COME-IN Meeting How are we doing? by Aris Winger

Good!

2024-08-16 18:07:20 UTC

Still in the honeymoon/optimistic period of my pre-semester time.

The Semester Began!

2024-08-16 18:07:33 UTC

The semester began this past Monday. Things have been crazy, but should get into a rhythm in the next few weeks.

A little overwhelmed about the start of classes

2024-08-16 18:07:36 UTC

Not so good. My summer didn't go as planned work-wise due to unforeseen family matters.

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We are starting Fall next week Monday!

Good!

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Great! Because of this meeting, I was compelled to meet with my team and my consultant earlier this week. Those meetings were super productive.

Excited

ljefferso — 2024-08-16 18:08:32 UTC

I have been laying the groundwork and we have started digging into some data that answers some questions we have. When everyone "officially" returns to campus next week, we'll be meeting with the Department Team to update.

Ok so far

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A little apprehensive; I am teaching a brand new course with only 3 students this semester. We start in 10 days.

2024-08-16 18:09:00 UTC

Our semester starts on August 28. We have a new LMS and my courses were migrating from the previous to the current LMS but I have not done all the fine tuning (which is a lot according to colleagues)

Busy summer

2024-08-16 18:09:33 UTC

Costa Rica, New Zealand, New Hampshire, reallocating faculty to create additional sections of college algebra with support because we are bursting at the seams

Looking forward to broadening my team

2024-08-16 18:09:57 UTC

Will be meeting with my "core team" in my department next week, and setting up a broader "advisory team" with them.

2024-08-16 18:10:48 UTC

I spent a wonderful week doing math in Germany in July this summer.

2024-08-16 18:11:30 UTC

Still recovering from travel end of July through last week... trying to get back into a work mindset.

Busy Summer!

2024-08-16 18:11:45 UTC

However, everything seems to be back to normal now!

2024-08-16 18:14:10 UTC

It's nice to see everyone's faces again!

Lots of travel

2024-08-16 18:14:54 UTC

Arizona (1 week in June), Colombia (one month with family), Ohio (1 week in August)