Update

My college unanimously recommended me for tenure. Which is not that shocking if you’ve seen my CV. Of course, there are 5 more stages the process has to go through.

In other news, N gave me an hourglass for the wedding anniversary. I’m obsessed with hourglasses, in case you didn’t know. And I gave him a goblet handcrafted in the West Bank. And we went to a chic new restaurant here in town. We sat in front of this huge picture window and watched the snow. It is amazing how many times people who are in love can tell each other the same old story of how they met and hugely enjoy it. Everybody else would die of boredom a hundred times already. 

16 responses to “Update”

  1. Dame Eleanor Hull Avatar

    Celebrate every level of approval you pass! Congratulations!

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  2. Jonathan Mayhew Avatar
    Jonathan Mayhew

    Great news! Congratulations.

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    1. Clarissa Avatar

      Thank you! Yay!

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  3. AcademicLurker Avatar
    AcademicLurker

    Congratulations!

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  4. NancyP Avatar
    NancyP

    Congratulations on your professional success and on your happy marriage.

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  5. Clarissa Avatar

    Thank you, everybody, this is very kind. But this is just one of many stages.

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  6. E (The Third Glance) Avatar

    Yay congratulations 🙂 What are the next steps? I assume they have to send out your packet for external review, and then have other people who don’t know much (if anything) about the field but who have administration desks in neighboring buildings decide if the faculty of your college were right? Good luck 🙂

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  7. Z Avatar

    Congratulations! And this is the main stage … it’s all a formality from here on out.

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  8. cliff arroyo Avatar

    Congratulations! May the rest of the process go smoothly!

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  9. el Avatar
    el

    Best wishes!

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  10. valter07 Avatar

    Congratulations!

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    1. Clarissa Avatar

      Thank you but it’s seriously not such a big deal as I somehow managed to make it sound. I don’t have tenure yet. This was just one of the stages. And I wasn’t even nervous because if people look at my record of publications and don’t want to give me tenure, they are deranged.

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      1. xykademiqz Avatar

        if people look at my record of publications and don’t want to give me tenure, they are deranged

        Right on! Congratulations!

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  11. Shakti Avatar
    Shakti

    Woot!
    +1

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  12. What Now? Avatar

    Happy anniversary, and congrats on passing this first tenure stage.

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