Greetings Members, I trust the spring 2025 semester is wrapping (or has wrapped) up well for everyone. I encourage everyone to schedule one-on-one with me to check in and make a plan for progress over the summer. In the meantime, I hope to see some of you in office hour this evening. -Ryan

Dear Members, I am very pleased to introduce everyone to Patriciah Mbithe who is our new Quantitative Mentor. Patriciah brings an impressive background in quantiative research and statistics holding a masters degree in Epidemiology and Biostatistics. For members conducting quantitative studies, when you are ready to collect data or begin your analysis, you will meet with Patriciah for a workshop. This is, of course, part of your membership benefits. Please join me in welcoming her! -Ryan

Greetings once more, I am thinking about starting a YouTube channel for the Institute and would be glad to learn everyone's opinion on what type of content would be helpful and appealing to doctoral candidates. Please let me know your thoughts.

Greetings Collegium Members, I wanted to remind everyone of the resources available to you in the Collegium. First, everyone pretty much knows about and takes advantage of our weekly office hours. Don't forget, as well, that all members, can schedule twice-monthly individual sessions.. Second, I'd like to remind members of our curriculum content. As you progress through each phase of the dissertation, do have a look at the corresponding modules in the Classroom. As many of you know, we will be updating these modules over the summer, so you will have some new and improved content to look forward to. Third, when you are ready to collect and analyse your data, we will also bring in guest scholars to lead analysis workshops (both qual and quant). Most everyone is still in the pre-IRB or proposal phase, but once everyone gets closer to data analysis, we can discuss an appropriate time for a workshop. Lastly, don't forget to leverage the support of your peers. Chat with each other and consider setting up writing sessions or peer review session amongst yourselves. If myself or Brenda can be of any assistance in facilitating more peer engagement, let us know. -Ryan

Where I am in life right now: Kids grown. At home with a biz, I have just begun. Business administration doctoral classes are continual. In phase two of five at University of Phoenix. Glad to be here.