As I've written (or at least as I think I've written), Archer and I have met with the Faculty Retention Officer of CU (I'll call her J), and she's become a great advocate for us in terms of trying to negotiate a more permanent position for me at CU. I think it helps that we know each other outside of the university (Wild Man goes to JK and daycare with her daughter, and Bear and her son were in the same daycare room all last winter) and that we like each other personally (we've been to lunch twice, once professionally and again just because we like each other). I ran into J picking Wild Man up from JK the other day, and she said something along the lines of, "I've passed your info onto the Provost, and he has already spoken to Dr. English and Dr. Writing. Next week he has a meeting to discuss this with the dean of your faculty. I don't know what will happen, but I wanted you to know that you haven't been forgotten." So this seems like good news, right? But, as usual, I took it with a grain of salt. I told Archer, but at this point, neither of us is putting much stock in anything.
Monday morning Dr. Nice Guy (in case you're losing track of all my pseudonyms, Dr. Nice Guy is the former chair of Archer's department) stopped Archer and said, "What has J told you?" Archer said, "Well, she's really talked to M, so you should ask her." Dr. Nice Guy found me later that day and asked me what I knew. I relayed the info that J had passed on, and I also told him that I know that "Dr. Writing and Dr. English have been talking about me. They have both written letters for my job letters, and both have explicitly told me they will do what they can to keep me at CU. Beyond that, I don't know much." He then said, "Well I got a phone call from the dean this weekend asking my opinion, and I told them how wonderful you are. I don't really know what's happening beyond general conversation, but I wanted you to know that the dean is finally paying attention. I think that's progress."
I guess it is, right?
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The wheels of progress can be extremely slow but I do think this is good. You've got to get the ear of the dean.
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