Hey all, it's me again! Can you believe it's going to be August in less than a week! I feel like the summer started off at a slow crawl but is now speeding by. Still very few people on campus, just the usual faces of student workers and the random visitor now and then...we all love each other, but miss the hustle and bustle of students the school year brings.
Heritage Office work this week has consisted of more revisions on articles for the Alumni Newsletter and today I spent a good amount of time looking through photos dating back to 1939 in the Public Relations Office. That was super entertaining to say the least. Plenty of old photos of faculty members and several current photos from this past years dances and such. Every time I complete another task for the Heritage Office I become more aware of all the history that's a part of a college campus. It's crazy to think about how many students came before me, lived in these dorm halls, went to Flunk Day on the same quad, but also how the campus has changed and grown in even the smallest ways over the years.
I recognized several photos as having the famous, "walk of shame" sidewalk on the library quad, but not as our typical desktop background (for some strange reason...why don't we have an up-to-date photo Coe), but as an actual part of campus with students roaming around and on their way to class. There were also photos of College Drive when it wasn't as furnished and paved for use, parks that were only dirt and tractors at the time, but always a constant was the smiling faces and perfect harmony between the students and their professors.
But I wasn't just perusing through photos for funsies; many of the photos I found will be used for a scrolling backdrop to our donor page for the heritage office website. Many of the faces, for me, were all a blur because I did not recognize any of our older alums, but as Kelly Allen paged through the photos I had chosen, she couldn't help but stop and smile at alums she has been in contact with and built-up relationships with for years, sharing stories with me as she perused the old photographs. I can't wait to meet these alums in person at several dinners the Heritage Office will be holding in the near future.
Also in the near future I'll have to do some more perusing but this time through some profiles for work in the Writing Center, as well as some updates to our WC website. Today I edited bits and pieces of the site, changing minor things that weren't up-to-date, like our new location in Lower Gage, and also making minor grammatical and spelling edits. Most of the work I'm hoping to save until next week when Manderson and I get together to discuss the changes we'll be making because some editing might not even be necessary if we change certain parts in any drastic way. I enjoyed watching the videos we have on our site though. It was nice hearing past WC consultants talk about our Writing Center and also how little the atmosphere has changed over the years, which I think is a testament to both the quality of our consultants and our director, Dr. Bob. The Writing Center has always been a place of great comfort to its consultants, visiting peer writers, and the occasional faculty member seeking some freshly brewed caffeine. :)
Well I believe that may be all the updates I have for now, but don't worry, there will most definitely be more to come!
TTFN,
- Heidi Heaton
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