The Invisible Staff at Fresno State

It occurred to me tonight that in my previous article I left out one big piece of what makes Fresno State work: the ever diminishing and overextended staff.

Fresno State would perish body and soul without them. I have worked for years with Jeanne Rawn at Classroom Services because I use a lot of film in my Shakespeare classes. The people at classroom services have never let me down. They are unfailingly cheerful and there when your projector burns out or your powerpoint doesn't show on the screen; being a technical klutz, I have needed them a lot. Thanks to all for their great service and patience.

The staff at the office of Arts and Humanities has been consistently wonderful over the years. I have worked with Carla Millar and Gail Freeman for nearly a quarter of a century. (What a horrible way to put it!) They always know the answers.

The English Department office staff has bailed me out of countless losing bouts with the photocopy machine and rescued me from having to teach in purgatorial classrooms: thanks Dianna Lewis, and in years past, Laura Gribben, and the whole office crew.

Thank you also to Tina Beddall and the staff at the Registrar office, who have helped me and my advisees any number of times over the years.

Without the groundskeepers, janitors, payroll technicians, the staff at the employee benefits office, the campus police, the mail room, and so many other people I've never met, there would be no Fresno State soul to fight for. We don't know who they are most of the time, just as we don't notice our livers when they work.

By the way, who does the roses?