TRACS Conference

Brad and I arrived at the TRACS conference on Wednesday afternoon. After registering and settling into our room we enjoyed the first seminars and the opening dinner. We left the evening concert a little early because both of us were pretty wiped out. I enjoyed renewing acquaintances with administrators from other TRACS schools and "picking their brains" about how they were doing things. with Guam being so isolated, this to me, is one of the most beneficial parts of the conference. Again the emphasis at the conference was on Institutional Effectiveness and ways to assess our effectiveness in fulfilling our mission statement and goals. We got a lot of good ideas about how to do that which will help us be prepared for our reaffirmation of accreditation. Sorry staff and faculty - a lot more paperwork! (You can barely see the reflection of me taking a picture of the TRACS sign in the picture)
On Thursday I attended a session on meeting the needs of international students. One of the presenters was an immigration lawyer who was especially interested in helping students at Christian colleges. When I explained our situation with our Jens and Karin Schulz' immigration status being revoked, he was excited to help us. We are now planning to have them apply for a different type of visa and hope that they will only need to be gone for a few weeks instead of a few months. Please pray for this.
On Friday Brad left for California. I took off for Ohio on (saw the Sac Kings get beat again by Cleveland on the late NBA game on the hotel TV) Saturday.