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The Trouble With Feeling Better | Community Connections with Ryan
I’m writing this during fall break at Yavapai College, and I’m tired. The last four weeks have been a lot. A lot of activity, a lot of travel, a lot of people, a lot of things that needed my attention. And honestly, a lot of things I really enjoyed doing. But I barely made it. I only made it because I had to start throwing things overboard to keep from sinking. Now on the other side of it I’ve been taking some time to rest. I skipped the HETMA Board of Directors meeting.
Annie Hunziker Boyer
Annie Hunziker Boyer is the Chief Program Officer at the Center for Cross-Sector Coordination. Previously, she spent fifteen years in federal service, most recently at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) as the Chief of Policy, Rulemaking and Engagement in the Office of Chemical Security. In this capacity, she managed domestic and international stakeholder engagement, communications, policy, and regulatory issues.
Broccoli for women, beans for men? Study reveals sex split over healthy diets
A new study has found that eating more legumes was associated with better cardiometabolic health in young men, while cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli and cauliflower were the prime choice of vegetable for young women. Researchers from Edith Cowan University (ECU) analyzed data from 638 participants in Western Australia’s long-running Raine Study, all aged around 22.
A virus triggered Parkinson's in mice. Could it do the same in people?
A common virus has been used to trigger Parkinson’s-like brain damage and movement problems in mice, giving scientists a new way to study how viral infections may contribute to the disease. Parkinson’s disease affects more than 10 million people worldwide and is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder after dementia. It is best known for its movement symptoms: tremors, stiffness, balance problems and slowed movement.
141: Average Size Zach with Zach Moss | The AV/IT Amplifier Podcast
141: Average Size Zach with Zach Moss | The AV/IT Amplifier Podcast Ryan Gray is back for week two with Zach Moss of Yavapai College, this time leaving project management mostly behind for the questions that really matter.
Homecoming | Community Connections with Ryan
There is a particular kind of mistake that is easy to make inside a professional community. We find the thing that made the community valuable to us, and then we start to believe that thing should define the community for everyone else. For some people, that is technical depth. They want more time spent in the weeds, more conversation about systems, standards, signal flow, troubleshooting, design, interoperability, and the actual work of making technology function.
140: I’ll Get There On Thursday with Zach Moss | The AV/IT Amplifier Podcast
139: The Igloo Takeover with Laura Mills and Rebecca Wade | The AV/IT Amplifier Podcast In this episode of The AV/IT Amplifier Podcast, Ryan Gray sits down with Zach Moss, Project Manager in the IT department at Yavapai College, during a live recording at the Arizona Community College Technical Conference in Tucson, Arizona.
Dr. Richard Pierce | Community Connections with Ryan
I’ve been trying to write about Richard Pierce for several days now. The difficulty isn’t that I don’t know what to say. It’s that I have come to understand that I only know my version of Richard Pierce. That probably sounds obvious, but I don’t think we acknowledge it very often. We really only know our experience with another person but we might think that our experience shows us the whole. My friend Richard died last week. I knew Richard for seven years.
All to know from the recently announced Texas NHL expansion Original
The NHL is ready to explore their 33rd franchise through evaluating the option of putting a second team in Texas. Following a June 23 Board of Governors meeting where the topic was broached, League Commissioner Gary Bettman announced that the NHL will open a six-month process to analyze the possibility of expanding to either Houston or Austin, Texas.
139: The Igloo Takeover with Laura Mills and Rebecca Wade | The AV/IT Amplifier Podcast
139: The Igloo Takeover with Laura Mills and Rebecca Wade | The AV/IT Amplifier Podcast In this one off InfoComm 2026 episode, the tables turn as Laura and Rebecca from Igloo Vision take over the microphones and interview Ryan Gray for a change.
Dr. Elise Annett
Dr. Elise Annett is a Research Fellow at the Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS), National Defense University. Her work focuses on integrating autonomous, generative, and agentic AI in military and national security operations, including the development of SYNTHComm, a synthesized command-and-control framework that models human–AI interaction and reconfigures operational oversight to maintain decision advantage and coordinate effects across domains.
Dr. James Giordano
Dr. James Giordano is head of the Center for Strategic Deterrence and Weapons of Mass Destruction Studies, Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS), National Defense University. He is Professor Emeritus in the Departments of Neurology and Biochemistry, and Senior Scholar Emeritus of the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics of Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC.
