By the time you read this I hope to be completed with performance evaluations for another cycle. Some of us see this as a chore and even spend a bit of time worrying about the actual event. Actually, it should be looked at as a positive activity. It’s a chance to reflect on all the accomplishments we had last year, and actually tell your supervisor about it. For supervisors it’s a chance to reflect on these accomplishments and try to identify growth opportunities for their staff. Bottom line is that the whole purpose of this effort is to become even better as an organization, and I thank everyone for their participation. Next week is my turn to be reviewed by my own supervisor. Yes, we all are evaluated...including President Ransdell.
Someone said to me the other day, "Are you folks at DELO busy these days?" I looked at him, and, with a smile, gave the following answer. "You have seen the reports on our successful winter term. Well, now we are doing a host of evaluations to begin planning for next winter. Spring classes have started, summer school sessions are around the corner, and we are working on correcting some procedural issues before next fall’s classes start. We are booking conference center events around the noise and particles falling from the roofing project now going on at the Carroll Knicely Conference Center. New partnerships are forming for continuing education and CTD as we speak. We’re involved in the planning for possible expansions at Elizabethtown/Ft. Knox and Owensboro campuses. Dual credit and cohort projects are off and running for the new semester. Our instructional design support efforts for faculty developing and teaching on-line courses is really taking off. In addition, lots more activity is happening in DELO at the BG campus as well as the three extended campuses. Really, I’d say we are busy, but it’s not particularly an unusual time right now. When you are a part of a dynamic organization that is always in motion and always moving forward, and always focusing on helping our customers make their dreams come true, by definition we're busy!"
He looked at me a bit wide-eyed and said," Gee, DELO really does a lot!" He probably will be careful not to ask me that kind of a question for a while. Telling this story does give me another reminder to say THANK YOU to all of you for all you do.
For those of you that need to remember, Valentine’s Day is this month. Ginny and I are going to go to Iowa this month to stay with our grandkids while their folks go skiing for a long weekend. When I suggested to Jake that we might buy some Valentines for his mom and dad while we’re there, he informed me that we will "make" some Valentines along with the other 10 projects that he has listed to "make" while we are there. He isn’t kidding.
