Doling out advice: The New Job
It has been a little while since I posted, and perhaps that has to do with recent events. Last week I got a new job at UVU and could not be happier about it. I am leaving my graphic design/public relations post with the School of the Arts and will be taking over academic advising for the Communication Department. After 4 years of mindlessly applying for every full-time job I was remotely qualified for, I think I snagged the job that I was born to do.
After absolutely dreading every day of K-12 I fell in love with college, and in particular I fell in love UVU. Now I will get a chance to help other students make their way through this maze, and I am really relishing the opportunity. As a vertern student I was always being asked for advice anyways, now I will get paid for it. Higher education can be a lot of fun, but it is also a series of hoops to jump through. In many ways a college diploma is a way of telling your future employer, "I was able to put up this amount of bullshit". I hope I can help some people along their way.
I will miss all my friends at the School of the Arts. We had a hell of a first year, and I think we really made our mark. Thanks for all the laughs.
Now I am trying to soak up all the training I can so I can be ready for the fall onslaught. I am also looking into starting an on-line masters program in academic advising offered through Kansas State in January.
