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Administrative Assistant Day - April 25th

We have three graduate student Office Managers who work at GSO Office in the Campus Center and I have to say that we've all been very fortunate to have them at our service. Who else could we count on when there is a jam in the copier? Who else could we count on when there is a jam in the printer? Who else could we ask about picking up our tickets to see the Mama Mia or tickets to go to NYC for $10? What would we do if we ran out of coffee, tea or water? What would we do if we ran out of staples? Who else would change our reams of paper???

And so many times these Office Managers keep us company and listen to our problems, like "I've had a rough week in class", "my professor seems so unreasonable", "I have to write a 100 page paper and it's due tomorrow", "there's a jam in the copier", "there's a jam in the copier", "why doesn't the printer work"?

Oh the silent steady sacrafices they make! :D

What I appreciate most about Elisabeth, Xinxin, and Gregory is their commitment to all of us and their dedication to the organization in building up the graduate student community. Happy Administrative Assistant Day! Thank you for all your hard work.

ARRrrrrrrggg.... Fountain Day 2007

UAlbany Fountain Day 2007 lives up to all the hype it turns out to be. I will never look at the podium the same way again with all the festivities and all the people dancing the chicken noodle, playing carnival games, tossing the beach ball up in the air! Even Dean Pryse joined in as a volunteer staff for the day!

Around 2:30pm they opened up the main fountain area and a flood of students took off their shoes and socks and dipped into the fountain. Then a few minutes to 3pm there was a count down where they blasted the large fountain to commence this season! We couldn't have planned for better weather. It was perfect in almost everyway. So hot that many people wore shorts, bikinis, t-shirts. Student Life transformed the podium into a carnival-like atmosphere with laser tag, bop-em jousting, hot dogs, fried dough.

What a great way to spend a beautiful Sunday as a university community! OH! and I love the pirate ducky! ARRrrrrrrggg....

Since the weather was so beautiful, afterwards I went to see the sunset in East Greenbush with a view just looking over Empire Plaza and University at Albany Campus. *sigh* Life is good...