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Re: President Miller
It is a great group and I am sure they will get some great applications.
Terry Baloun, who chaired the meeting held on March 13th seems to be a very reasonable person and wants the best for SDSU, even though he is not connected very much to SDSU. Also Pagones and Krogman will represent good judgement from the board of regents.
They said at that meeting on March 13th that they got 70 applications for the last president job that was filled. SDSU being a land grant should draw candidates from the BIG 10 land grants Ohio State, Michigan State, Purdue, Minnesota and Wisconsin. One of these people could best help SDSU in the very near future.
I think the biggest help that Peggy Miller had when she arrived 8 years ago was she knew very little about South Dakota, but she knew a great deal about the problems facing higher education. She had the skills to get things done quietly and certainly one the best in personal relationships. I hope our next president comes with much of the same resume.
If you are the next president and are connected to South Dakota and more specifically SDSU, I feel you start out hobbled because you know who and what the problems are and you can have some preconceived notions that may not be correct. Sometimes friends and foes alike can stop that person from making a very good and important decision that benefits SDSU. I dont think I can be specific but I think these things came into play sometimes with Dr. Wagner and Dr. Berg. Both great people, but do not appear to be as productive as Peggy Miller. Thats just my opinion.
We had an Iowa farm boy with a loud and clear voice, who came here in 1958, when SDSU was still SDSC and was probably at an all time low point with faculty and accreditation problems. This guy Briggs came from being the Dean of Agriculture at U of Wyoming and he probably did not know a great deal about Brookings but he learned quickly and he too was a good listener and a very personal individual. This is the prototype for my next president and being a man or women will not matter as much as being a good firm leader with a great knowledge of more complex university.
With South Dakota being less than one million, we are still pretty simple compared to the more populated states that assist 20 or more institutions of higher learning. Six state assisted institutions and one board of regents is much easier to work with than what you would find in other states.
Just my wild thoughts.
It is a great group and I am sure they will get some great applications.
Terry Baloun, who chaired the meeting held on March 13th seems to be a very reasonable person and wants the best for SDSU, even though he is not connected very much to SDSU. Also Pagones and Krogman will represent good judgement from the board of regents.
They said at that meeting on March 13th that they got 70 applications for the last president job that was filled. SDSU being a land grant should draw candidates from the BIG 10 land grants Ohio State, Michigan State, Purdue, Minnesota and Wisconsin. One of these people could best help SDSU in the very near future.
I think the biggest help that Peggy Miller had when she arrived 8 years ago was she knew very little about South Dakota, but she knew a great deal about the problems facing higher education. She had the skills to get things done quietly and certainly one the best in personal relationships. I hope our next president comes with much of the same resume.
If you are the next president and are connected to South Dakota and more specifically SDSU, I feel you start out hobbled because you know who and what the problems are and you can have some preconceived notions that may not be correct. Sometimes friends and foes alike can stop that person from making a very good and important decision that benefits SDSU. I dont think I can be specific but I think these things came into play sometimes with Dr. Wagner and Dr. Berg. Both great people, but do not appear to be as productive as Peggy Miller. Thats just my opinion.
We had an Iowa farm boy with a loud and clear voice, who came here in 1958, when SDSU was still SDSC and was probably at an all time low point with faculty and accreditation problems. This guy Briggs came from being the Dean of Agriculture at U of Wyoming and he probably did not know a great deal about Brookings but he learned quickly and he too was a good listener and a very personal individual. This is the prototype for my next president and being a man or women will not matter as much as being a good firm leader with a great knowledge of more complex university.
With South Dakota being less than one million, we are still pretty simple compared to the more populated states that assist 20 or more institutions of higher learning. Six state assisted institutions and one board of regents is much easier to work with than what you would find in other states.
Just my wild thoughts.
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