Day 1 – Over and Out
Day 1. First day of work at Nichols College. First day of academia. Done.
First off, I want to thank everybody who sent me text messages, tweets, direct messages, Facebook messages, commented on my status, or poked (ok, nobody poked) me during the past 24 hours wishing me luck on not only my first day but on my career in the academia world.
Also, I wanted to answer a few popular questions I received today:
Is it exactly what I thought it would be?
I don’t think I can answer that question yet; I had too much fun today filling out paperwork (that, actually, was not sarcastic) and setting up/playing with all the new technology and equipment Nichols is supplying me. I will say this, they did not cut any corners and are more than willing to accomodate whatever is necessary for social media.
What’s it like?
Tough question, still too new. So far, it seems like a combination of corporate and nonprofit. HA, I think I just described College/University in general. Everybody has been extremely nice and willing to help.
What does your office look like?
4 walls. Floor. Ceiling. Closet. Multiple locks on the door (might be overprotective, but better safe than sorry). Desks and chairs.
Over the next few weeks, I hope to get some plants, pictures for the wall, and other cool-looking gadgets.
Will you still be tweeting and on Facebook?
Does a bear you-know-what in the woods?
How’s your Dad? (really only one person asked this, but I think it was in response to the earlier posts about the road trip with him)
Dad is good. He told my Mom last night (she took tally – guess how many) that he did not think I would wake up in time, over-sleep my alarm (yes, he said both), and Coley would have to wake me up. To make it more realistic (so you can get his voice in your head), he starts sentences like these with “Ya know,” then pause, then the statement.
In efforts to help my Mother from hearing “Ya know, I bet you Justin did not wake up on time” or “Ya know, he is probably still sleeping” or “Ya know, what if his car did not start” I called him in the morning to let him know I was awake and almost on campus. I sure hope it helped!
Back onto my day. It went extremely well, and I am pretty darn excited to be part of a progressive college. In the past couple of weeks, we have decided upon even more “social media” strategies, communities to be part up (some upcoming ones, still mostly silent but huge potential), etc. I might even say it’s starting to give me a goose-bump rush with what is coming!!!
Well, that’s it for me tonight, but I will keep you posted more on what we are doing at Nichols as the days continue and as we make some progress in designs.
Cheers to all and I hope you all had a wonderful day!
