Happy New Year

Happy 2007! I hope you made the most of your time off. I had a very relaxing time and I am ready to enjoy the rest of quarter two.
A few items of note: conferences were not completed before the break so if we didn't meet please don't feel left out. I am scheduling them this week (and next if necessary). I know schedules are tough, but it is a good time to really check in and ask a lot of questions and reflect on the start of this unusual year.

Also, I am going to ask all families in advising to take on the planning of ONE Friday activity for the class. I have found that over time it is difficult to have our outings be fun and interesting for the kids, educational, community-building, and fit within the budget when only one person (me) is doing all of the planning. There are some trips that we will certainly take for service learning experience (Dignity Village, Food Bank, Cycling Center, Humane Society etc.), but it would be wonderful to see what you folks can come up with...at least send me your ideas and I can do the footwork.

There are only 5 weeks left of the term! Projects are underway in advising and many things coming due this week in other classes - see list below - and please ask your students about what they are working on in advising. There is also an all-school project fair coming up in February. It would be nice to see some of the work of this quarter refined to show up on display for that event...more details soon.

That is it for now. Watch for emails, check this site, and feel free to ask anything as we go along.

Kirk