Mea Culpa Time

   It was recently brought to my attention that my blog was somewhat ambiguous in regards to its sponsorship. At first glance, it might seem like it was officially connected to the college in some way since the college seal appeared in the blog header and it was described as being about life at the community college. Looking objectively at the blog, I realized that these criticisms were indeed fair and my flagrant misappropriation of the college logo gave the impression that I had some official sponsorship of my postings.
   In this light, I want to make clear that this blog is entirely my own doing and is not authorized by St. Charles Community College. My inclusion of the college logo into a graphic showing people smoking and drinking does not put our school into a positive light and I apologize for this obvious oversight. I was aware that there are rules about the appropriate use of college logos but in my creative excitement, I failed to see the implications of including it in my blog.
   With that said, I probably owe you a few words about why I am doing this in the first place. Having worked at SCC for over 17 years, I have accumulated a large archive of college history in the form of pictures, publications and videos. I have pondered for some time about ways to share all of this with others in the campus community.
   As you may already know, what we now call "social media" have come to supplant traditional web pages as the method of choice for putting information on the Internet. Many people have already learned that sites like Facebook and Blogger make it so much easier to do this. I recognized that a blog would be the best way to share my "information" and you are seeing the results. Since I create my postings on my own time and the information is not being held on a college server there is no burden on the college for doing it.
    Since I have begun I have received many compliments on my postings and a  number of faculty and staff have come to me asking me to show them how to do it, as well. (The offer still stands for any teachers reading this!)
    If you have looked at the blog, you already know that I am not a disgruntled employee looking to complain and kvetch about campus going-on. Instead, I am doing this because I love working here and I feel privileged to work with such a talented and dedicated group of people. My postings are an attempt to do something positive for SCC and I hope you will see them in the same light.