Today we went down to BYU to meet with some of the language program people. I must confess that in the eight years I have been here, I had not yet set foot on their campus. I did go to Provo last weekend for one of Sam's soccer games, but today was the first visit to that other campus. I was really impressed. First off the campus is beautiful and second, the people we met were really terrific. It was like so many meetings I have had since becoming an administrator - all overwhelming with the sense of possibilities. Of course, then we get in the car to drive back and contemplate who among our disenchanted or already incredibly overextended faculty we could enlist for a new initiative and reality sets in a little.
Letter season is grinding along. It is actually quite rewarding to delve into people's projects and try to understand them in a way that makes it possible to write a good letter. I'll learn a lot at least.
