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For many people, hearing the phrase “social networking” conjures up images of high school and college students glued in front of their computer screens updating Facebook pages at all hours of the day. Those images are accurate in some cases, as Facebook and other Web sites have become the...

Anyone who turned on the news or accessed the Internet after the Virginia Tech shootings on April 16, 2007, will never forget the images that flashed across television and computer screens. But imagine how first responders and others involved with campus operations had to feel after those tragic events...

The April cover article in Maintenance Solutions magazine helped me better understand a harsh reality for managers in commercial and institutional facilities. Despite their knowledge of facilities and an understanding of what it takes to make building operations successful, maintenance and engineering...

I’m almost three years removed from my educational experience at the University of Minnesota. But the first time I saw the Twin Cities campus is still fresh in my memory. I signed up for a campus tour in the dead of winter – my first mistake – as a high school senior. We began our chilly...