DHI AND SOCIAL MEDIA Since most students no longer identify e-mail as a preferred form of communicating, we will attempt to employ alternative communication tools to stay in touch with those in the DHI and FoDHIs (Friends of DHI). During the coming year the DHI will make significant use of various social media. Junior Shane Martin and Senior John Amorose will be providing creative leadership for the DHI Facebook page. Junior Sara Toombs has graciously and enthusiastically consented to oversee the twice-weekly tweets on DHI Twitter. These 140-character messages will help to keep those associated with the DHI up-to-date on the major DHI activities.
Figure 20 One of the offices in the DHI suite in Roth Hall.
DHI SPACE We are grateful for the space that was given to the Dietrich Honors Institute in the early going of the 2012-2013 academic year. The suite of offices on the second floor of Roth Hall provides a congenial space for the operations of the DHI, a pleasant area for students to work on The Harlequin, a good-sized conference room, and one office for the Director. This space worked well for those who had a place within it. In January of 2013, when the DHI Assistant Director, Lisa Walton, began her duties after returning from her sabbatical, there was no space for her to join us. As we look to our second year, this is clearly one of the most pressing, if not the most pressing, needs of the DHI: to be housed in a space where all three of us—the Director, the Assistant Director, and the Program Coordinator—can be in close proximity as we carry out our DHI responsibilities. Being together in such a space would surely contribute to the efficacy and effectiveness of the DHI. It should also be stated that, while the Honors Lounge located in 16