Faculty Orientation Fun
Aug. 18th, 2008 08:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
caitriDay 1 of Faculty Orientation. Scott maintained I'd be bored but I thought the sessions were interesting. There was a lengthy panel on "What to Expect Your First Year Teaching" that I thought was very interesting. Also: swag!!! Picked up a crapload of pens (always useful, particularly when you're me and running around all the dang time), a travel mug, a ruler, a zip drive, a purple GLBT frisbee, and something I can't identify from Research Services. Seriously: it's like a paperclip on steroids except vaguely bugshaped. No clue what it is.
Anyhow, tomorrow is going to be spent on promotion and tenure stuff, then I run to work for two hours so I can close shop, then I run to the evening shindig.
Later this week I also have a most-of-the-day workshop on teaching first year students, which I'm looking forward to. So far there are eight kids signed up for my course, plus a staff member who wants to sit in on the geekery. I'm getting increasingly excited about teaching next week.
Anyhow, tomorrow is going to be spent on promotion and tenure stuff, then I run to work for two hours so I can close shop, then I run to the evening shindig.
Later this week I also have a most-of-the-day workshop on teaching first year students, which I'm looking forward to. So far there are eight kids signed up for my course, plus a staff member who wants to sit in on the geekery. I'm getting increasingly excited about teaching next week.
