Know the Vital Players in Your Career: Your Own Actions

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David D. Perlmutter. “Know the Vital Players in Your Career: Your Own Actions.” Chronicle of Higher Education, October 32, 2014, pp. A36-37. October 27, 2014 Know the Vital Players in Your Career: Your Own Actions Do good, be good, and let others know you are good. Victoria Horton, Creative Commons By David D. Perlmutter Too many would-be academics never finish their dissertations, never get tenure-track jobs, or never earn tenure—through no fault of their own—to believe that success in higher education simply requires pulling yourself up by your cognitive bootstraps. That said, you can’t always fault bad luck or lousy advisers. Sometimes your own action, or inaction, is to blame. I’ve spent the past year writing this series about all of the players who can affect your career: the department chair, the head of the P&T committee,the faculty factions, the senior campus administrators, the external evaluators, the university P&T committee, your graduate-school or tenure-track peers, and, most recently, your own attitudes and habits of mind. Now I want to close this series by making the following case: It’s not enough to know...
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TOP’S TEN 88.1 KTXT: Episode 18

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Episode #18 of my radio show TOP’S TEN is up! TOP’S TEN seeks out successful and influential people in politics and government, the many professions, the physical and social sciences, or the arts and humanities and asks them to reveal their lives, ideas and ideals through their playlist. Our format is simple: We ask our guests what pieces of music mean the most to them and to tell us the story behind the infatuation. Broadcast: 28 September 2014 Guest: Dave Walker, Owner, Walker Communications, KJDL-FM, KJDL-AM   Song List: 1.  Not Fade Away – Buddy Holly 2.  Words Of Love – Buddy Holly 3.  Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – The Beatles 4.  Harvest – Neil Young 5.  Helplessly Hoping – CSN&Y 6.  Tusk – Fleetwood Mac 7.  Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way? – Waylon Jennings 8.  You’re No Good – Linda Ronstadt 9.  Tracks Of My Tears – Smokey Robinson 10.  With A Little Help From My Friends – Joe Cocker ...
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TOP’S TEN 88.1 KTXT: Episode 17

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Episode #17 of my radio show TOP’S TEN is up! TOP’S TEN seeks out successful and influential people in politics and government, the many professions, the physical and social sciences, or the arts and humanities and asks them to reveal their lives, ideas and ideals through their playlist. Our format is simple: We ask our guests what pieces of music mean the most to them and to tell us the story behind the infatuation. Broadcast: 21 September 2014 Guest: Morris Wilkes, Owner, The Wilkes Company, A Government Relations, Public Affairs and Political Consulting Firm   Song List: 1. If  – David Gates & Bread 2. We’ve Only Just Begun – The Carpenters 3. Precious And Few – Climax 4. You Light Up My Life – Debbie Boone 5. Memories – Elvis Presley 6. Don’t Pull Your Love – Hamilton, Joe, Frank & Reynolds 7. Love Can Make You Happy – Mercy 8. Theme from The Summer of ’42 – Peter Nero 9. Joy To The World – Three Dog Night 10. American Pie – Don McLean ...
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TOP’S TEN 88.1 KTXT: Episode 16

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Episode #16 of my radio show TOP’S TEN is up! TOP’S TEN seeks out successful and influential people in politics and government, the many professions, the physical and social sciences, or the arts and humanities and asks them to reveal their lives, ideas and ideals through their playlist. Our format is simple: We ask our guests what pieces of music mean the most to them and to tell us the story behind the infatuation. Broadcast: 14 September 2014 Guest: Lance Nail, Ph.D., CFA, Dean and Professor of Finance at the Texas Tech University Jerry S. Rawls College of Business Administration Song List: 1.  Fight The Good Fight – Triumph 2.  Man In The Mirror – Michael Jackson 3.  End Of The Innocence – Don Henley 4.  Tick Tock – The Vaughan Brothers 5.  Let It Be – The Beatles 6.  Sympathy For The Devil – The Rolling Stones 7.  After The Thrill Is Gone – Eagles 8.  Stars Fell On Alabama – Jimmy Buffett 9.  Friends In Low Places – Garth Brooks 10.  I’ll Be...
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TOP’S TEN 88.1 KTXT: Episode 15

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Episode #15 of my radio show TOP’S TEN is up! TOP’S TEN seeks out successful and influential people in politics and government, the many professions, the physical and social sciences, or the arts and humanities and asks them to reveal their lives, ideas and ideals through their playlist. Our format is simple: We ask our guests what pieces of music mean the most to them and to tell us the story behind the infatuation. Broadcast: 31 August 2014 Guest: Katharine Hayhoe, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the Public Administration program, and Director of the Climate Science Center at Texas Tech University   Song List: 1. How Great Thou Art – Elvis Presley 2. Prelude & Fugue No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 847 by Johann Sebastian Bach – Glenn Gould 3. Real Canadian Girl – Stompin’ Tom Connors 4. Fotografia – Juanes featuring Nelly Furtado 5. Where The Streets Have No Name – U2 6. If I Had A Million Dollars – Barenaked Ladies 7. Losing My Religion – R.E.M. 8. That’s Right (You’re Not...
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TOP’S TEN 88.1 KTXT: Episode 14

