We enjoy highlighting our members’ accomplishments. Have you written a book recently? We’d love to include your work in our 2017 Book Fair. Please contact us and let us know! Be sure to include the following details: Author’s name Book title A short synopsis of…
Nadege Conger, Founder of SabbaticalHomes.com, serendipitously meets Author Carla Kaplan at the MLA ’14 Convention in Chicago. Devoted to helping scholars travel, she is thrilled to learn about our members’ success. Only a day after the “Chibera” polar freeze began to relent its winter winds…
Connections that result in long-lasting friendships People meeting by chance who happen to be from the same city is interesting but not all that uncommon. Two people meeting who spent time in the same tribal area along the Niger River in West Africa is certainly…
Professor Lee Tobin McClain teaches English and is the director of the master’s program in writing popular fiction at Seton Hill University. She wrote a thoughtful four-part series about her sabbatical for The Chronicle of Higher Education. While first embarking on her sabbatical journey, she…
A sabbatical, by definition, is an extended leave from one’s career. It is sometimes offered as an employee benefit, especially in the academic world, and occasionally in the corporate world. Sabbaticals can be paid or unpaid time off, and the length of the sabbatical varies….
Founded in 1980 by Brian Thompson ( SabbaticalHomes.com member) and Marie-Claude Thompson, Earthen Vessels is a nonprofit organization serving at-risk, inner-city youth in the Boston area. Earthen Vessels offers two complementary programs – a summer camp and a tutoring and mentoring program. The summer camp…
