Abstract / Summary STEM Proficiency is a research and teaching intitiative to promote and leverage non-technical skills already inherent in STEM professions. Most important among those skills are communicating expertise and normative justification. Education in STEM Proficiency would: hone non-technical skills which are a catalyst for problem-solving, collaboration and innovation enhance the reflective and sociallyContinue reading “STEM Proficiency — Part I”
Author Archives: Brian Hepburn
The value of a Liberal Arts and Sciences education: a personal testimonial
Brian Hepburn, Dept. of Philosophy, WSU. My undergraduate degree is a BASc, or Bachelors of Arts and Sciences. At first I was disappointed in this weird combo-degree since I thought I was working towards two degrees: a BA in philosophy, and a BSc in physics. But at the University of Lethbridge, my undergraduate almaContinue reading “The value of a Liberal Arts and Sciences education: a personal testimonial”
Welcome to the WSU Philosophy Blog
We’re upping our social media game! The Department of Philosophy, in the Fairmount College of Liberal Arts, at Wichita State University, is adding a social media presence. We will have a Facebook page, Twitter Feed, Instagram … but probably not a Tik-Tok 🙂 No one needs to see any of us dance. So please findContinue reading “Welcome to the WSU Philosophy Blog”
Hmmm, Facebook or no?
Just tried setting up an account on Facebook so that I could then set up a page for the Department. Entered the info, chose a password, went to log in a minute or two later … and got a message saying my account was blocked because it didn’t meet “community standards”. I had literally postedContinue reading “Hmmm, Facebook or no?”
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