Today our Greek and Latin Roots class learned the Latin word salus, salutis meaning “health, well-being, greeting” from where English gets the word salutations! So SALVETE OMNES (hello everyone!)
 

Before spring break I gave my Roots students a Midterm Formative Assessment Survey. Below is a summary of their answers. The results of this survey bring to light many of the issues that arise when learning leaves […]

My Greek and Latin Roots of English course recently published their Name Etymology Map to the Futures site (you can check it out and participate here).
However, since many names originated in other parts of the […]

This post serves as a follow-up to a student-led unit on assessment run on February 17 and 24 as part of the Futures Initiative “Mapping the Futures of Higher Education” course held at the Graduate Center, CUNY. I […]