Inviting Dr. Lewis to Speak at the Colloquium.

I invited Dr. Lewis to speak at our SLIS 809 colloquium, which is scheduled for the evening of November 30. She accepted the invitation.

She will speak on the importance of selecting a functioning dissertation committee. She apparently had a hard time with her own dissertation committee, though specific details of that difficulty will not be offered here. That hardship, however, motivates her to want to help others avoid the difficulties she encountered.

I think our colloquium is going to be a huge success. We have Dr. Sam on tap to speak also, as well as a lady outside of the department. I hope all of our faculty and doctoral students will come and enjoy the presentations.

I have asked a lot of Dr. Lewis throughout this mentoring relationship, and I think she has delivered each and every time. This is very impressive to me. One thing that nobody will ever be able to say is that Dr. Lewis doesn't really care about her students. She will truly give them all the time that she possibly has to give. If only this were true of every faculty member.