job news – Werth Family Online

Now that I’ve signed the official offer letter, I’m willing to announce the good news: I will be starting in a new position at the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) on December 16th! Since moving to Minnesota, I have been working for the University of Iowa remotely as a temporary, contract employee. This was a convenient mutual agreement for both parties that allowed me to get settled in Minnesota while still working in my current role (Instructional Technologist) for the university.

In the meantime, I noticed a job posting for a Desire2Learn (D2L) administrator position at MnSCU and couldn’t pass up the good opportunity. Having met several of the individuals at the MnSCU office and talked with them on a few occasions, I was familiar with the role as it is nearly identical to my current position. After an interview, I was offered the position and gladly accepted.

Needless to say, I am sad to be officially leaving the University of Iowa as it has been a great community over the past several years and home to many firsts (house, kids, job, etc). Thankfully, I will still get to touch base every once in a while, and I’m looking forward to the coming opportunities. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers during this time of transition, it has truly helped!

Whew…

As you may have guessed by the apparent lack of posts in the past 10 days, the Werth family has been busy. On July 18th, Elise started her two-week intensive training for a Project Lead-the-Way course: Biotechnical Engineering. She will be teaching this course at Washington this next year and is taking the course at the University of Iowa. As the training fits a semester course in two weeks, Elise is in class from 8-5, Monday through Friday and then has several hours of homework. 🙁 On the days that I work, Jacob gets to hang out in Washington. The situation makes for long days for all, but in two days life will return to a somewhat normal state.

In other news, along with Elise celebrating the end of course on Friday, I will finally be done with my many years of schooling! This will mark an end to my Master’s degree in Library and Information Science at the University of Iowa. While still searching for career opportunities, I have been hired on as a miscellaneous professional at UI ITS. Essentially, I will be maintaining my current responsibilities (desktop support, master calendar management, and website development), as well as my hours (20 per week). In addition, there are a couple of other part-time opportunities that I am pursuing to round out the work week.

Last but not least, Jacob turned 6months old on Monday! He continues to grow and mature each day, developing his many skills: making strange sounds, jumping in his jumper, and wrestling anything he can grab. He continues to improve his rolling skills and is showing very early signs of crawling – although this is still a ways off. A weight check the other day revealed he is nearly 19 pounds.

All in all, it has been a very fulfilling, busy, tiring, and exciting time for the family. As always, continue to check back for more posts and fun pictures!