Jenny Sue Mark Academic Blog

Author: Jenny Mark

  • The Shattering of Worlds

    This micro story was published in the University of Phoenix’s College of Humanities and Sciences September 2017 Newsletter.   Lauren opens the package and smiles. Another globe for the collection, this one yellow on a brass mount, carefully packaged in bubble wrap. She gently takes it out of the box, spotting the card tucked beneath.…

  • Analysis of “Adult Learning Theory: Applications to Non-Traditional College Students”

    In the article, “Adult Learning Theory: Applications to Non-Traditional College Students,” by Cari Kenner and Jason Weinerman, the authors discuss adult learning theories and the non-traditional college student. As a college professor for entry-level students, this article truly hits home as it identifies and focuses on the student body I work with every day. Today’s…

  • A Fonder Heart

    This micro story was published in the University of Phoenix’s College of Humanities and Sciences 2nd Quarter Newsletter.   People always told me that absence makes the heart grow fonder, but I never believed them. When someone was absent for me, I forgot they existed. I would move on. That morning when the news report…

  • Just a Storm

    This micro story was published in the University of Phoenix’s College of Humanities and Sciences 1st Quarter Newsletter. It was a dark and stormy night, and Laura couldn’t stop shaking. Light sparked across the sky in a streak of lightning, followed with a crash of thunder that rattled the windows of her small home. The…

  • My Mother – First-Generation Student

    Today, the topic came up in one of our meetings that students who attend our online schools are often first-generation students. While statistically, I know this, it is interesting to talk about this overall and how it affects our students. I wanted to look at the topic from a personal viewpoint, and then think about…