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What a Layoff Taught Me About Data, Growth, and Resilience

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Last week, I experienced something I never expected so early in my career, I was laid off due to budget cuts and declining enrollment at the university where I worked. Like many professionals, my first reaction was disappointment. However, after taking some time to reflect, I realized that this experience taught me valuable lessons not only about my career, but also about resilience, growth, and the impact of data. I worked as a CRM Analyst at Governors State University, where I supported enrollment management initiatives through data analysis, reporting, CRM administration, and process improvement. Every day brought new challenges, and every challenge taught me something new. 1. Data Is More Than Numbers When people think about data, they often think about spreadsheets, databases, and reports. What I learned is that data represents real people making real decisions. In higher education, every application, inquiry, and enrollment record tells a story. The reports I created helped a...
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The Problem of poverty-Abraham Kuyper by Annes Jebasingh

Abraham Kuyper The Problem of poverty Introduction: Abraham Kuyper was a Protestant theologian and a Dutch Statesman. He addressed the First Christian Social Congress held in the Netherlands on November 9, 1891 on the problem of Poverty. Later, after a hundred years, James W. Skillen re-edited this dynamic speech and soon it was published as a book. Abraham’s primary focus was upon the persistence of poverty and related issues such as strikes, unemployment, welfare-dependent families, famines and homelessness. The power of Abraham’s thoughts on the problem of poverty comes from “a religiously deep insight into the nature of poverty in societies where “organic” wholeness and differentiated freedoms should stand together in expressing the tru e nature of human beings as the image of God.” (Pg. 22). He believed in the deep Christian motives for action, expose to false hopes and illusions presented by secular revol...
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