Career trip and Faculty Facts

By midday yesterday, students were wrapping up their classes and heading to trains, planes, buses, and cars to travel to Washington, DC for the annual Office of Career Services organized Career Trip.  Students will have selected the panels and site visits that interest them.  They may have set up their own informational interviews.  And they’ll probably attend a happy hour and the student-alumni reception — a great event for all involved.

Not everyone attends the Career Trip, of course.  Some folks have no plans to work in DC.  Others have already lined up an internship or post-Fletcher job.  But even some students in one of those categories will attend for the networking opportunities.  Those who don’t attend will be better rested and prepared for class on Monday than their peers who did.  Classes are canceled today and tomorrow for the trip.

Meanwhile the staff has a couple of quiet days at Fletcher.  I’m actually reading applications at home today, but I’ll be in the office tomorrow to absorb the quiet.

While absorbing, I’ll also be introducing a new feature.  There are so many ways to learn about Fletcher’s professors, but most of these resources don’t change regularly.  To capture the out-of-the-classroom research, consulting, writing, etc. that faculty members are doing, I asked them to provide me with a quick summary.  I was excited to receive a big batch of responses, and I look forward to sharing them with you tomorrow and in the next two or three weeks.

Once I had collected the summaries, I asked my Admissions pals to help me think of a title to capture all the posts.  They succeeded in sending me a few suggestions that made me laugh (“Professors: They’re just like us”) and also one that I’ll use: Faculty Facts.  Or Fac Facts for short.  If nothing else, they saved me from using “update” yet again.  Look for the first of the Fac Facts tomorrow.