My First Day - Afternoon

In the afternoon, I first met with Brian Johnson, Director of Residence Life to discuss some project options. Brian had a list of ideas for me to run with and I selected some that interested me, which included fire safety and recycling. Both of these fall under marketing, which I could use some practice or work on. I'll also end up working on whatever else they need me to.

After my meeting with Brian, Krista and I went up to the Administration Floor (3rd Floor Student and Administrative Services Center) for meetings with Chief Student Affairs Officer Ward Caldwell and Special Assistant for Student Affairs and Student Development Elliott Strickland. Their bios are via this link:

http://www.pct.edu/studentaffairs/staff.htm

Ward oversees all things student affairs, which includes Student Affairs and Development, Counseling, Campus Police, and Academic Support. I did not understand how young PCT is as a college! He explained a little more about Penn State Special Mission Affiliation, which is basically sponsorship or funding from Penn State but still PCT is still it's own college. Ward oversees Elliott, who oversees Student Activities, Health Services, Athletics, and Residence Life. Elliott wanted to know more about Krista and I than anything else. Although he did fill us in on his background. Elliot took us on a tour of the "3rd Floor". We met all the administration including President Gilmore! We were shocked to have that type of access right away to the Administration. It was awesome! I checked in with Brian after that and he told me to call it a day!