--- Forwarded Message from [log in to unmask] --- >Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 08:42:07 -0400 >From: [log in to unmask] >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: #7142.3 Tracking software somehow this 'tracking software' topic metamorphosed into 'naming opportunities for student staff'... --- We let seniors on staff pick anything at the lab to name in their honor. This year's crop picked the new paper cutter the lounge and one TBA item The fourth graduate is on the full-time staff, and says he won't pick anything until he actually leaves. Whew! I'll be watching! We took the four seniors out to dinner last night, another tradition in place for many years here (staff who graduate while working at the language center get dinner on us, at their collective choice of eateries). We give them each a specially selected book, and swap memories of the past four years of work, and funny stories about the staff, the lab, and some of our frequent flyers. They get to tell us all about their first impressions, also the misadventures we probably wouldn't have wanted to know about at the time of occurrence, and what they would change about work if they could. It is typically an illuminating event, enjoyed by all. Bruce Parkhurst Boston University