The Standard From the Desk of the Head

Maybe you just got back from ICA in Australia. Perhaps you’re planning for AEJMC in Philadelphia. Maybe you’re among the scholars with both conferences on their summer calendars! Even if you didn’t have travel plans, this summer probably hasn’t been as restful as you thought it might be.

I talk about rest and vacations a lot because we often don’t give ourselves the break – physically, emotionally – that we deserve. Even when we’re not actively working on research, we’re thinking about it. Even if we’re not teaching, we’re planning our classes. That’s why we do what we do; that’s how we got to where we are.

Know that the Commission on the Status of Minorities seeks ways to make your professional life a little easier – whether it’s providing fellowship and community, adding research papers to our portfolio or designing a Workplace Task Force that documents our standing as faculty, graduate students and other ranks.

That’s why I’m asking you to put one work-related Zoom on your summer calendar. Join us for our annual meeting on Thursday morning, July 25, 10:30 ET, 9:30 Central, 8:30 Mountain and 7:30 a.m. Pacific. We have a healthy roster, but we need more voices in the decisionmaking process. We need more people in our leadership pipeline. We want to ensure that we are representing your values and concerns.

It’s one Zoom that I hope you’ll find worth your time this summer. Here’s the Zoom link. https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/ tZAtdumuqz4jHNNYXzaBSxmOAZhbW5-Cs82x

I also hope to see all MAC members at our annual meeting on Tuesday, July 23, at 5 p.m. ET/4 CT/3 MT/2 PT. Here’s that link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/ tZAtdumuqz4jHNNYXzaBSxmOAZhbW5-Cs82x

Stay cool and/or dry!

Carolyn Walcott, Ph.D. Editor Assistant Professor Clayton State University