Together, we hope

 


On the 210th day of 2021, I spent the longest time, on Penn's Campus, since the 77th day of 2020!  I was in the Franklin Building for over 10 hours on 7/29/2021.  We had an excellent Senior Directors Retreat during which we had a lot of discussion about our re-opening this semester.  How to foster collaboration and teamwork between all of the facets of our department, how to promote a culture of mutual respect and collaboration, and, basically, how to bring all of the staff back to campus and work to provide the best customer service to the students, staff, and faculty of the University of Pennsylvania.  Yes, together, we hope today.  It's going to take all of us to re-open SRFS, to start up the new Student Services Center, to bring the NGSS Project to the finish line (or at least the first of many finish lines).  I am so happy to be working with such a great group of people and I cannot wait to see our offices shine.  I hope I am a big part of it and can contribute where I am needed!


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