BOT Awards 2012

I didn't realize I'd been photographed: this year, I helped with the awards luncheon by greeting people, providing some navigation help (where's the bathroom? where do I sit?) and other reminders.

The photographer got me looking at the portfolios along with a couple of other guests while we were waiting for the festivities to begin.

My students

Do university faculty get email messages like this one?


been sick most of the week with migraines and getting sick so i will not be able to make it. i will email my work when our internet is fixed as well , im sending this on my phone , i was going to email you on tuesday but any sort of light made things worse. i will be going into the doctor if this continues . sorry again :(

Community College Students

Would professors at a university get an email like this? Does it mean I'm approachable? Or that I don't have appropriate boundaries?
Julie,

I thought i would tell you in advance that Thursday i had passed out at work and got a concussion from my head hitting concrete floor. I dont remember anything about it unfortunately. I will be coming to class tomorrow and i can bring the papers from the hospital, but im having a hard time re-writing my paper. Ive been having moments of confusion and forgetfulness. Ive been resting up until today and im trying to work on my paper and im trying to write it and im having trouble with it. I wont have my paper done and polished in time. I plan on trying to come to school earlier tomorrow and working on it but i don't think it will be finished and im sorry. I wanted to let you know in advance ive been a little emotional as well. If i cant figure something out i have been crying and getting angry. Its lightened up and i do promise i will do my best to control myself. I just thought its better for you to know what happened and why im not exactly myself before class rather than find out during. I hope it is alright to still come to class tomorrow. I don't want to ruin my attendance. Thank you for your time~

What could this mean?

I'm cleaning out my email inbox (I got a message on Saturday morning, after all day Friday of no email service, that my inbox was over the storage limit, so I couldn't send any emails). 


In the cleanup, I've found this message from October 2008 (no wonder the storage limit was exceeded: 20081). I've copied it just as it was: one huge paragraph with no signature (I still don't know who it's from):


Didn't know if i should post this to D2L or just email you, so i emailed you. I am just writing to say i have had some troubles the past 2 weeks in keeping up in other courses as well as this one. This time of year becomes very difficult for me. My allergies and stress levels are through the roof and cause me migraine headaches on a very regular basis. Increased by stress, eating habits and of course allergies. To what causes, i am not exactly sure. I have been working with my doctor to figure out solutions to this but it takes time. I am doing my best to get this project completed by Monday night, and i believe i can do so. I am fortunate enough to have interviewees at my place of employment who know exactly what i have been going through. I don't know if you have ever had a migraine, but i become pretty much immobile and very ill and cannot even think or open my eyes.! I have been experiencing them on a daily basis sometimes two or three times a day for the past two weeks now. I had to take a short break from classes to lower stress on the eyes and the brain. I can barely open my eyes without vomiting let alone think a rational thought other than death. I know you don't need to hear this. And no i am not going to kill myself. But when these headaches are at their peak, is the only time i have seriously thought of suicide. Finally today was the first day i have not had a serious migraine in over two weeks. RELIEF AT LAST! is in my future. I am going to work as hard as i can to get caught up over the next few days. I just wanted to express to you why my online attendance and discussion has fell in the past few weeks. With regular medication i have begun to see some relief and should be able to maintain this course with as much involvement as i had in the first few weeks. Thank you for reading my ridiculously long ramble. I appreciate it.


Here's another email from the same purging: at least this one's signed!


Hi Julie!

I didn't turn in my movie review essay and I really have no excuse except for I'm trying to get over a pretty good procrastination problem and just didn't have enough of it done to want to turn in. Is there anything I can still do to possibly turn that in or what will this do to my grade in the class? I don't really know where I am as far as progress goes in the class and I still need to have my ICO project approved but I am working on it. What can I or should I do?

Thanks!

-Gregg