As of April 1, my job title dropped the word "Program" and my business card lost the campus "Marietta." GHC is in the process of decentralizing it's student services so they are more accessible to the students. For me this means: I have my own budget, I am over New Student Orientations on my two campuses, the orientation leaders report to me, I get to decide the programming for my campuses next year, and I am the central student life contact in Douglasville and Paulding.
So far the process to being fully decentralized has had it's ups and downs. The best part will be all the new responsibilities I will be gaining with this new position. The down side is that every aspect of student life is having to be rewritten, reconfigured, and redistributed. I was just starting to get the hang of things.
At this very moment, the Campus Deans are meeting to hopefully finalize our budget for the next fiscal year. At the moment all our planning is on hold until we know how much money we have to work with. I know the final budget will be less money for me than last year, but I am excited about the challenge of utilizing my resources.
