It's been too long since the last post. March has been hectic. Besides the usual term stuff, the department also is in the process of hiring a new faculty member. This entails lots of work--job talks, lunches, dinners, and meeting with the candidates. The students here at UVIC are also very keen to participate. Many attended the job talks and then groups of undergrads and grad students met separately with the candidates!

It's also the part of the term when office hours and other consultations get busy. I've been thinking about ways to streamline consultations. Something needs to go up on our website that states that when you meet with the undergrad advisor you should come in hand with an unofficial transcript. So many of these consultations really require that students are prepared.

As far as regular office hours, coming with a pen and paper in hand = good. I sometimes have to remind students to write things down. I don't have any other thoughts on this...will blog about something else.