2 Down, 50 to go

I guess the first week consisted of us settling in to the offices and seeing what was what. I did my best to get my head around all the different committees that I sit on what each of them does. Also spent a lot of time just sorting out files in the office, sorting out the computer etc. Had three meetings this week: a day long Governing Authority (which I will no longer sit on due to a gender imbalance caused by Susan’s departure), a meeting on implementing a feedback mechanism on portal pages and disciplinary at the end of the week.

Week two involved a fair bit of planning and quite a few meetings:
-At the start of the week we sat down with Shea and worked out a rough outline for the year ahead. If things fall in to place, it could shape up to be a great year!
-Went to an open discussion on Academic Flexibility and Choice chaired by the VP for learning and innovation Richard O Kennedy. Quite an interesting debate and I think it got everyone in the room thinking.
-Met with ISS on tuesday, they wanted to discuss their upcoming projects, most interesting of which is of course the new email system which should be in place for 2010. Hopefully we’ll all be on gmail!
-On wednesday, attended a memorandum signing between DCU and Special Olympics Ireland, which recognized the great relationship between the two bodies. Also met with Helena Ahern, head of the counseling service in DCU.
-Had a Uaneen Module committee meeting on thursday. It was really to see how the module can continue to be promoted and the best ways to get more people involved.
– Met with Una discuss general office plans on friday! Paul from Niteline also payed me a visit. We discussed where DCU was at with Niteline and a general overview whats going on for the year.

And in the midst of all that we made about 20 appointments for people to come see us next week!