138: I Don’t Wanna Be The Cheesey Boy with Philipp Gude | The AV/IT Amplifier Podcast
135: The Managing Editor with Chris Kelly | The AV/IT Amplifier Podcast This week on the AV/IT Amplifier, Ryan continues the conversation with Philipp Gude of GUDE Systems, moving beyond the product conversation and into the people, personality, and philosophy behind the company.
137: Reliable as F*** with Philipp Gude | The AV/IT Amplifier Podcast
135: The Managing Editor with Chris Kelly | The AV/IT Amplifier Podcast In this episode of The AV/IT Amplifier Podcast, Ryan Gray sits down with Philipp Gude of GUDE Systems during the final run up to InfoComm 2026. Philipp shares the story of GUDE as a family company, founded by his father more than 35 years ago, and explains how that structure shapes the company’s approach to decision making, long term investment, and customer relationships.
There’s No Good Time to Sharpen the Saw | Community Connections with Ryan
Most of us move through work with the hope that things will get quieter. That will mean a better time to step away, a better time to rest, a better time to use the vacation days that are sitting there, theoretically available, technically part of our compensation, but somehow always just out of reach because the calendar is full, the projects are moving, the decisions are stacking up, and the next few months already feel spoken for.
136: You Never Go Full Bald with Chris Kelly | The AV/IT Amplifier Podcast
135: The Managing Editor with Chris Kelly | The AV/IT Amplifier Podcast Chris Kelly returns to The AV/IT Amplifier Podcast for week two with Ryan Gray, and the conversation picks up right where the first one left off: part Higher Ed AV Media strategy, part neurodivergent team therapy session, part comedy riff about baldness, gifts, and why some people should absolutely not be forced to sing an improvised jingle on command.
135: The Managing Editor with Chris Kelly | The AV/IT Amplifier Podcast
135: The Managing Editor with Chris Kelly | The AV/IT Amplifier Podcast Chris Kelly returns to The AV/IT Amplifier Podcast for a conversation about media, volunteerism, accessibility, and what it means to help amplify voices across the higher education AV community.
The Story We Tell Ourselves… Isn’t True | Community Connections with Ryan
Most of us move through life with a quiet assumption running in the background. We assume that our minds are basically telling us the truth. Maybe not perfect truth, but close enough. We remember what happened. We know why we did what we did. We understand our motives. We can explain ourselves to ourselves. And that makes sense, but research is showing us that we are actually pretty unreliable narrators to ourselves. The mind does not simply record reality and hand it back to us untouched. It interprets.
134: They Don’t Sit in the Classroom Like I Do with Mike McHugh | The AV/IT Amplifier Podcast
Mike McHugh is back for Part 2, and this half of the conversation opens up into something bigger than a technical discussion. Ryan and Mike talk about what it really takes to stay current in a field that never stops moving, from relying on trusted partners and professional communities to making room, when possible, for demos, articles, and the constant work of learning.
133: It Might Just Be Future Mike with Mike McHugh | The AV/IT Amplifier Podcast
In Episode 133 of AV/IT Amplifier, Ryan Gray talks with Mike McHugh of Goshen College about what it means to build a career, and a legacy, at a small institution where everybody knows everybody and the work is always personal. Mike shares what it has been like to spend more than two decades at a 900 student college in northern Indiana, doing everything from classroom technology support and system design to campus events, athletic streaming, video, and recording.
Amplified: Tom Segers | Community Connections with Ryan
Tom Segers and I recorded two conversations on the show floor at ISE 2026, and I walked away with the same kind of mental note I get when I meet a certain type of higher ed AV leader, the ones who are not trying to be impressive, they are trying to be useful. Tom moves fast, but not in the flashy way.
Pope Leo XIV’s Teaching on the Six Faces of Christ Jesus (Dilexi te)
For the second piece in this series on the theology of Pope Leo XIV, I was asked by a reader explain what it means in practice to live out Pope Leo XIV’s call that we encounter Jesus fundamentally through the lowly and powerless. “This is not a matter of mere human kindness but a revelation: contact with those who are lowly and powerless is a fundamental way of encountering the Lord of history. In the poor, he continues to speak to us” (Dilexi te, 5).
The Story We Tell Ourselves… About Ourselves | Community Connections with Ryan
One way I have learned to think about my own mind, especially when I am trying to understand a reaction that feels bigger, faster, or stranger than I expected, is this: I am not just one clean, rational voice sitting at the controls. The part of me I can hear most clearly is the part that narrates, explains, justifies, and turns experience into language. That part feels like “me” because it is the part I can report on. But we all know thats not how it actually works.
