SRAI Off the Clock | Refilling My Cup As a research administrator, I sometimes feel overwhelmed and bone-tired at the end of each day. Bilbo Baggins stated it perfectly when he mused, “I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.” There truly are days where my cup...
SRAI Off the Clock: Volunteering at the Children’s Rare Disorders Fund I have been a research administrator for over 15 years, and I have always found my work to be incredibly rewarding. I love helping researchers get the funding they need to conduct their important work, and I am proud to...
SRAI Off the Clock | Debra Sokalczuk Short work changes that lead to more work/life balance . Two years ago, my husband and I decided to purchase our retirement home, about two hours away from where we were living at the time. This meant a two-hour train ride each day back and forth to...
SRAI Off the Clock We would like to reframe The Secret Life of a Research Administrator column into SRAI Off the Clock . When we started the Secret Life column, we wanted to hear more about the hobbies and interests of our members. We still want to hear about those things but realize that...
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