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University Staffer Sets Standard for Remarkable Collection

Posted on Thursday, September 2nd 2010
Tags: business card, collection, IT, productivity
University Staffer Sets Standard for Remarkable Collection
by Anselmo Watkins Freelance Writer Wahrouda University IT staffer Edgar Calhoun takes his business cards very seriously. On August 31, in an impromptu hallway meeting with Professor of Biochemistry Eli North, Calhoun finally exchanged business cards with the reclusive emeritus professor, giving him a complete set of Wahrouda University business cards. It took just over [...]

Administrative Meeting Championed as Triumph of Efficiency

Posted on Friday, May 7th 2010
Tags: agenda, efficiency, productivity, staff meeting
Administrative Meeting Championed as Triumph of Efficiency
by Earl. J Liffey. Freelance The student affairs staff meeting at the University of Connelly Springs is being celebrated as a triumph of efficiency. Despite being nearly four hours long and crossing over into typical lunch breaks, the staff didn’t even notice. “Wait, it’s lunch already?” said Associate Director of Student Affairs, Gloria Stevens as [...]

Distraught Mourners Eulogize Campus Windbag

Posted on Tuesday, April 20th 2010
Tags: blowhard, colleague, coworker, productivity, talkative, windbag
Distraught Mourners Eulogize Campus Windbag
By Anselmo Watkins Freelance Long-time Bottomley College employee Wally Lipscombe was remembered for his crotchety demeanor and his ability to tell whimsical and cautionary stories in nearly any situation in a somber on-campus memorial service Wednesday. Lipscombe joined Bottomley College in 1993 as director of IT implementation at the Duffy Center for Project Management. He [...]

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