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Episode #14 of my radio show TOP’S TEN is up! TOP’S TEN seeks out successful and influential people in politics and government, the many professions, the physical and social sciences, or the arts and humanities and asks them to reveal their lives, ideas and ideals through their playlist. Our format is simple: We ask our guests what pieces of music mean the most to them and to tell us the story behind the infatuation. Broadcast: 27 July 2014 Guest: Mark Webb, Ph.D., Professor and Chairman, Texas Tech University Department of Philosophy   Song List: 1.  Abide With Me – Text by Henry Francis Lyte, music by William Henry Monk, performed by The Brothers of the Society of St. John the Evangelist 2.  Skye Boat Song – performed by Kathryn Alison Aker 3.  Without You – Harry Nilsson 4.  Recuerdos De La Alhambra – Mike Oldfield 5.  Dance In The Shadows – Tom Paxton 6.  Skating Away – Jethro Tull 7.  Five Miles Out – Mike Oldfield 8.  Back In The High Life – Steve...
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TOP’S TEN 88.1 KTXT: Episode 13

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Episode #13 of my radio show TOP’S TEN is up! TOP’S TEN seeks out successful and influential people in politics and government, the many professions, the physical and social sciences, or the arts and humanities and asks them to reveal their lives, ideas and ideals through their playlist. Our format is simple: We ask our guests what pieces of music mean the most to them and to tell us the story behind the infatuation. Broadcast: 20 July 2014 Guest: Jim Ferguson, Former CEO of Young & Rubicam advertising company in New York and the 2002 Inductee into the TTU Mass Communications Hall of Fame   Song List: 1. Ring Of Fire, Johnny Cash 2. Sweet Rosie Jones, Buck Owens 3. He Stopped Loving Her Today, George Jones 4. Sergeant Pepper, The Beatles 5. It’s Only Rock ‘N Roll, The Rolling Stones 6. Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay, Otis Redding 7. Heart Of Gold, Neil Young 8. It Was A Good Day, Ice Cube 9. Anticipation, Carly Simon 10. Born Free, Kid Rock ...
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TOP’S TEN 88.1 KTXT: Episode 12

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Episode #12 of my radio show TOP’S TEN is up! TOP’S TEN seeks out successful and influential people in politics and government, the many professions, the physical and social sciences, or the arts and humanities and asks them to reveal their lives, ideas and ideals through their playlist. Our format is simple: We ask our guests what pieces of music mean the most to them and to tell us the story behind the infatuation. Broadcast: 13 July 2014 Guest: Sankar Chatterjee, Ph.D., Paul W. Horn Professor of Geosciences at Texas Tech University and Curator of Paleontology at the Museum of Texas Tech University   Song List: 1. Let It Be, The Beatles 2. Hey Jude, The Beatles 3. Bridge Over Troubled Water, Simon & Garfunkel 4. Sound Of Silence, Simon & Garfunkel 5. Blowin’ In The Wind, Bob Dylan 6. Take Me Home Country Road, John Denver 7. Rocky Mountain High, John Denver 8. With God On Our Side, Joan Baez 9. Bohemian Rhapsody, Queen 10. On The Road Again, Willie Nelson ...
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TOP’S TEN 88.1 KTXT: Episode 11

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Episode #11 of my radio show TOP’S TEN is up! TOP’S TEN seeks out successful and influential people in politics and government, the many professions, the physical and social sciences, or the arts and humanities and asks them to reveal their lives, ideas and ideals through their playlist. Our format is simple: We ask our guests what pieces of music mean the most to them and to tell us the story behind the infatuation. Broadcast: 22 June 2014 Guest: Phil Price, Founder, The Price Group   Song List: 1. Jimmy Dreams – Jimmy Buffett 2. Johnny B. Goode – Chuck Berry 3. Fingernails – Joe Ely 4. The Boxer – Simon & Garfunkel 5. Amarillo Highway – Terry Allen 6. Isla Del Sol – Ottmar Liebert 7. King Of The Road – Roger Miller 8. Try To Remember – From the musical “The Fantasticks” sung by Jerry Orbach 9. Little Deuce Coupe – Beach Boys 10. The Cape – Jerry Jeff Walker ...
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TOP’S TEN 88.1 KTXT: Episode 10

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Episode #10 of my radio show TOP’S TEN is up! TOP’S TEN seeks out successful and influential people in politics and government, the many professions, the physical and social sciences, or the arts and humanities and asks them to reveal their lives, ideas and ideals through their playlist. Our format is simple: We ask our guests what pieces of music mean the most to them and to tell us the story behind the infatuation. Broadcast: 15 June 2014 Guest: Juan Munoz, Ph.D., Senior Vice President & Vice Provost, Texas Tech University   Song List: 1. Stairway To Heaven – Led Zepplin 2. Rock You Like A Hurricane – Scorpions 3. Don’t Look Back – Boston 4. Reasons – Earth, Wind & Fire 5. Jailhouse Rock – Elvis Presley 6. Young At Heart – Frank Sinatra 7. Best Day – George Strait 8. Man In Black – Johnny Cash 9. El Hijo Del Pueblo – Jose Alfredo Jimenez 10. Will The Wolf Survive? – Los Lobos ...
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