BALTIMORE, Md., Sept. 8 -- The University of Baltimore issued the following news release:

For the last week or so, I've been trying to figure out how to write about the work UBalt's Center for Excellence in Learning, Teaching and Technology has been building since I joined the team three years ago, especially now that our TEF-LEAD Program has finally come together. I've kept hitting a wall; I wanted people to feel something other than "here is one more thing from CELTT," and every version I typed sounded like a press release. I closed my laptop more frustrated than when I opened it, every single time.

This summer, when I'd clock out at the end of the day, I had a few different options to help me decompress. Some nights that meant a walk a...