This is the 300th and final entry of this blog. I know, I have ended the blog in the past (most recently in May, 2019) and then restarted it, but this time it should really stick, as today (June 30, 2022) is my last day as a dean, so I won’t have any more “Dispatches from a Dean.” After nine years as a dean (two at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, and seven at San José State University), tomorrow I’ll start as the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Cal State East Bay. Perhaps in the future I’ll start a new blog about adventures as a provost…