Dr. Robert Underwood has graciously encouraged faculty to reserve a lunchtime with him on scheduled days once a month. The second such lunch with Dr. Underwood was scheduled for July 15, 2008 in the School of Business and Public Administration.
Lunch was ordered from Subway, a concession operation that will soon depart our campus.
Our lively group consisted of Drs. Lynn Raulerson (Biology), Cyndi Sajnovsky (Music), Joan Swaddell (EMSS), Roseann Jones (Economics), 
Dr. Mari Marutani (Agriculture) and Jacqui Cyrus (School of Education).
Conversations included mentoring middle school students, interacting more actively with UoG alumni, encouraging active participation in recruitment during career seminars, continuing needed building repairs and grounds upkeep and web conferencing with distant students.
The conversations gave us an opportunity to casually meet and converse with faculty with whom we do not normally interact. We got the opportunity to hear what successful activities are being presented in other parts of the campus and what projects are needed.
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July 16th, 2008 at 11:09 am
Comments originally sent via email concerning the Lunch with Dr. Underwood:
1) Jacqui:
Thanks for doing this. It really helps build unity on campus.
Robert
2) Thank you, Jacqui.
I loved hearing about your work with students. Thanks for the notes, and keeping me up to date with technology.
Roseann
3) Hi Jacqui:
Your summary was perfect. We all left the luncheon energized with more information. I still believe that our biggest problem on campus is lack of communication. Next big problem is lack of interaction. The “lunch with Robert” certainly dealt with both!
Thank you for your ideas. I am excited about our plans for recruitment and student club involvement.
Joan
July 17th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
Jacqui,
I like what you’ve done here to effectively share about the gathering I regrettably missed. I commend Dr. Robert Underwood for his initiative to foster communication on campus. He is also taking an active role in alumni affairs, which is excellent, especially since I’m now serving as the President of the SOE Alumni Association – http://soealumniassociation.blogspot.com ! Way to go Dr. Underwood!
Aside from this, the effective mentoring of students, recruitment, facility maintenance, distance education, integrating technology, etc. are always great topics to explore. Although I wasn’t there to participate in the discussion, just know that I’m with you in spirit. Keep up the great work!
Warm regards,
Matilda
July 21st, 2008 at 4:56 am
Jacqui,
Kudos to Dr. Underwood for this initiative and to you for reporting it. Miss not being there with you all. It looks good things are on the horizon for UOG. Kind regards, Arlene Cohen