Camaraderie

The 1 team won in Dr. Morante's team building last night, and someone broke out a 20th anniversary version of the game.  We re-numbered (re-teamed?) and attempted to play.  Way different game -- the questions were all flowery and alliterative, and we had a hard time concentrating.

I sat next to Ed Morante in this version.  He really is a cool guy.  We talked about the New York Times, which we both read every day, and I told him that Joseph Kaye, Kellogg Alumn, said hello.  He remembered Joseph very well -- said he was great Trivia player.

At about 9:00 p.m., a fellow Kellogger, Courtlann from Polk State College -- a Florida person -- came into the common room with news that her dissertation proposal had been accepted.  We all cheered more loudly than the winning team.  Someone proposed a toast, and we all drank to Courtlann.  Then we drank to the memories of our own dissertation proposal acceptances.  Then we drank to our dissertations and our defenses and the memories ...

Today was eventful and productive.  Representatives from The College Board and from ACT were here, and we had opportunities to take the Compass and the CPT.  I took both.   It was VERY interesting.  I fear that I like the PERT quite less after really experiencing the others and after this week of intense study of testing and psychometrics.  More in my recap of Assessment and Placement this weekend.

Everyone is exhausted.  We have kept up quite a pace.  It's supposed to be in the 40s outside tonight!  I have some reading to do, and I need to go over my notes from today.  More later.

The App State mascot, Yosef the Mountaineer ... he is pretty ubiquitous around here.