Re: six universities under one roof
I went to Round's 2010E press conference this morning in Beresford. I publicly asked him how USDU fit into the 2010 Education plan. He focused heavily on nontraditional students in his response. That is good for the state and the mission of USDSU I/students support. I also talked to Dr. Perry the executive director afterwards and asked him several questions. Things seem like they will be ok. However, it is the legislature 10 or 15 years from now that concerns me. Especially with 263 acres. I would worry more about a residence hall before a football stadium. It is cheaper to build and establishes a place for traditional 18 year old students to leave Brookings and live at the Sioux Falls campus. I asked them sarcastically to name USDSU's residence hall after me and I was told directly that "no residence hall will be built."
Matt Hammer the USD student body president also attended the meeting with me along with two SDSU senators. You don't usually see any students at a press conference so to have 4 of us there turned some heads. It also made the point that between USD and SDSU we represent 2/3 of the university system.
As long as the mission stays consistent with nontraditional students (95% of the current USDSU) then we will be ok.
I went to Round's 2010E press conference this morning in Beresford. I publicly asked him how USDU fit into the 2010 Education plan. He focused heavily on nontraditional students in his response. That is good for the state and the mission of USDSU I/students support. I also talked to Dr. Perry the executive director afterwards and asked him several questions. Things seem like they will be ok. However, it is the legislature 10 or 15 years from now that concerns me. Especially with 263 acres. I would worry more about a residence hall before a football stadium. It is cheaper to build and establishes a place for traditional 18 year old students to leave Brookings and live at the Sioux Falls campus. I asked them sarcastically to name USDSU's residence hall after me and I was told directly that "no residence hall will be built."
Matt Hammer the USD student body president also attended the meeting with me along with two SDSU senators. You don't usually see any students at a press conference so to have 4 of us there turned some heads. It also made the point that between USD and SDSU we represent 2/3 of the university system.
As long as the mission stays consistent with nontraditional students (95% of the current USDSU) then we will be ok.
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