As we welcome the month of February, I would like to remind all of you that January was National Mentoring Month and for me, personally, it was an opportunity to see mentoring in action in many different forms and formats. As I’ve often stated in these “Two Minutes on Mentoring” pieces, mentoring is about those [...]
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January 3, 2012
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Happy New Year and welcome to 2012. It’s amazing to me that 2011 has come and gone so quickly. It was a year of many changes and challenges which, in retrospect, was a very good thing. Change happens and one can choose to see it as a roadblock or as an opportunity… we at CLEAR [...]
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October 13, 2011
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The experiences of “mixed race” children who often describe themselves as living “between two worlds” is often overlooked as we address issues of race, culture, and equity. Among American children, the multiracial population has increased almost 50 percent, to 4.2 million, since 2000. Read more about it in this New York Times article.
Read moreTwo Minutes on Mentoring – July 2011
July 1, 2011
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Two Minutes on Mentoring Dr. Ken Magdaleno Director, Center for Leadership, Equity, and Research (CLEAR) July 2011 “Try to remember that mentoring is a process of becoming, not an unimpeded march to perfection. The odds of success increase tremendously when we understand that mutual discovery, not exclusive answers, leads to potential. The best mentors spark [...]
Read moreTwo Minutes on Mentoring – June 2011
June 4, 2011
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Two Minutes on Mentoring June 2011 “Life is a journey, not just a destination” Traveling life’s journey is so much worthwhile when you have loved ones, friends, and colleagues to share it with. Besides our family, certainly among my most successful accomplishments over the last few years have been the relationships I’ve developed both [...]
Read moreTwo Minutes on Mentoring – May 2011
May 10, 2011
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Ken Magdaleno Two Minutes on Mentoring May, 2011 A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could. ~ Unknown At its core mentoring is about “others;” in a society where the focus in so often on “me,” it’s refreshing to be around people who first think about [...]
Read moreTwo Minutes on Mentoring – April 2011
April 3, 2011
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Two Minutes on Mentoring April 2011 As I prepare to leave CALSA at the end of this month I’m reflecting upon the many days and hours I’ve spent thinking about the administrator mentoring program and all the wonderful relationships that have been developed over the years as a result of its existence. Let me first [...]
Read moreTwo Minutes on Mentoring – March 2011
March 15, 2011
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Two Minutes on Mentoring March 2011 Dr. Ken Magdaleno Before I experience another senior moment (I recently bought a voice recorder to help me remember important to do’s and then forgot where I put the voice recorderJ) and forget to share this news, I’d like to remind you that we are currently accepting applications for [...]
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