How NKU’S college leaders decompress

Dr. McGill is an avid outdoors person. She loves bike riding and frequently participates in organized rides–sometimes as long as 30 miles in one day. She’s also been all over the country, camping in several national parks, with her favorite camping spot being in Glacier National Park. She’s a seasoned international traveler and has been to several places around the world with her husband, inc...

Dr. Tagher finds herself at home in the outdoors and thoroughly enjoys hiking in the Northern Kentucky area. “Every weekend, unless it’s raining, I’ll take my dogs to Big Bone [State Park],” she said. She’s hiked in Red River Gorge, the Great Smoky Mountains, the Grand Canyon and the mountains in Colorado, where she’s climbed a peak of 14,000 feet! She also loves paddleboarding both in th...

Dr. HassabElnaby is an avid student of history and a writer when he’s not running the College of Business on the daily. Every day when he gets home, he feeds his cat and calls his three kids, who are all spread out among the Midwest and East Coast. When he wants to let off some steam, he enjoys listening to a program he grew up with as a child called A Thousand and One Nights. This program is esse...

Dr. Kirby is a fan of both studying and the outdoors. He and his wife are both into kayaking in areas such as the Little Miami River in Ohio. Dr. Kirby also codes for fun in order to teach himself more about his craft and mess around with smaller projects that are just for fun. “The calm allows you to be a better dean,” he said. One activity Dr. Kirby also enjoys is reading and translating olde...

Dr. Fair is a proud parent and dog owner. She has two dachshund mixes as well as a goldendoodle. She enjoys hanging out with her family to blow off steam, which includes playing board games like Poetry for Neanderthals and other mystery games where you have to find the killer based on a stack of evidence and clues sent to you by mail. She also owns and teaches classes at a dance studio, the Creative...

Albritton is a firm believer that a separation between work and home life is one of the keys to having a healthy work-life balance and reducing the stress he feels from his work as director of the School of the Arts. One way he feels he accomplishes this is through his commute. Albritton lives very close to campus and is able to bike to and from work, when the weather permits. When he arrives home t...