It's done!

Well I finished my reappointment file this morning and turned it into the Dean. I spent 7 hours yesterday gettting it together. For those of you who don't know what a reappointment file is let me tell you. Every year until I earn tenure (or get kicked out) I have to put together a reappointment file (really a binder) that details things I have done over the past year. Our files are divided into 5 section, application, integration, teaching, discovery, and citizenship. So I take the projects I worked on and figure out which section they fit into. I write up a narrative for each section and then provide documentation to support each section. In addition to this I also have to put in a copy of my curriculum vita, and all of my previouse evaluations and letters of reappointment. So each year the file gets thicker. In 2010 I will go up for tenure which will be a huge file.