Well the news is getting more and more public now, so I wanted to make it "Facebook Official" for the rest of the world. So here is some important news...
On February 1st, 2012 I will be starting a new job at Ivy Tech Community College. I will be the Director of Student Life, Development and Leadership for their North Central region. That means I will supervise staff on three campuses; South Bend, Elkhart and Warsaw. My main areas will include Career Services, Diversity Programming and of course Student Life (Clubs, Programs, Student Government, etc.). They have a growing program and I am excited to come in and help continue to build their programs.
It is a great professional move for me, and it doesn't require us to move... so we are staying right here in South Bend and will continue to be involved in our community. Professionally I will supervise a cross functional team on three campuses and am looking forward to that challenge. I also will be reaching out to all my professional contacts with community college experience to get ideas and for support during my learning transition to this new system.
Personally it is sad for me to leave a great team of staff and students behind. I have loved my time at Indiana University South Bend, and Novali is equally sad as she (and I have appreciated it) has grown accustomed to campus and is a well known by all my students and staff. She will continue to do basketball camp at IU in the summer though, so she is excited about that!
I have a busy month as I am wrapping up things here at IUSB, trying to pick our health benefits again (why is it so complicated!), and making sure I transition all my work projects successfully before I go. I hope to always consider myself part of the IUSB Titan Family and hope our inter-campus partnership continue to grow, I will just be on the other side of the table now.
Thank you to everyone who has supported me professionally... I have too many great mentors to list that have helped my career grow and flourish. Also thank you to Heather, who deals with my craziness and all the time I will be spending on this transition trying to learn new things, while wrapping up old projects.
Whew... news is public now, nice weight off my chest.