I never hear any faculty members say thank you to the administrators (in a collective way) during the early weeks of the fall semester, but they should. I see my colleagues working their tails off, forgoing all breaks, coming in on weekends, and putting in long hours under often trying circumstances. We keep it up under intense pressure, knowing that we could have a big impact on someone’s education, and knowing we won’t get the big money or kudos for all our efforts. Yet where would the faculty be without us? I can hardly imagine a life without email, the Internet, blogs or wikis, network storage, multimedia, or even just the word processors. Let’s not even go there on the lightbulb changes or classroom planning tasks. Without us admin types, only a few oddball faculty members would get these things going or understand their value in teaching and learning. They are experts in their fields, of course, not in educational technology. So, here’s a toast to you, my dedicated, hard-working colleagues! Thanks for making the projectors shine so brightly, for making the online databases hum, for making the network zip and all the other wonderful things you do!