Save the Date and Spread the Word: Public Good U Is Coming!

Imagine an institution that meets the ideals of public higher education:  call it Public Good U.  What does this institution look like, who does it serve, how is it funded and governed, and what service does it return to the community?

SAVE THE DATE!

Public Good U: Strengthening the Case for Public Higher Education

February 7-9, 2025

Albany, New York

Join us for a groundbreaking national conference exploring the vital role of public higher education as a public good in the 21st century. This timely event will bring together educators, academic administrators, policy makers, and business leaders to address the challenges and opportunities facing public higher education institutions, students, faculty, and staff.

Conference Highlights:

- Welcome Remarks: SUNY Chancellor John B. King and CUNY Chancellor Félix V. Matos Rodríguez

- Keynote Conversation: Davarian Baldwin (Author, In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower) and Sara Goldrick-Rab (Author, Paying the Price and Reinventing Financial Aid), facilitated by Cathy Davidson (Author, The New Education and co-author, The New College Classroom)

- Panel Discussion: state university system heads from across the nation on current issues in public higher education, facilitated by Chancellors King and Matos Rodríguez

- Closing Address: the view from the New York State capitol on the value of public higher education

Conference Tracks:

1. Democracy in America: Educating Citizens Equitably

2. The New College-Educated Workforce

3. Research for the Public Good: Creativity, Innovation, and Impact for the 21st Century

4. Reimagining Town/Gown Relations: Community Building, Civic Engagement, and Economic Development

5. Perennial Issues in Urban Public Higher Education: Lessons From the Past, Tools for the Future

6. What Should the State Provide? New Public Good U Foundations and Funding Models

Organized by:

SUNY University Faculty Senate, SUNY Faculty Council of Community Colleges, SUNY System Administration, and CUNY University Faculty Senate

Full conference details, including a call for papers and registration information, coming soon at http://www.suny.edu/PublicU. Mark your calendars for this essential event in shaping the future of public higher education!

Guccifer 2.0 Google Search Result Weirdnesses

How is it possible that a few posts scattered here at Mostly Harmless and on some of my other blogs last night led to their being more easily findable on google than anything Studio Dongo has posted on Guccifer 2.0 over the last several weeks?  Anyone who understands google search algorithms better than me, please feel free to respond!

This Is about Guccifer 2.0, not Golf

Quick questions to my remaining readers:

• are you aware of the Guccifer 2.0 story?
• have you been trying to follow it?
• have you been able to find any good sources on it through google searches?

Just to be clear, I had not been aware of or following the story until one of my best friends started blogging about it in mid-June.  As he's been writing about his experiences going down that particular rabbit hole, I've started looking for other sources.  Not very hard, to be sure.  And I know that I've been on leave from blogging for awhile, but what ever happened to google's blog search?  Back in the bad old days, I was at least able to find a wide range of voices on almost any topic, no matter how obscure.  But when I search "Guccifer 2.0" on google, I get nothing interesting or new.  If I didn't know about posts like this, I would never be able to find them.

There's got to be more out there, right?  Are you there, google?  It's me, The Constructivist.

This will have been a test of the google search system.  This will have been only a test.

Wegmans LPGA Championship News Flash: Eagle Time for Masson and Yoo

Sun Young Yoo and Caroline Masson have eagled par 4s on the back 9 at the Wegmans LPGA Championship this afternoon. For Masson, it was the 12th, while for Yoo it was the 10th.  Yoo's eagle ties her with Amy Yang for the low round of the afternoon wave thus far; Yang is riding a 16-hole bogey-free run and is 1 shot behind leader Morgan Pressel, who got it to -7 early in her round but is now -5 through 10.

[Update 1 (4:22 pm):  Inbee Park just birdied 18 and 1 to get to -3 for the day and tournament!]

[Update 2 (4:38 pm):  Yoo has found her groove--she's gone birdie-eagle-birdie-birdie and is -6 over her last 11 holes of bogey-free golf!]

[Update 3 (4:40 pm):  More updates on my twitter feed!]

