Freebie Friday - Free Dessert from the Cheesecake Factory

Readers,


You need a break! Especially after all of the grading of final examinations and preparing for the next summer session. However, now I am very excited about this freebie for Freebie Friday! For the past three years, I decided to give up all desserts and after Lent this, I gave in to my "sweet habit" again. So, I cannot wait to use this coupon for a free dessert from Cheesecake Factory (for every $30.00 you spend).


Find the coupon here - http://www.thecheesecakefactory.com/celebrate/email75.htm.

Yes, more sweets equal more exercise! :) 


Millennial Professor - Jennifer T. Edwards, Ed.D.

Ads in Gmail and your personal data - Gmail Help

Readers,


As an avid Gmail user, I am disappointed that we will have color ads in our Gmail accounts now. It's funny, but if you do not read the Google blog or examine other blogs (like Lifehacker), you will not know what is happening to your account. :) Here's a recent article from Lifehacker focused on Gmail ads, "Ads in Gmail and your personal data - Gmail Help". 

What do you think about this new "change"? Happy? Sad? This change actually makes me wonder about the fate of Google Documents? Will they stay or will they go?


Sincerely,

Millennial Professor - Jennifer T. Edwards, Ed.D.

Wandering Wednesday's - Professor Josh's Blog

Readers,


This week's Wandering Wednesday is focused on Professor Josh's Blog! Professor job works at Valencia Community College as an Instructional Designer. On his blog, he writes about teaching in Central Florida, education, random information, tech tricks and tips, travel, and teaching. He integrates his blog with Twitter and he features the tweets on his blog. :)

Recently, he posted a video from a recent conference presentation titled, "#SMCEDU Millennials, Social Media, and Education: Connecting With Your Students Webinar". Here's the link to the Webinar - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5uhsCkt2WE&feature=youtu.be.


Follow Professor Josh on Twitter - http://twitter.com/#!/professorjosh


Sincerely,

Millennial Professor - Jennifer T. Edwards, Ed.D.

Should the Workplace Adapt to the Millennial Generation?

Readers,


Last semester, I wrote a paper focused on college students' perceptions of work-life balance in their future professions. In this paper, the students stated their opinions regarding work-life balance and many of the students felt that their lives outside of work were more important than their life inside of the workplace. Research indicates that past generations (baby boomers, etc.) feel that their lives inside of the workplace were more important than life outside of the workplace.


Since an increasing number of millennials are currently working and/or preparing to enter the workplace, employers are starting to adapt their human resource policies to this new generation. Last year, one of the most widely read authors on the millennial generation, Dr. Neil Howe, released a book titled, "Millennials in the Workplace".

Although I have not had the pleasure of reading this book (I just added this book to my summer reading list), I strongly believe that this book would help organizational leaders and professors who teach human resources, communication, and sociology courses. 


I understand that some people do not believe that workplace environments should change their policies and procedures to adapt to the new population, but some workplaces are adopting flex-time polices to meet the needs of their millennial employees.

What do you think? Should employers adapt to this new generation? Should the millennial generation adapt to the workplace? Should the process involve both parties adapting to each other?


Sincerely,


Millennial Professor - Jennifer T. Edwards, Ed.D.