Well I learned that one of the "staff development" benefits of teaching at the university is a sabbatical to take advanced courses toward a Ph.D. That is why 2 of the IT faculty left yesterday. We have 7 courses with no instructors and I am sort of afraid to go back into work for fear of getting "volunteered" into more courses. We are three weeks into the semester and our department chairman still hasn't shown up for work. He has been coming from Uganda "tomorrow" for the past two weeks. How do I get a job like this?
Met Professor Seth yesterday. He is a 1971 grad of Luther College and teaches African History here at Tumaini. He did graduate work at the University of Minnesota and knows Augsburg and the Twin Cities well.
One of the really cool things about the University is that everyone stops and says "hello, how are you?" as you walk around campus. I must admit that we are meeting the most interesting folks just being there. The students all say "hello" and shake your hand just passing by. One cannot help but feel welcome. I am afraid that if I were Dean, my welcome would run out when I got the faculty all in one room and read them the riot act to get here and start teaching! Not my place, I guess. TIA.
I will expand this entry later in the day when I return. I have the Bachelor's Thesis class today. They are supposed to bring in ideas of IT problems they will attempt to solve and write a thesis for graduation. We will see.
The night was especially cool and believe it or not -- no dogs barking right under our window. It was a pleasant experience.
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