A Guide to Implementing High-Fidelity Simulation on a Small Budget
The pursuit of excellence in clinical education often requires the implementation of high-fidelity simulation to effectively train clinicians and ensure patient safety. However, many simulation centers and educational programs face substantial challenges to achieve a high degree of realism under significant financial constraints.
The Liturgy of Littleness: At the Heart of Leo XIV’s One Homily
It is often said that every priest has only one homily. Beneath the humor or the eyes drawn to his written text lies something profoundly true about the human heart. No matter what swirls around us—successes, failures, crises, or joys—when life grows quiet, and the noise recedes, a single desire continues to echo within us. For many parents, it is the well-being of their children. For prisoners, it may be the longing for freedom.
How to Become a Certified Healthcare Sim Tech Specialist: A Career Guide
The field of healthcare simulation continues to grow rapidly and evolve from a niche educational method into an indispensable tool to teach patient safety across clinical disciplines. At the core of every successful healthcare simulation center lies a crucial, often unsung, professional: the healthcare sim tech or simulation technology specialist. This career path offers a dynamic blend of technical expertise, educational support, and clinical context.
Essential Techniques for Realistic Trauma Simulation
The power of trauma simulation lies in the learner’s ability to suspend disbelief the moment a clinical environment feels so authentic that the training becomes a high-stakes reality. While advanced patient simulators provide physiological responses, the visual and tactile realism is often achieved through moulage. The Healthcare Simulation Dictionary (pg.
Richard Rempo - HSToday
Richard Rempo is a seasoned homeland security and counterterrorism expert with 25 years of distinguished service in federal and state law enforcement, complemented by extensive private-sector leadership. As a former State Counterterrorism Investigator with the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness (NJOHSP), he coordinated multi-agency operations involving local, state, and federal law enforcement in domestic terrorism investigations.
The Art and Science of Standardized Patients (SPs): Maximize Educational Impact with Healthcare Training
The journey to become a competent healthcare professional demands more than just textbook knowledge and technical proficiency. Proficient, high-quality healthcare delivery requires the delicate, human-centered skill of communication, empathy, and professional conduct. In a world striving for high-quality, human-centered care, simulation training has become indispensable.
How to Write a Successful Grant for Your Healthcare Simulation Program
Premiere Verified The Gordon Center for Simulation and Innovation in Medical Education (formerly referred to as GCRME) is a designated Center of Excellence of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in Miami, Florida. The Gordon Center training facility applies advanced technology to medical simulation education for healthcare professionals and learners.
Travis Moran - HSToday
Travis Moran is a retired law enforcement professional with over 30 years of enforcement, security, and intelligence experience with the U.S. National Central Bureau – Interpol, the U.S. Department of State, and the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
Personnel News: REPLOID Group AG expands Director-level leadership team
Alle AussendungenPolitikWirtschaftFinanzenChronikKulturMedienKarriereTourismusBundesländer 12.01.2026, 10:11:25 / EQS0004 EQS-Media / 12.01.2026 / 10:10 CET/CEST PRESS RELEASE Personnel News: REPLOID Group AG expands Director-level leadership team WELS, Austria – January 12, 2026 – REPLOID Group AG (“REPLOID”) is making three new director-level appointments to support the company’s dynamic global growth and expansion.
Don’t Let Pests Crash Your Holiday Season
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Math for Every Learner: A Systems-Level Approach to Student and Teacher Empowerment
We’ve all heard the phrase “I’m not a math person.” We’ve studied it, offered reform around it, and acknowledged its costs. Yet, too often, conversations about barriers to math achievement stop at teacher messaging or student confidence; however, this is also a systems design issue. Materials matter. Policy alignment matters. Implementation matters.
How Learning Leaders Can Boost Onboarding NPS and Make It Stick
Leaders want candidates to choose their organization as a premier place to work, and they want them to stay once they become new hires. Creating a world-class onboarding program is an important step in accomplishing those goals. Building a successful onboarding program is neither easy nor impossible; it does require understanding the difference between the elements of an onboarding program that make it merely adequate and those that make it truly great.
Chioma Igwe a professional dedicated to excellence
Chioma Igwe is the Marketing Manager, Three Crowns Milk, with over a decade of experience in driving business growth and building brand equity within the beverage and dairy industry. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Marketing from the University of Huddersfield, UK, and a Master of Science (MSc) in International Marketing from the University of Birmingham, UK. She is an active member of the National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria (NIMN).
