Erik Bakke is Menlo’s Senior Director of Academic Support, where he leads the English as a Second Language (ESL) program and the Writing Center, among many other things. In this episode, Erik talks about what “rigor” means and how to apply rigor to your life and work. Erik shares some of his other hobbies - including writing and art - in depth as both examples and to expand upon how we find our voices through different methods.

➺ Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan

➺ The Companions by Katie M. Flynn

➺ A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

➺ Exercise is Medicine: How Physical Activity Boosts Health and Slows Aging by Judy Foreman

➺ Tending the Wild: Native American Knowledge and the Management of California’s Natural Resources by M. Kat Anderson