Another whirlwind of a week! I can't wait until the semester settles down a bit.
Bernice, Jonathan and I met with the Enrollment Management staff who do our recruiting. We will be focusing heavily on what we think of as "traditional enrollment" which means students in seats. The best way faculty can help is to attend open houses; the first Westchester open house is Sunday, November 9, and the first New York open house is Sunday, November 16. So fellow faculty members, please get those dates on your calendars right now!
I also met the entering DPS students in the IT professionals cohort. Much to my surprise as I was introducing myself at each table, one of them turned to me and said, you taught me database. It was nice to be reconnected with Rafael Leefoon again.
Thursday I was in New York on the 18th floor for most of the day, at Dean's Council in the morning and Management Council in the afternoon.
Some things to pay attention to:
Middle States: next week there will be two town hall meetings and while this might not be the most interesting thing in the world, our Middle States visit is very important, so please take the time to at least skim the part of the report that relates to the Seidenberg School.
Digital Gallery: Frank Marchese, along with Jillian Mcdonald of Dyson College, co-curate the gallery and will have an opening this Thursday evening.
Some of you were inspired to buy David Allen's book, Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress Free Productivity. If enough of us are interested, we can get together once a semester and talk about how we are doing with GTD. Any one up for a "lunch and learn" format?
Next week I'll be in Pleasantville on Monday and Tuesday, at the Graduate Center on Wednesday, and in New York on Thursday and Friday, but mostly at the Midtown Center. I have a Society for Information Management meeting in Stamford on Thursday evening; I am really looking forward to going, especially since the speaker is E. Jeffrey Hutchinson, the CIO of Group Danone and a student in our DPS for IT professionals.
Thursday the department chairs, program chairs and I will be meeting to discuss the role of a department/program chair. Faculty, you may want to discuss your perspective with your chairs. This is the beginning of a discussion of the structure of the academic side of our school. Please note that I said BEGINNING of a DISCUSSION. All of us need to be involved.
Have a great weekend-see you around campus!
Showing posts with label GTD. Show all posts
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Friday, September 12, 2008
Friday, September 5, 2008
September 2 - September 5
This feels like the longest four day week ever-moving between the two campuses on Tuesday wore me out! I think Academy Day went well-what do you think? Comments welcome.
Louise and I met with Jeanne Dennison of Philanthropy to start thinking about the LST (Leadership and Service in Technology) event. It's never too soon to start planning. I'm also planning to meet with the Seidenberg Advisory Board in October.
Thursday I also attended the Management Council Informal Luncheon. Management Council is made up of the Deans and the Officers of the University. This is my second lunch. I've enjoyed them because I get to meet the newer officers whom I have not met, and to reconnect with those folks I've known but not as colleagues in this new way.
Tonight we'll welcome the third cohort of DPS students in the DPS for Educational Technology Professionals; next week we'll welcome a new cohort of DPS students in the DPS for Information Technology Professionals.
Managing my time has become more challenging. One of the advantages of being a college professor is that one has control of one's schedule. One of the challenges of being dean is that everyone has control of your schedule. If you come by the office on Friday mornings (whichever office I happen to be in) you'll see a "Do Not Disturb - Weekly Review in Progress" sign hanging on my door. The sign is courtesy of David Allen, and the weekly review is part of his Getting Things Done method, known to many as GTD. I'm a HUGE David Allen fan. When he started running seminars in New York city I signed up - twice - and paid with my own money (I really wanted to go).
GTD is really just organized common sense but it provides the discipline I need to keep track of everything. You can read more at GTD Times. I encourage you to read the book.
Next week I'm downtown on Monday and Thursday, in Pleasantville on Tuesday and Friday, and at the Graduate Center on Wednesday.
Finally, let me thank everyone of you for getting the semester off to a good start. By Monday each member of the staff will have been told about your salary increase, (Note: the faculty were notified in June when we signed contracts) and you'll see the change in your Friday paycheck. Please know that I appreciate everyone's efforts, and that I am looking forward to working with each of you during this interim period. We're off to a great start!
Note: this was originally posted on Friday September 5. The changes in red were added on Saturday, September 6.
Louise and I met with Jeanne Dennison of Philanthropy to start thinking about the LST (Leadership and Service in Technology) event. It's never too soon to start planning. I'm also planning to meet with the Seidenberg Advisory Board in October.
Thursday I also attended the Management Council Informal Luncheon. Management Council is made up of the Deans and the Officers of the University. This is my second lunch. I've enjoyed them because I get to meet the newer officers whom I have not met, and to reconnect with those folks I've known but not as colleagues in this new way.
Tonight we'll welcome the third cohort of DPS students in the DPS for Educational Technology Professionals; next week we'll welcome a new cohort of DPS students in the DPS for Information Technology Professionals.
Managing my time has become more challenging. One of the advantages of being a college professor is that one has control of one's schedule. One of the challenges of being dean is that everyone has control of your schedule. If you come by the office on Friday mornings (whichever office I happen to be in) you'll see a "Do Not Disturb - Weekly Review in Progress" sign hanging on my door. The sign is courtesy of David Allen, and the weekly review is part of his Getting Things Done method, known to many as GTD. I'm a HUGE David Allen fan. When he started running seminars in New York city I signed up - twice - and paid with my own money (I really wanted to go).
GTD is really just organized common sense but it provides the discipline I need to keep track of everything. You can read more at GTD Times. I encourage you to read the book.
Next week I'm downtown on Monday and Thursday, in Pleasantville on Tuesday and Friday, and at the Graduate Center on Wednesday.
Finally, let me thank everyone of you for getting the semester off to a good start. By Monday each member of the staff will have been told about your salary increase, (Note: the faculty were notified in June when we signed contracts) and you'll see the change in your Friday paycheck. Please know that I appreciate everyone's efforts, and that I am looking forward to working with each of you during this interim period. We're off to a great start!
Note: this was originally posted on Friday September 5. The changes in red were added on Saturday, September 6.
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