So here I come kicking and screaming into the 21st century with my very own blog at CSUS! Happily my drafts will not focus on me but on alums, alumni events, and current happenings at school.
I will do the me part first and be done with it. I arrived at Crystal Springs School for Girls in late August of 1976, and I will always be thankful that Dick Loveland was able to get past my Poncho Villa mustache, the long hair and hire me as a Spanish teacher and soccer coach.
Keep the long hair in mind as I tell you about getting lost in Hillsborough the day before school was to open. I had moved to an apartment in San Mateo in mid August, and I thought it might be a good idea to figure out where the school was. One Sunday afternoon I was driving in the approximate location of Crystal but not knowing exactly where it was. I slowed down by a gentleman walking along, and I asked him if he knew directions to the school. "Why do YOU (remember the hair) want to know?" That was my first meeting with co-founder and Board member Bob Steiner! Things lightened up considerably when I explained who I was. Bob jumped into my beat up VW hatchback, and we drove together to campus for a quick tour and then on to his lovely home around the corner for drinks. I knew then that this was going to be a good gig.
That was 33 years ago and I was just 33 years old at the time. Now you know my age ("crypto"). In this day and age it is not easy to find professionals who have been in one place for half their lives, but it has been easy for me because of the various jobs at school. I rough chronological order I have been: Spanish teacher, soccer coach, Language Department Head, Director of Admissions, Dean of Students, Director of Summer Enrichment, Director of Educational Outreach, and now in what may be my final iteration, Philanthropy and Planned Giving Advisor.
My plan is to write about the school from the past and present with a focus on alumni activities. I have a new Flip video camera and will post events as they happen. Remember your CSUS Reunion on May 2. Former faculty members, Michael Petty, Rod "Jake" Jacobsen, Tom Robinson and maybe Jess will be on campus for the event. That will be great "blog fodder."
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