After a long absence, I'm returning to Baker University to teach once again.
Ten years ago, I spent a year at Baker filling in for Stuart Dorsey, who had been appointed interim Academic Dean. With the exception of the year I spent on sabbatical in Palau (while my darling wife worked), it was the best year of my life.
This spring, I got the opportunity to come back, and though I love my current job and though I'm well-settled in central Illinois, the chance to return to Kansas, where my family is and my heart lies, was too much to pass up.
Not that that's all that has motivated me to return--after all, I've been gone a decade, and there have been plenty of chances to apply for jobs in Kansas during that time. But I was waiting for the right job to come along, and it took ten years to materialize. When it did, it was right back at BU. How exciting! I've got to tell you, I can't wait to be back in the small-college atmosphere again!