Wegmans LPGA Championship News Flash: Michelle Wie -4 through 11 Holes

Michelle Wie struggled in her 1st round yesterday at the Wegmans LPGA Championship, opening with a 76 that featured a double bogey on the par-5 11th, her 2nd hole, and 2 bogeys in her last 4 holes.  But she's -4 through her 1st 11 holes today and so far has the low round of the day going (defending champion Shanshan Feng played the front in a bogey-free 32).  Let's see if she can keep it going in a week that counts double for Solheim Cup team qualification and counts extra in the Rolex Rankings!

[Update 1 (10:55 am):  Aussie Sarah Jane Smith is getting into the act, as well:  she's -3 through 11 holes of bogey-free golf today and actually has an 18-hole bogey-free run going!]

[Update 2 (11:16 am):  More not-quite-live blogging on my twitter feed!]

[Update 3 (12:11 pm):  Gotta give a shout-out to Lydia Ko, who bogeyed 2 of her 1st 3 holes to drop to +7 on the week, but is now -3 today through 17 and only +2 overall!]

[Update 4 (12:29 pm):  Wie's 68 low round of day so far!  Back to E for the week!]

ShopRite Classic News Flash: Another Double for Feng!

We now have a 3-way tie for the lead at the ShopRite LPGA Classic after Shanshan Feng suffered her 2nd double in her last 3 holes, Karrie Webb bogeyed the par-4 6th, and Chie Arimura extended her bogey-free run to 7 holes and counting.  Now the trio at -3 has to worry about Hee Young Park at -2, Mika Miyazato, Anna Nordqvist, Karine Icher, and Moriya Jutanugarn at -1, and even In-Kyung Kim and Haeji Kang at E.  True, Moriya hasn't hit a green in her 1st 5 holes and Haeji, in the final group with her and Shanshan, also doubled the 5th.  But at this point they're all in this thing!

[Update 1 (2:34 pm):  Correction, Moriya hit the 5th and birdied it to get back to -2!]

[Update 2 (2:39 pm):  Wow, the way the big numbers are piling up at the top of the leaderboard, Paula Creamer and Cristie Kerr, who fired matching 68s earlier today to climb to +3, shouldn't leave the Jersey Shore just yet!  There are now only 6 players under par in the entire field!]

ShopRite LPGA Classic News Flash: Feng Stumbles, Webb Charges, Arimura Lurks

If Shanshan Feng doesn't win the ShopRite LPGA Classic today, she'll have the par-4 2nd to blame.  For the 2nd time this week, she doubled the hole, but she bounced right back with a birdie on the par-5 3rd.  Meanwhile, Karrie Webb made up 4 shots over those 2 holes, going birdie-eagle to leap to -4.  A birdie on the 3rd by Chie Arimura got her to -3; it was her 6th birdie in her last 24 holes.

ShopRite LPGA Classic News Flash: Michelle Wie Ties Her Lowest Round of the Year

Michelle Wie opened the ShopRite LPGA Classic with a 3-under-par 68 this morning.  It was her best round of the year, tied only by her final round at the LPGA Lotte Championship in Hawaii; in fact, it was only her 4th sub-70 round of the year and 2nd out of her home state.  She's currently tied for leader in the clubhouse with Stacy Lewis, 1 shot behind Moriya Jutanugarn and Amanda Blumenherst, who both have a few holes left to play.  Wie's driving accuracy has been even worse than usual this season, but she hit 12 of 14 fairways and hit 14 greens in regulation today on a course that tends to favor the LPGA's precision players rather than their bombers.  I'm hoping this trend continues, as Wie hasn't been doing much in the last month to make one of my boldest predictions look very good!

[Update 1 (1:10 pm):  Oops, turns out Stacy Lewis had a 67 and Moriya Jutanugarn ended up with a 66, but I wouldn't pooh-pooh Wie's accomplishment, as Ai Miyazato had to fight back for a 70 after bogeying 4 of her last 5 holes on the back (her front), Ji-Yai Shin had a 71, In-Kyung Kim a 72, Cristie Kerr a 73, Inbee Park and Paula Creamer 74s (the latter thanks to a walkoff triple), Catriona Matthew a 75, Suzann Pettersen and Angela Stanford 76s, and Sandra Gal a 78.  Azahara Munoz and Na Yeon Choi are also well over par as they conclude their rounds.  It was not an easy morning for scoring!]

[Update 2 (6/1/13, 10:02 am):  Glad to see Ruthless Mike has a similar take on Wie's round!]