1. I was allowed to be my own person and to challenge norms in my research. Even though there were some in the department who didn’t agree with my perspective it really didn’t matter bc my chair said “Rick has done a great job, and he’s defended his research and dissertation successfully.” Not all institutions follow a “strong chair” model. Their goal is to spit out “mini me” versions that only do the same research and methods as the faculty already there. Those experiences can be very different.

If you do want to go to a tier 1 program, start working towards that now. Find professors in your desired field and ask to be a part of their research programs. Make sure you get credit and it will get your name on a few articles in your vitae. That will be important to those programs. My undergrad and masters were from private liberal arts colleges and I simply didn’t have the background they wanted.

What area are you thinking interests you?
 
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On the down low here in the dugout, I showed off my daddy coat to the guys at the signing (just holding it, wearing probably too obnoxious), and anyways Blake Burke tells me he wishes they still wore the coat after home runs. So the coat still has support. Not trying to spread dissension or anything.
 
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Volstylexx said:
What a great question.

The positive: I teach two days a week (Monday and Wednesday) for a few hours and then I’m done for the week. Can’t beat it. ( I was an investment banker working 50 hour weeks before I earned my Ph.D. from UT in 2014).

The negative: academic careers required you to chase the job. You can’t teach at the same institution you earned your graduate degree from (it’s frowned upon), so you have to move to where the jobs are so the career inevitably takes you away from your family. I didn’t mind that when I was younger but I now often wish I was closer to home. In any given year, there could be few jobs on the market so you you are forced to go places you may never have considered..

My first teaching job was a visiting Assistant Professor position in New York, then I spent 3 years at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, and then back to upstate New York to the University of Rochester, before coming to Houston 5.5 years ago.
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I grew up in Rochester, NY, so I fully understand how brutal it is (weather-wise). Never going back there. Also, my mom’s PhD is from there (as a non-traditional student when I was in high school).
 
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