Variety was the name of the game this week! (Every week?)

Fresh off Sunday's alumni reception, I'm already knee deep in helping put together another reception for this coming Tuesday in Orlando to correspond with the SPIE conference happening there next week. CIS has a number of professors, students, and alumni attending and presenting, so we thought it would be a good idea to have a happy hour-type celebration to go along with it. Unfortunately, being only 1 week after the DC reception posed some difficulty in planning. Hopefully everything will come together in time before Tuesday... I'm confident a group of people will get together and have a good time, no matter what the attendance numbers turn out to be.

As this was break week for local schools, we had a number of visits this week from potential students. Campus had a funny dynamic, as RIT itself was rather quiet and a lot of people took vacation, yet we were all abuzz with campus tours and potential future students. I had an accepted student visit on Thursday who was very engaged and enthusiastic, and seemed to take quite a liking to the freshmen class. I hope that she chooses to join us this fall! I also had a potential transfer student visit on Thursday whom I enjoy meeting with. She's really not sure what she wants to do (which actually makes her a great fit for Imaging Science), but I'm pretty sure her future will involve Imaging in some capacity, whether it be major, minor, or masters. Yay!

I have also been busy starting to organize next year's seminar series. Part of the responsibilities of the series are actually going to someone else for next year, but I want to make sure all the materials and spreadsheets I pass along are clear and concise so that the transition can be as smooth as possible. I am nearly finished assembling everything, but I don't think that will get finished until Monday.

Intern applicants have all been notified of their status! We've already had 1 applicant who was accepted drop out, meaning we got to dip into the alternate pool. I actually love it when that happens! The accepted applicants are now letting us know whether or not they accept their positions, and it's a lot of fun to see their excited responses come back. This is going to be a fun summer, I can sense it already.

Oh yeah - I've been nominated for a Staff Recognition Award :-). So another thing I'm working on is an essay I need to submit to Staff Council about myself.

The Hunt is tomorrow!!!! (What is the Hunt?) Oh, and Kurt no longer has dreads. He got them shaved today for charity - Joe and I observed. And far in the distance, I thought I heard a melancholy trumpet playing Taps...