A somewhat self-serving plug: tomorrow is the bi-annual (or is it semi-annual? well, twice a year) Celebration of Student Writing in the EMU Student Center, between 4 and 5:30 pm. It’s a sort of writing “fair/festival” for students in English 121, which is the required first year writing class, and it really is a [...]
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I heard a rumor today– mind you, just a rumor since I haven’t seen it reported anywhere, and I’ve been kind of busy wrapping up my spring teaching to do much “investigation” on my own– that the governor’s office has pulled the plug on the funding for remodeling Pray-Harrold and put that money instead [...] Here’s an example of the sort of thing that I would like to do more of on EMUTalk.org: link to and discuss posts from other blogs, especially posts from EMU and Southeast Michigan bloggers. See this post from Mark Maynard, “emu president dr. susan martin on town/gown relations.” Incoming President Susan Martin did an [...] Ypsi city council member Bill Nickels wrote a rebuttal to an editorial that ran in the Detroit News a couple weeks ago (and which I talked about/linked to here), “Ypsilanti boasts trendy, cultural downtown.” I don’t know if the adjectives “trendy” and “thriving” are accurate, but I do agree that Ypsi is not nearly [...] Tim Skubick has some interesting observations about the EMU Presidential search on his blog, Skoop’s Blog, “EMU-1 Gov: Zippo.” Here’s a passage: By going public with her endorsement of Flanagan, the governor put the board in a box. If they voted for him, it would look like the governor had “pressured” the board [...] Even though I subscribe to and actually read this past weekend the paper version of the Ann Arbor News, I missed this editorial suggesting that incoming EMU President Susan Martin ought to set a new tone– here’s a link to it. On the whole, I agree with the points this editorial makes, but this line kind of made me snicker: “Any leader of a public university needs to embrace the institution’s economic role. EMU, with its close ties to the financially struggling Ypsilanti, can make a huge difference in that city’s future.” Riiiight, Ypsi is struggling, especially relative to the thriving and obviously far superior kingdom of Ann Arbor. Never mind that business about Pfiizer packing up its tent and leaving, Borders warming up the bus to get out of town/out of business, real estate prices falling, etc. I agree with the editorial in that hiring Martin has prompted a “collective sigh of relief” on campus, but sooner than later, she is actually going to have to do something. So, in the spirit of unsolicited advice that often characterizes EMUTalk.org, what do you think Martin should actually start to do as EMU’s president? Here’s a few thoughts I have, based largely on the notes I took during the presentations from all of the candidates: I think this is supposed to go with an interview in Crain’s Detroit Business, but I think that is a subscription only publication, even on the web. Still, it’s two nice minutes of video: From the AANews, “For Martin, presidency ‘a dream job’ EMU’s new leader emphasizes stability.” Basically, she says all the right things– you know, emphasizing the positive, talking about the stuff she needs to learn, getting out there to meet with students, putting the past behind us, etc. All good, as long as she doesn’t [...] I actually heard about this from someone coming out of the reception today with EMU President Susan Martin, but it’s reported in this mlive/AANews blog entry: “New president of Eastern Michigan University commissions excellence fund with $10,000 donation.” From the article: Speaking at a press conference shortly after EMU regents formally approved her [...] I suspect the honeymoon articles for EMU President Susan Martin will continue for a while, as well they should. Pam Young sent around an email about a reception tomorrow (there’s a light lunch, so maybe I’ll stop by and try to sneak a sandwich before I go and meet my students who want to [...] |
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