Writing in buckets
Professor Weldon describes her current writing style, "writing in buckets," which she says can work for anyone!
Amy Weldon, native Alabamian, is professor of English at Luther College and the author of three books: The Hands-On Life: How to Wake Yourself Up and Save The World (Cascade Books, 2018), The Writer's Eye: Observation and Inspiration for Creative Writers (Bloomsbury, 2018), and Eldorado, Iowa: A Novel (Bowen Press Books, 2019). Her website is amyeweldon.com.
Professor Weldon describes her current writing style, "writing in buckets," which she says can work for anyone!
Professor Weldon takes a look at what the cottonwood tree outside Main Building means to her and what everyone can gain from listening to nature.
Professor Weldon invites us into the mind of a faculty member as she ponders immersion and her next January term course.
Professor Weldon touts the benefits of hands on learning, that even in higher education we mustn't separate hand from heart from head.
Professor Weldon takes us on a hike where she discovers trillium, as well as how something so small can direct your attention to bigger things.
Stand up, take a walk. Turn off the noise. In this seemingly stressful time, Professor Weldon encourages us to put our devices down and get out of the feedback loop. Even if only for a little while.
When professor Amy Weldon's class asks, "What can I do?" She says, build "a self with a bigger, wider, more resilient, flexible, and generous capacity for reflection, thought and action." Read on for more on why it's important to do just that.
Professor Weldon examines the controversy in the recent release of "Go Set a Watchman" by Harper Lee, and in turn asks us to "reexamine what we thought we knew."
Professor Weldon cheers on and challenges our recent graduates to a life of expansive adventure and continuous learning, referencing our mention in Frank Bruni's new book "Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be."
Professor Weldon discusses her trip with honors students to the Sigma Tau Delta conference, and how we have words to help us see and love our world more clearly.
Amy Weldon, Luther associate professor of English, writes of finding peace through word, song, art, imagery and work, lots of hard work.
Amy Weldon, Luther associate professor of English, writes about why "Being a writing teacher or a teaching writer is like being in a long marriage, where sometimes it's exciting and sometimes it's a drag and sometimes you have to work really hard to keep the spark alive amid the piles of email and dirty laundry and sometimes you succeed and sometimes you fail and sometimes just staying in it is a triumph."
Finding the third rail means finding "that that current of electricity and excitement that doesn't just hold the engine in place but that truly makes it run" according to Amy Weldon, Luther associate professor of English. She encourages students (and faculty/staff) to find that third rail at Luther.
Amy Weldon, Luther associate professor of English, talks about the benefits of self-assessment and knowing the difference between time management, energy management and self-management.
Amy Weldon, Luther College associate professor of English, asks her students to "geek out" with her; to find answers, discern realities, fall in love with ideas and hurl themselves into learning-in and out of the classroom.