In the classic children’s novel The Cricket in Times Square there is this lovely moment near the end of the story when Tucker Mouse and Harry Cat are saying goodbye to Chester Cricket, who after many great adventures in New York decides to return to Connecticut, his true home. As the friends make their way […]
It is hard to believe. One week from today, Tara and I will be back in Abilene. The last week has felt like the beginning of a goodbye to our Study Abroad home. It’s a slow goodbye, to be sure. There are still essays to grade, a final walk to Oxford city centre, and a
The ACU semester kicked off on Monday. My Oxford students have been busy with orientation prior to our departure on Wednesday. It feels like the calm before the storm. Orientation did not impede us from attending ACU’s opening assembly yesterday, our first in three years. It was extraordinary being back in a newly-renovated Moody Coliseum.
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