The Now: June 14, 2023

The AC in our office doesn't know if it wants to work right now. Thank goodness I brought in a fan. I would be melting otherwise. This does not bode well for the rest of a DC summer...

Here's what I'm working on:

1. Faculty Research Assignment Design: We're doing some basic code analysis looking at trends and all that. As a division of labor thing, I am also working on finding material for our literature review. In our meeting today, we discussed how we could wrangle in our searches because a lot of material could be useful. We've opted to focus on how faculty perceive what research skills students need, how they teach it, and specific skills/SLOs they work towards.
2. Summer Project Assessment: Now that my sprint of conference presentations is over, I am pivoting to summer projects. There is no way I can get them all done, so I'm taking a day to prioritize and strategize. Some of these things just aren't as important. Our reference team met today to discuss how we can teamwork our way through a couple of our annual review things.
3. ​Summer Personal Planning: Still working on listing out the projects I want to tackle with my personal time in July and August. I'm trying to find a nice balance between getting stuff done and enjoying my time off.

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