Almost through "Orientation"

I just read this wonderful post on the word “retreat." I wonder if they teach you at "adminstrator school" that calling an all day meeting a retreat makes people think that they are not at a meeting. At any rate, most of my retreating is done now. I had a breakfast training session to discuss how to effectively mentor new faculty, which was actually a productive and important discussion. The only thing left for this week is my presence at a series of new student orientation exercises. This afternoon, there is a time for communication majors to meet with professors. I don't think there's much value at all in me going, but it seems like it would be "noticed" if I do go. Then, Friday there is an orientation for new graduate students, and since I am teaching one of the first classes the graduate students in my department take, it seems like a good idea for me to go.