July 1, 2020 started a new adventure for me - Director of Academic Technology for Carleton College in Minnesota.
29 years in Auburn, Alabama is a long time to decide to move to a new place, with a new job, making new friends and starting over. These 29 years have seen a lot: two grown children who themselves are at different stages of their own professional goals; multiple degrees, lots of learning opportunities, lots of amazing friendships, and some wonderful innovations at Auburn University.
How Auburn University has shifted towards active learning with the commitment to building and renovating its classrooms towards a student-centered learning community has been the one of the great joys to participate in.
How Auburn as a community has been shifting towards a more inclusive and equity-minded community over the last few years has also been wonderful to work in, build new friendships around and feel that changing the world may be possible after all - even if the change is small and so much work still needs to be done.
Moving to Minnesota at this moment in time means leaving a lot of projects to others to continue, and I have no doubt that they will be continued well. Moving to a smaller place with a reputation of caring for all of its students will also be interesting to see - what kinds of opportunities for change will emerge?
On to the next adventure!
