Well, we knew we’d have good news about science to share in our next issue: we just couldn’t necessarily say what that might be or when we would hear. So we prepped a cover story about the future of science education;…
Category: College Magazines
Meeting by design
I really like working among creative people! We’ve been connecting with the team ahead of our coming magazine redesign, and this is Drew’s agenda for our brainstorming session.
Picture perfect
We’re used to our hockey players making skating headlines, but when we heard that figure-skater Peter Biver ’98 and his pairs partner had made it to nationals, we paid attention. And when, just a few weeks later, we met Megan…
Convocation dreamin’
Most of the students who appear in the magazine are in their junior or senior years. By this stage in their college career they’ve found their feet, declared a major, figured out their research interests, got to know their professors,…
More on these and other topics
A few brief updates on some earlier posts: If you enjoyed reading about my encounters with Caravaggio in Crowning Glory, you can now see our student photographer’s process for yourselves. This video documenting the making of the “Crowning with Thorns”…
Mississippi learning
Some stories stick in your mind long after their publication date. You hope they may have had a similar impact on a handful of readers, too. All the same, you don’t expect them to end up as pieces in an…
A fine regard
Happily curled up tonight with a short stack of Portland magazines, kindly shared by our contributor Tony Staley, who is an alum of the university. This Holy Cross foundation’s magazine is as sweet, quirky and literate as its editor, Brian…
Why blogger?
Nicole and I have a lofty statement about the purpose of this editor’s blog in our strategic plan, but I think what it boils down to is that our magazine needs what all magazines need: a way to initiate conversation…
Editors, editors …
Just to show that we’re even-handed here at St. Norbert College Magazine, I share these two remarks, both from the Spring 2012 issue – out tomorrow. 🙁 “In fact, Catholic theology … is usually a mess that’s been concocted by editors,…
Seeking cover
A few weeks ago I was at a coffeehouse where friends were reading poetry and, boy, did I want to go home and have a crack at it myself. Now, I can write doggerel at will – a limerick, a…