Autism risk may be programmed by obesity before pregnancy
Obesity before pregnancy, not just during, may shape a child’s brain and raise the risk of autism spectrum disorder, a new study has found. Epigenetic changes in eggs triggered gene shifts linked to autism-like behaviors, revealing a critical window for prevention. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized by deficits in social communication, impaired social interactions, and restricted repetitive behaviors.
Levi’s Ad Fuels Conversation on Race and Gender
In recent news, Beyonce has been at the helm of a media firestorm concerning her Levi’s Jeans Ad commercials. The 43 year old music powerhouse and Houston native has been sporadically doing commercial ads with popular clothing company Levi Strauss and Co. for the better part of the last year as a part of an exclusive and lucrative partnership deal. The deal also uses the aptly titled song “Levii’s Jeans” from her groundbreaking country album Cowboy Carter.
An Integral Part of Asset Integrity Management
Operations or maintenance personnel are surrounded by numbers every day. Temperatures, pressures, flow rates… the list goes on. Monitoring them is part of the job. But keeping all of them within their normal range? That’s the real challenge. These numbers are not just data points—they are indicators that tell us how our plant is doing. When everything is running within limits, we feel confident that the plant is healthy.
The Future of the Science of Reading
Reading and writing aren’t things our brains are naturally wired to do, they are skills we build with the help of explicit, systematic, and cumulative instruction. The Science of Reading has inspired policymakers and educators to evolve the way reading is taught in our nation’s schools, most prominently through a stronger focus on phonics and phonemic awareness in early grades. So, what’s next? As new research and technologies emerge, what’s on the horizon for reading instruction?
PERSPECTIVE: Confronting Iran’s Nuclear Threat
Speaking as a fearlessly defiant and obstinate nation, Iran held the world’s attention after announcing their plans to build a third nuclear enrichment facility in efforts to advance their weapons program. This announcement followed the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) censure of Iran’s longstanding failures to comply with its nuclear non-proliferation treaty obligations.
1,000 dogs & counting: Milestone achieved in life-extending drug trial
In February 2024, when Boo the Whippet became the first patient in a clinical trial of a life-extending drug for senior dogs, a call was put out for more canines. A milestone was reached in the ongoing trial when 10-year-old Miniature Dachshund Winston became the thousandth dog to enrol. Editor's note: Readers often ask us for follow-ups on memorable stories. What has happened to this story over the years?
Canada’s G7 Summit: In the trenches of the trade war
Canada will host the 51st Group of Seven (G7) summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, from June 15 to 17, 2025. During last year’s meeting in Italy, G7 leaders issued a declaration stating that members would “remain committed to strengthening the rules-based multilateral trading system.” Since then, G7 countries have faced one of the most challenging geopolitical landscapes since the group’s inception in 1975, primarily due to the trade war the United States has launched on allies and adversaries alike.
Pioneering Enterprise AI with the Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA
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The North Atlantic Treaty Must Be Accepted in Whole, Not Just in Part
In early April, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke softly and carried a big stick at a NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs meeting in Brussels. A more mainstream, small-l liberal Republican in an overwhelmingly “MAGA” administration, Rubio was probably the most suitable Trump cabinet pick to dispatch to Europe to smooth over relations with the representatives of other NATO members.
Securing America’s Borders Through the Lens of Cost-Wise Readiness
Abstract “With more than 60,000 employees, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is one of the world’s largest law enforcement organizations and is charged with keeping terrorists and their weapons out of the U.S. while facilitating lawful international travel and trade.” 1 To accomplish this mission, CBP must ensure required operational readiness of its systems, investing billions of dollars in operations and maintenance to do so.
Pat Lorzing, Author at HSToday
Patrick J. Lorzing is a Level III Life Cycle Logistics Manager and currently assigned as the Deputy Director, Logistics and Sustainment Division, Office of Acquisition, Enterprise Services, United States Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security.
Investing in Border Technology: a Pathway to Enhanced Homeland Security
Steel and concrete walls create formidable obstacles on our southern border, but they are not impenetrable. We’ve seen that even the best-designed barriers can be bypassed or breached, especially without vigilant overwatch from the trained eyes of border security and enforcement agents.
Scott A. Spellmon
Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Scott A. Spellmon currently serves as Senior Account Executive at SOSi, a private defense and government services firm. Spellmon supports SOSi’s growth in the defense and national security sectors. He is responsible for strengthening relationships with customers and industry partners so the company can continue delivering solutions tailored to unique agency and mission requirements. After 38 years in the military, Spellmon retired from the U.S. Army in 2024.
The Essential AI PC App: Does It Even Exist? | Dell
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