I found out that I lost my teaching position while I was away visiting my parents during Memorial Day weekend. Organizational changes at Regent merged a couple of schools and when it all shook out, there was an extra HR professor in the mix: me. My wife and I thought of trying to sell the house and moving back to NJ, but with some help from Mike (now the former dean of the School of Business), I landed an instructional design position within the university. I had never professionally done "instructional design" (I wasn't really sure what it was), but I had built some courses the previous year, so I guess I qualified. Mike left Regent and I spend the next four years helping faculty design courses and learn about Blackboard. In 2008, I won the President's Award; I must have been doing something right.
In 2010, a colleague became the dean of the College of Arts & Science and I applied for the Assistant Dean of Instruction position to work for him. I was intimated by the responsibilities and the title, but in another leap of faith, I took the job. A promotion to Associate Dean of Instruction followed. After seven years in those positions, I found myself in a new position in Academic Affairs: Associate Vice President. I don't need to describe these positions too much, as least for my son's sake. He knows what I've been up to these last few years. I still work at Regent...making a living.
A few closing thoughts tomorrow.
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