Category: A & M San Antonio
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Tuesday Sept 21, 2010 Don Norman wrote The Design of Everyday Things as well as the even more important, Emotional Design, Why We Love Hate the Design of Everyday Things. Norman makes the point that the original great design was the rotary dial telephone. Everyone knew how to use it, trouble and information brochure free. And…
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Monday Sept 20, 2010 A student asks about skipping questions in Connect and moving ahead without answering a question. I quickly sent this to MH and got this response. You can skip ahead as a student without penalty, using the “prev” and “next” buttons. It’s not until you click Submit Assignment that you are…
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Monday Sept 20, 2010 VITALSOURCE E-BOOKS STUDENT/FACULTY WORKSHOPS Representatives from VitalSource will be on on-campus to talk about e-books and their bookshelf product. WHEN: Several sessions are available at both campuses Wednesday 9/22/10 and Thursday 9/23/10 WHERE: Gillette Campus student center Satellite Campus student center Wed: 3-4pm & 4-5pm Thurs: 9-10am…
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Friday Sept 17, 2010 Attention, SACPAS student and candidate members, if you're still not sure how to use your degree after graduation, we can help. Plan to attend the Fall 2010 Accounting Careers Workshop on Friday, October 1, from 6-8 p.m. at the SACPAS CPA Center. For details and to get your name on the…
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Thursday Sept 16 2010 Walt Mossberg examines E Readers for the iPad. iPad costs $499 which is more than Kindle and this is an exam of Readers on the IPad not a comparison of the different hardware. I recently went to Denver by plane, and I can readily see the advantage of the lightweight iPad.…
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Tues Sept 14 Grooms and brides are inquiring about the status of student loan debt. Many are discovering that they re about t o enter junk bond territory, and withdrawing from the proposed merger. Too many colleges are in the business of selling a degree without any cost benefit analysis. Since the student is not…
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Sat Sept 11, 2010 The supply of hotel rooms in downtown San Antonio has grown 30% the last few yers, with more on the way. This picture will be repeated again and again over and over for the next nine years until this 18 year period of stagnation ends. So how does this affect a…
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Sunday Sept 5 2010 Students As you may have heard, I had surgery to correct a retinal detachment this past thursday. I only learned of the necessity Wednesday. My doctor gives an excellent prognosis when I saw him post surgery Friday. Now the other accounting professors are doing their best to cover my classes this…
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Wednesday Sept 1, 2010 I learned to day that I wil have surgery tomorrow morning to repair a detached retina in Austin, that is th short version of the story, ahem. I believe that my capable colleagues will be covering classes for me this next week. I expect to return full time Sept 13. I will…
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Wednesday August 25, 2010 Students, Texas A&M University-San Antonio is partnering with CPS Energy for a one day Job Shadowing experience. This is YOUR chance to observe and learn from professionals in the working world. When: September 30, 2010 7:45 am-3:30 pm Where: Navarro Building, 145 Navarro San Antonio, Texas 78205 …
