Dinner with the Staff
Last week I had a small group of UT staff members at my home for dinner and conversation.
Whenever I spend time with our staff, I am impressed by the breadth of their experience, skills, and interests. The group included staff members who have been employed at UT for two decades as well as a newcomer who arrived on campus just last year. We talked about freshman orientation, the staff educational benefit, the campus visit by President Obama, the UT Elementary School, and preparing one’s own children for college and the resulting empty nest.
Bill Powers (clockwise from end), Nyleva Corley, Kathleen Skinner, Kathy Foster, Liza Scarborough, Donna Holden, Yolanda Aldaco, Liz Land, Kevin "KP" Prince, Peter Schneider, Vijay Thiruvengadam.
UT has a terrific staff, and it was a great evening. I believe that my guests also enjoyed meeting other staff members from around the campus. Joining me were staff from units involved in diversity, public affairs, legal affairs, the Erwin Center, alcohol and drug awareness, research, environmental safety, accounting, and administration.
By the end of the evening I discovered that the group had at least this much in common—a shared commitment to the goals and aspirations of our University.
