Yesterday, the English department (at Spartanburg Methodist College) got an e-mail from our Dean of Humanities, who was once head of the English Department. She was writing to see if one of us wanted to be the faculty advisor for the Poetry Club. Time is of the essence, since there's an involvement fair on Monday, where groups sit at tables so that students can see the wide variety of group involvement that's possible.
The current faculty advisor needs to step away because she's had a promotion which means she needs to shift her attention. It's unclear as to how many Poetry Club members are still active.
I went to the dean to get more information, and I volunteered to be the faculty advisor, but also to step aside if someone passionately wanted the job--or to share the duties. I'll go to the involvement fair on Monday. We'll see how much interest there is.
As faculty advisor, I'm there to be of assistance, but not to run the club. The club should be controlled by the students. So I'm not sure what it will look like, to be the faculty advisor. I guess much of that will be controlled by the students. I'm happy to help, and I'm happy to brainstorm.
I love being part of a liberal arts school, where students have a wide variety of interests and lots of opportunities on campus to explore those interests. I'm happy to feel like I have the time and bandwidth to be a faculty advisor--a year ago, I would have said no, given my teaching load and my seminary class schedule. I'm happy to have a chance to experience this aspect of faculty life.
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