Being the Chair of a Project is Overrated

The Challenges of being Scholarship Chair

1. Constant clutter.

2. The opportunity to deal with people who have no regard for deadlines.

3. The joys of sorting HUNDREDS of emails and documents.

4. The opportunity to deal with people who have no regard for deadlines (did I say that already?).

5. Discover how unprofessional some of your peers are (if you say you are going to write a recommendation for a student - DO IT?  Their incomplete application won't be read because of YOU. And if you are given an extended deadline - take advantage of it!).