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In reply to the discussion: One phone call....And my life will now be radically different forever... [View all]PotatoChip
(3,186 posts)91. This is wonderful news!
I am truly happy for you. 8 years of struggle has definitely paid off. You deserve this break, and hopefully someday your colleagues will get their breakthrough too.
Congratulations!
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Coventina
May 2014
OP
Congrats, but if there are other equally qualified candidates looking for the same job...
cleanhippie
May 2014
#2
Best of Luck to you. All you have learned & experienced living the many years on
misterhighwasted
May 2014
#6
Congratulations!!! Great to see someone with insight and foresight get this position.
adirondacker
May 2014
#16
Marvelous! Just remember where you came from! You didn't win the lottery, you persevered...
FreepFryer
May 2014
#19
The threads of the trials of higher education workers was brought up to me the other day at a store.
freshwest
May 2014
#22
Tenure and pensions are target 1 for the next GOP state and national groups. Keep your own
CK_John
May 2014
#26
I was raised in pretty extreme poverty, and have never forgotten a moment of it.
Coventina
May 2014
#42
That is excellent advice. When I was in grad school, I was simply astounded by the number of 22 & 24
Number23
May 2014
#80
CONGRATULATIONS! I work at a university, so I know just how difficult that leap
catbyte
May 2014
#52
Congratulations, Coventina!!! I am so happy for you! And sending my prayers for better times ahead
DesertDiamond
May 2014
#87
I also want to commend your beautiful heart! Naturally your first thought was your own good fortune
DesertDiamond
May 2014
#88