To: Ionic || From: '\S/'

[Ionic Inc.]

Target: Albert McKenzie
Sender: Emily Furukawa
Subject: Staffing

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Mr McKenzie,

Good to hear from you again. You should be able to ask your staff members what they thought of the first semester yourself, I imagine most of them will have returned for the New Years holidays if they haven't taken up permanent residence in Shikoku. But I'm happy to give you a quick rundown.

I'll be honest, with the station still undergoing major construction and this having been the first full length academic semester, things were a little more chaotic than they will be in regular operations, but that was to be expected. Hyperspace Tunneling and Exploration proved to be one of our more popular courses. The novelty of the field gives it something of an improvisatory character, but despite or maybe because of that, the students are by all accounts very pleased with its presentation.

As are our backers, we've secured enough in grants that we should be able to organize more excursions next semester to expand the hands-on aspect of the course.
Now that we have a little more experience and feedback, and the infrastructure and services of our facilities are becoming more established, I expect the upcoming semester will run better yet. We are finishing up work on a new library and study hall which will be open when we resume courses on the 10th.

If there's anything we can do to make our campus more amenable, do let us know.

Emily Furukawa
Chief Executive Officer
Ionic Incorporated