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I'll be spending all day today at the 2006 Planning offsite, with the leadership of my division. I won't be there as admin support (that's Miss V's job, since her boss is the senior leader), I'll be there as a member of the senior team. I hasten to add that Miss V also has that status, but her primary role today will be as the administrative organizer and support. In most departments, I would not be there at all since a second admin would be redundant. I certainly would not be entitled to voice any opinions, as I am in my own division.
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After my conversation with the pendulum on Sunday night, I looked again at my plans to leave SU for a certificate program that would take less time, cost less money, and be geared toward distance students with jobs. There was strong advice to stay at SU. But I knew there were problems with that, despite my love of the community. What I found on the website yesterday was something I had seen but not really looked at before: a post-Masters certificate program in Transforming Spirituality, designed for those who already have a graduate degree in theology or religion (which I have: a MA in Comparative Religion). Right now, I am enrolled in the MA in Transforming Spirituality program, which is 72 credits.
The certificate requires only 27 credits: 9 electives (which I have -- and more), and five core classes, one of which I've already taken. No practicum, which means no trying to work an internship around my day job and home responsibilities. I could finish within a year if the classes are offered in close sequence, two years at the most. It's still pricier than the other school, but I could handle adding four more classes to my loan balance.
I need to email my advisor and inquire about the possibilities. . . . I feel weird about changing my program yet again (from M.Div. to MATS to the certificate) -- but I believe I am spiraling closer and closer to what is right for me.
( Work Stuff )
After my conversation with the pendulum on Sunday night, I looked again at my plans to leave SU for a certificate program that would take less time, cost less money, and be geared toward distance students with jobs. There was strong advice to stay at SU. But I knew there were problems with that, despite my love of the community. What I found on the website yesterday was something I had seen but not really looked at before: a post-Masters certificate program in Transforming Spirituality, designed for those who already have a graduate degree in theology or religion (which I have: a MA in Comparative Religion). Right now, I am enrolled in the MA in Transforming Spirituality program, which is 72 credits.
The certificate requires only 27 credits: 9 electives (which I have -- and more), and five core classes, one of which I've already taken. No practicum, which means no trying to work an internship around my day job and home responsibilities. I could finish within a year if the classes are offered in close sequence, two years at the most. It's still pricier than the other school, but I could handle adding four more classes to my loan balance.
I need to email my advisor and inquire about the possibilities. . . . I feel weird about changing my program yet again (from M.Div. to MATS to the certificate) -- but I believe I am spiraling closer and closer to what is right for me.
