Christoph Guttentag

@JEStew3 I love reading your posts. I get a small glimpse into a fascinating work life that is so different than mine, and that combines the creative and practical in such interesting ways.

Now, off to spend the day with the ones I love most, because it is for them, that I do the work. Have an awesome day, screenwriters. I wish you all the best as you get your work done, too. 9/9

I am nine time zones away from home, jet lagged, and excited for time with the fam. But also, the work must go on. 1/9

@EDAnalyst Didn’t realize you were a football fan! The Blue Devils played their hearts out and had a shot. Hoping Riley Leonard’s injury isn’t severe.

Is anyone else having incredible difficulties with the @UPS website and tracking system, or is it just me? Account login keeps failing; package tracking keep saying it doesn't know where my package is, etc.

Blue Devil of the Week: Cassidy Mills, assistant director Undergraduate Admissions, helps talented high school students write their own stories at Duke. ow.ly/iJIb50OnO04 @DiscoverDuke @DukeU @mlwcenter @DukeCSGD @DukeStudents #WorkingAtDuke

Thank you @ciompiquartet @dukeperformance for a wonderful performance last night. I wish I could hear you perform Black Angels 5 nights in a row!

Really looking forward to the Ciompi Quartet’s performance of George Crumb’s Black Angels tonight. Became familiar with it when I was studying music at Penn—this is the first live performance I’ve attended. Can’t wait!

@JEStew3 ...and in fact I expect I *will* find a way to use it in talking about admissions! And I'll even get to say, "I learned this quote from a Hollywood screenwriter" which will be very cool.

@DukeAdmissDean I assume you intend to use it in re how to get into Duke? ;)

@JEStew3 Read your interesting thread about screenwriting , and was wondering about the source of that excellent "rob a bank" quote. Would like to use it occasionally (w/ attribution, of course).

@JEStew3 Thank you! It's a great quote.

@DukeAdmissDean I honestly don't remember! It may have been a friend as opposed to something more official... Feel free to use widely ;)

@JEStew3 : ) TBH I was going to use it in the context of mentoring, as you did. It was a great hook in the 1st tweet of your thread. & it expressed my own reservations when mentoring--yes I have experience, but just because it's the way *I* do it doesn't mean *you* should do it this way.

Concerned about the runaway anxiety surrounding the college admission process? You should be. And you should join me, the dean of admissions at Duke and the director of college counseling for the Khan Lab HS for an online discussion Thursday. To register, collegeguidancenetwork.com/free-live-even…

I’m really looking forward to this conversation; I hope you’ll join us!

Graduation is one of my favorite times of the year!! Congrats to all of the 2022 graduates and especially the #programfam @NCSUHigherEd graduates! Honored to hood Dr. Heather Ryan who studies mental health programs for student-athletes! Congrats Grads 🎓🎉🎓

@UPS Why can't I just get a real person on the phone so I can ask a question that your automated system can't answer? It's very frustrating to have the limitations of an automated system keep me from talking with a live person.

Last week I spoke with Aidan and Ash on their Hold Me Back podcast about the college admissions process. We covered a wide range of topics and it's not a short episode; for better or worse I was given free rein to speak. ow.ly/XG5M50HM37c

Writing a personal essay for a college application can seem daunting. Admissions deans at Duke, UNC, NC State and NC Central share advice. trib.al/kCxsUAO

@evelynjlamb I think about o-micron and O-mega almost every time I see one or the other. You're the only other person I've ever seen mention this. Amazing how long the lessons of two years of high school Latin can persist.

The world: There is a new covid variant called omicron. Don't panic about it, or maybe do, blah blah blah omicron blah omicron. Me: Omicron is o-micron, "small o," and omega is o-mega, "large o." O-micron, omicron, o-micron, omicron. Brain empty, no panic here!

@melissakorn For those of us joining you in Seattle, we hope you’ll share what you learn!

OK #seattle folks, give me your top recs for coffee shops, restaurants and bars with outdoor seating, walking distance to the convention center. And...go!

@EDAnalyst I believe it's 5%

Congratulations to Nina King! A wonderful choice, an established leader, and a great person. Pure Duke gold.