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America Invades the UK . . . with Grade Point Averages!

The United Kingdom currently uses the two-hundred-year-old British undergraduate degree classification system as a grading structure for undergraduate degrees. This system consists of degree levels divided into five distinctions: first-class honors; second class, upper level (also known as a 2.1); second class, lower level (2.2); third class; and pass without honors (or an “ordinary degree.”) Though many other countries including Australia, Nigeria, Pakistan, South Africa [...]

By Elizabeth Rule|2018-11-08T13:57:09-05:00September 9th, 2014|

Intern Spotlight: Meet Claire!

Over the past four years, I’ve spent a large amount of time in poetry workshops. At Emerson College, classes are usually no more than 30 people, and the writing workshops are even smaller. As a Writing, Literature & Publishing major with a focus in poetry, I took full advantage of the writer stereotype. At any given time, I more than likely had a [...]

By Publishing Solutions Group|2018-10-26T15:03:53-04:00September 5th, 2014|

Studies Link Level of Trust to Intellect

According to political scientist Robert Putnam, successful democracies rely on strong social networks. In his 1993 book Making Democracy Work: Civic Traditions In Modern Italy, Putnam analyzes the regional governments of Italy, positing that prosperous institutions have strong social networks, whereas less successful institutions have weak social networks. Strong social networks, he reasons, promote trust between citizens, thus strengthening the democracy. Now, a more recently published [...]

By Claire Paschal|2018-11-08T13:54:02-05:00September 4th, 2014|

William Wegman: One Doggone Good Artist

There are only five 20×24-inch Polaroid instant cameras in the world. One of these 5-foot, 235-pound mammoths of a camera is responsible for many of the iconic photos produced by artist William Wegman. And if you haven’t heard of Wegman or his work with the camera, you have probably seen his art in someone’s home, online, or in a museum at one point or another. [...]

By Dan Plonowski|2018-11-08T13:51:01-05:00September 2nd, 2014|

Author Spotlight: David Rigby

One thing is certain when you sit down to talk with David Rigby: you will learn something. The man knows his history (especially of the World War II variety), he is passionate about it and he wants to share that passion. Fortunately, I’m a history buff so our interview ended up lasting longer than I planned—and it was time well spent. Rigby holds [...]

By Colleen Joyce|2018-11-08T13:46:56-05:00August 28th, 2014|

PSG Summerfest 2014

This summer, Lori surprised the staff with a party bus trip to Kimball Farm in Westford, MA. The party bus was filled with gift bags of snacks and the music we played from our own devices. The team enjoyed some (unexpectedly competitive) mini golf, bumper boats, batting cages, and other activities. It was a hot, sunny day, and we topped off the afternoon [...]

By Publishing Solutions Group|2018-07-30T13:04:49-04:00August 26th, 2014|

Those Are Some Funky Chickens: Feathered Dinosaurs Rule the Roost

In July, some very old guests visited New Jersey: dinosaurs! If I had the time for the four-plus hour drive from Boston, I would have definitely gone to the Walking With Dinosaurs show. When I was little, my mom painted my whole room into a dinosaur mural. I had a Stegosaurus on one wall, an Apatosaurus (a.k.a. Brontosaurus) on another and even a Velociraptor tucked under the window. It was amazing. There was, [...]

By Caitlin Wilson|2018-11-08T13:43:39-05:00August 26th, 2014|

The New Wave of Electronic Learning in the Classroom

The world is constantly moving toward an overwhelmingly technological future. Every day, there is a new high-tech innovation or breakthrough—it’s rather exciting to be living in the forefront of the Information Age. With the way technology seems to be incorporating itself into everyday life, it’s essential that schools and classrooms become more equipped with digital-based curricula and devices. To get the ball rolling, in [...]

By Elizabeth Rule|2018-11-08T13:40:47-05:00August 21st, 2014|

Intern Spotlight: Meet Elizabeth Rule

From the bright lights of the city, to the thousands of stars I loved to look at nightly from my porch, I grew up moving between city living and farm living with only a few miles spanning in between. I learned a lot living in a farm town directly outside of New Haven, Connecticut. Even though I did not live on a farm [...]

By Publishing Solutions Group|2018-11-08T13:40:00-05:00August 20th, 2014|

What About Academics?

I just graduated from college, and I can guarantee that at least half my classmates were sometimes more concerned with how the football team did than with whether they could explain the thematic convolutions in Great Expectations or find the rate of flow through a wire suspended on the surface of a four-dimensional plane. (I knew that calculus class would pay off someday.) It’s expected [...]

By Caitlin Wilson|2018-11-08T13:38:46-05:00August 18th, 2014|

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