Dear Colleagues on the Humanities Working Group (originally called Save Humanities),

We have hit my limit for scheduling challenges. Let’s review where we left things after the last very long and confusing chain of emails. Before I continue, let me again remind everyone to please 1) reply all when appropriate 2) reply to just the sender if it is a personal communication about private medical conditions and 3) avoid addressing issues not relevant to our work, including divorces, flirtations with members of the committee, memes, and gifs. What follows is my effort to distill dozens of very long emails into their essential and relevant information. Remember, please, that we were trying to find one hour next week to meet.

Lyle Pettigrew, English, is only available from 3-4pm on Tuesday even though he is only teaching one class. Theater Studies Professor Devun Calibran shared the following: “I am exhausted from a teaching schedule that requires me to be on campus 2 days a week. Matters are aggravated by a variety of personal issues, including shopping for a new refrigerator and needing to finally do a deep clean of my second floor closet.” Tammy Lyttle, Administration Studies, lost her keys to her office and has not been able to reach her computer to respond in a timely manner. Winston Throttle is currently in a messy divorce with his current wife (his fourth since starting a Willard two years ago). Penelope Doppelganger is teaching no classes due to low/no enrollment but is still “occupied with the work of thinking about teaching.” Johnny Talentless shared: “I have this poem rattling around in my head but I cannot get it out. So, scheduling is tough right now.”

How do we proceed?

Professor Kyle Claudeen