The opportunity to work at CAT-FD as the Faculty in Residence for new faculty support was really exciting.\u00a0 That is partly because I had experienced the friendly and caring atmosphere around CAT-FD for a long time myself.\u00a0 At the beginning, I attended CAT-FD workshops only if I thought I really lacked the knowhow that a workshop would provide and I knew that I badly needed what I would learn there to teach or work with students.\u00a0 But later, my purpose of coming to CAT-FD was a mix of the drive to learn something new and also the desire to meet and get to know the CAT-FD staff and attendees during those events.\u00a0 I think the understanding that I will always have a good time at CAT-FD got progressively stronger as my time at Xavier went by.\u00a0 I am so grateful for the relaxed and mind-clearing experience that the CAT-FD staff impart to me all the time.\u00a0 CAT-FD welcomes everyone all the time and you will find it home too.\u00a0 I especially hope that the new faculty would start working with CAT closely from the beginning of their time here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"