Resources by Lynda Robitaille
 
    
    
            
            May 15, 2018
        
        
        
            
            Lynda Robitaille, St. Mark's College
            
        
    The cactus can be a metaphor for our institutions; institutions whose pasts may seem dead, yet there may still be new growth emerging. The cactus grows around its historical center. The flowers are new life, distinct from and arising out of the present – in all its steadfastness, stability, and prickliness. The dean is to be the light of perspective whose shadow highlights the institution’s place in time.