It's a small world after all

[cornerofmadness]

That is the theme for the new faculty meeting. The meeting itself...not that interesting but who expected it to be. I look and one of the boys who moved me in IS new faculty. He's a carpenter and is teaching period wood working (god, make me a headboard and a table and and...and...) We had to introduce the person sitting next to us so we had to question them. I was sitting next to Opie wearing a Jesus tie...seemed nice enough for an intense business dude. But as he was introducing me as coming here from the north woods of WI, the new biz-law instructor (someone who's been at the college in financial aid or something for like 20 odd years) says 'Really? I'm going to retire there. I own acreage in Minocqua and Woodruff' and I'm like 'Wow, cool, I just came here from Three Lakes.' He wants to put together a North Woods website for the school.

The school history was actually interesting. It came into being through the efforts of Permilia Atwood. She and her husband Nehemiah were wealthy farmers and innkeepers with no children. A free-will Baptist preacher convinced them to build a church (it's still there) and a college to train ministers. (this died out around WWI). Nehemiah died before the college could be built so Permilia did it. It's one of the few colleges founded by a woman. It was founded in 1876 and she decided minisitry was okay but she wanted other disciplines, like education. It has always accepted women and minorities (which if you think about that time period, a predominately Caucasian school just didn't do that). It's the only school in the country that's part 4-year universary and community college combined. And it has the only Welsh Studies centre in North America (that said, cool or not, I'm still not thrilled by the area).

Then on the way back to my science cave, I meet the actual head of the department, and the first thing he asks is you're from BUrgettstown, right? Do you know Vince Iannetti of Iannetti's Greenhouses. I said yes I do, we get all our landscaping there and Mrs. Ianetti was my second grade teacher. Dr. Schlitk (Sp?) went to school with Iannetti.

Then later still I found the OTHER person who interviewed for the position in West Virginia. We're both stunned that we both went there, interviewed and had the SAME feeling about the place and went running.

Yep, small world.

Comments

[jadedcynic.livejournal.com]

Yikes! Stuff like that always fascinates me and freaks me out at the same time. I'm like, whoa, it's cool, but jeez, I feel like the world is stalking me!

You should get involved with the woodworking boy. Sex and new furniture? Unbeatable! ;)

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

And he lives next door. The thought has crossed my mind. He's young and cutish.

[rivin142.livejournal.com]

[grin]

[lynnluvsjamey.livejournal.com]

Told ya WV's weird..You never listen to me..:P

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Hee, technically i'm right across the border in southern OH but pretty much the same diff.

[lynnluvsjamey.livejournal.com]

Oh, but, still...:P