TITLE: And Now We Return...
AUTHOR: Eugene Wallingford
DATE: September 14, 2006 10:13 AM
DESC: A ten-day break for big new projects ends with a one-day 'conference' here at  the office
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Ten days without blogging means that I have been busy.
The work busy-ness has been two-pronged: teaching CS1
for the first time in a decade, and launching the
department's academic program review, which the
university requires every seven years.  Off campus,
in addition to family, the last two weeks have been
my
<A HREF="http://www.cs.uni.edu/~wallingf/blog/archives/monthly/2006-09.html#e2006-09-04T17_50_47.htm">
   two biggest training weeks</A>
as I get ready for my upcoming marathon.

Oftentimes, a conference is the "break" I need to get
back to writing.  (Next month,
<A HREF="http://oopsla.acm.org/">
   OOPSLA</A>
will give me my annual booster shot of inspiration and
great ideas!)  Today, it is a retreat of all the department
heads in my college.  We are discussing some of the major
issues that face science and technology departments these
days: fundraising, recruitment, and strategic planning.
So I'm thinking about these issues right now, and I'll
probably write down some of those thoughts here.
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