Teaching in Lebanon - May Mikati's Blog

Headphones in the Office My first use of office headphones took place several years ago when I attended an international online conferen...

Workplace Etiquette/ Netiquette Etiquette is a broad subject relevant to various aspects of one’s social life, including school, air tra...

Soaking Up the Sun, and Not Just for Fun! How could sunbathing help with your career? Isn’t the idea a little far-fetched – possibly out...

Connecting With Students If you are a university teacher these days, you are likely to find yourself connecting with students not just d...

How Jogging Can Jog Your Memory No, this posting isn’t about the fitness or weight loss benefits of jogging – that’s really old hat! Wha...

Long Summer Holidays Long summer holidays can bore one to death if unplanned. I don’t often opt for a long vacation in summer, but when ...

Head in the Clouds The internet has transformed teaching at AUB to such an extent that one may safely claim our heads are now in the clo...

To Blog or Not to Blog The democratic nature of the internet is well-expressed through blogs. Ever since blogging came into fashion, I h...

The Feline Population of AUB In my student days, the campus cat population was much smaller than it is now. No one ever really seemed to...

AUB Campus Parking There isn’t much to be said really about parking on campus except that it’s been a controversial issue ever since I f...

Flashback Three: To Publish or Not to Publish? Well into my thirties, I was often mistaken for a teenager on campus. Around the year 200...

Flashback Two: Coordinating the Extension English Program A few months after joining the English Department, I was asked to coordinate t...

Flasback One: A Bumpy Start Back in 1991 when I became a full-timer at AUB, I received a memo inviting me to my first Arts and Sciences f...

After Twenty Years at AUB "Twenty years?" you may ask. Yes, I've been a full-time instructor in the Department of English...