Advising

26 March 2014: Advising for the Fall 2014 semester started today. It's always a bit of a mixed bag...a major time suck, but also kind of fun. (And, I should say, much less of a burden in my department than in some others, where faculty might have 50 or more advisees each! I've only got 15 or so.) Anyway, I met with three advisees today, each at a different stage in her degree, and each appointment went really well. It's always satisfying to see students move through the program, even if it's also a bit bittersweet (they leave us when it's all done, after all...). I'm grateful for the chance to work with them in this other facet of my job as a teacher and grateful to have the time to spend with them.