A Week In the Life of...

I've blogged about the duties of the VP, but thought you might be interested to hear more about a typical week.

Monday included a president's staff meeting (we meet the first and third Monday's of every month from 8:00 - 9:00) and a budget hearing for the central office budget.

Tuesday was my annual performance review with the president (yes, we all really do have one!), a drive to Nashville and Edna Holland's (TML) retirement celebration.

Wednesday was UT Day on the Hill. It started with a 7:30 ham breakfast in the legislative plaza. Then the president's staff visited with the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house. Every campus and institute had a booth in the plaza. At 11:45 UT hosted legislators for a light lunch with guest speakers Women's Athletics Director Joan Cronan, Head Basketball Coach Pat Summit, Men's Athletics Director Mike Hamilton and Head Coaches Derek Dooley and Bruce Pearl.

Thursday was orientation for this year's Tennessee Government Management Institute. It was held at the TBI headquarters training room in Nashville. Thirty-four mid-level state managers will spend one week in Knoxville and one week at Montgomery Bell State Park with the Naifeh Center staff. This is our 10th year conducting this institute.

Friday morning Jimmy Cheek spoke at the East TN Economic Council meeting at 7:30 in Oak Ridge. I signed a number of Elected Official Academy certificates for MTAS and certificates for the upcoming TN Basic Economic Development Course. One more budget hearing for the Naifeh Center will round out the week.

As you can see, there are many exciting things going on throughout the institute.