Once again, UCF has decided to throw me under the bus at the last moment. After signing my contract and turning in all of the paperwork to teach in Digital Media, they informed me today that their budget didn’t allow for me being hired. In fairness to them, this was a last minute change that resulted in fallout from the split in the College of Arts and Sciences. They are now rather screwed in finding a last minute replacement for this course, and some lucky full-time professor will have to give up some time or research to fill the gap.

Oh well, the course was intimidating to say the least. On paper, it needs to cover principles of interaction (vague, right), PHP, mySQL, and Flash. Oh yeah, and the course is taught in an auditorium, once a week for three hours, and it currently has 60 students enrolled! So honestly, though I would have enjoyed the challenge, I think I’ll enjoy the lack of a challenge just fine.

I will still be teaching a course at Valencia, though. I’m greatful that my instinct told me to keep a foot in both schools instead of going completely with UCF. The administration and support staff at Valencia so far have been grand, and I’m glad I’ll be able to contribute to their successful institution of higher learning. Maybe someday UCF will be like that again, but for now its their and their students’ loss.

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