You know the academic year is coming to a close when...

...the campus is quieter.

...parking is easier.

...the food court closes.

...faculty disappear (most hide in research labs).

...the close of the fiscal year is looming ahead.

...mail severely drops off.

…the number of e-mail messages to Faculty and Staff slow down.

...Fridays are casual dress day.

...staff plan vacations.

...marine science campers dump loads of sand in the bathrooms.

...lunch tables at O’Sullivan’s, Fellini’s, etc. are vacant.

…Career Management kicks into overdrive.

…meetings cease!

…graduates  (and their parents) are overwhelmed, over wrought and over joyed on Commencement day.
 

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