(04-08-2015 05:31 PM)Tigerx3 Wrote:  

(04-08-2015 05:07 PM)danny1 Wrote:  

(04-08-2015 04:11 PM)tigergreen Wrote:  

(04-08-2015 01:47 PM)danny1 Wrote:  Don't know why anyone would not care for Rudd. He was hand picked by our interim president and was far and away the favorite of our faculty from the list of finalists.

Your last comment is incorrect. He actually came in third, if not fourth, out of the 4 finalists, if memory serves.

Unless my memory has failed in this instance, I am correct. If I am wrong, show me where you got your info and,if it is from a legitimate source, I will stand corrected.

He wasn't the faculty top choice and he has pissed off a bunch of them with some decisions.

I like Him more now than I did when he was hired. He understands the economics of education have changed and a faculty that doesn't understand that will die a slow death.

His comment to me in a meeting was lots of people bring me problems, you brought me solutions. That's all I ask for.

He is smart, personable, proactive and hard-nosed enough to make tough decisions in a tough environment.

^^^^ Solutions people are the best!!!! Kudos! It's also a wonderful feeling as we relish "the pressure"

(04-08-2015 05:31 PM)Tigerx3 Wrote:  

(04-08-2015 05:07 PM)danny1 Wrote:  

(04-08-2015 04:11 PM)tigergreen Wrote:  

(04-08-2015 01:47 PM)danny1 Wrote:  Don't know why anyone would not care for Rudd. He was hand picked by our interim president and was far and away the favorite of our faculty from the list of finalists.

Your last comment is incorrect. He actually came in third, if not fourth, out of the 4 finalists, if memory serves.

Unless my memory has failed in this instance, I am correct. If I am wrong, show me where you got your info and,if it is from a legitimate source, I will stand corrected.

He wasn't the faculty top choice and he has pissed off a bunch of them with some decisions.

I like Him more now than I did when he was hired. He understands the economics of education have changed and a faculty that doesn't understand that will die a slow death.

His comment to me in a meeting was lots of people bring me problems, you brought me solutions. That's all I ask for.

He is smart, personable, proactive and hard-nosed enough to make tough decisions in a tough environment.

Thanks for the insight. I know very little about the guy, but the tweet gave me a chuckle!

(04-08-2015 05:31 PM)Tigerx3 Wrote:  

(04-08-2015 05:07 PM)danny1 Wrote:  

(04-08-2015 04:11 PM)tigergreen Wrote:  

(04-08-2015 01:47 PM)danny1 Wrote:  Don't know why anyone would not care for Rudd. He was hand picked by our interim president and was far and away the favorite of our faculty from the list of finalists.

Your last comment is incorrect. He actually came in third, if not fourth, out of the 4 finalists, if memory serves.

Unless my memory has failed in this instance, I am correct. If I am wrong, show me where you got your info and,if it is from a legitimate source, I will stand corrected.

He wasn't the faculty top choice and he has pissed off a bunch of them with some decisions.

I like Him more now than I did when he was hired. He understands the economics of education have changed and a faculty that doesn't understand that will die a slow death.

His comment to me in a meeting was lots of people bring me problems, you brought me solutions. That's all I ask for.

He is smart, personable, proactive and hard-nosed enough to make tough decisions in a tough environment.

Fair enough.

(04-08-2015 03:06 PM)Willie Becton Wrote:  man y'all couldn't have qualified for emory if youd tried

Just when you think this place has bottomed out, new depths of dumbness are discovered

My uncle received his PhD from Emory a number of years back. The 2 speakers at his commencement were Jimmy Carter and Mikhail Gorbachev.

I received two degrees from Vanderbilt... BA and MBA. I hope I qualify as one who could have attended Emory.

Accepted into Brown, Virginia and Duke too - just didn't apply to Emory.

(04-08-2015 05:31 PM)Tigerx3 Wrote:  

(04-08-2015 05:07 PM)danny1 Wrote:  

(04-08-2015 04:11 PM)tigergreen Wrote:  

(04-08-2015 01:47 PM)danny1 Wrote:  Don't know why anyone would not care for Rudd. He was hand picked by our interim president and was far and away the favorite of our faculty from the list of finalists.

Your last comment is incorrect. He actually came in third, if not fourth, out of the 4 finalists, if memory serves.

Unless my memory has failed in this instance, I am correct. If I am wrong, show me where you got your info and,if it is from a legitimate source, I will stand corrected.

He wasn't the faculty top choice and he has pissed off a bunch of them with some decisions.

I like Him more now than I did when he was hired. He understands the economics of education have changed and a faculty that doesn't understand that will die a slow death.

His comment to me in a meeting was lots of people bring me problems, you brought me solutions. That's all I ask for.

He is smart, personable, proactive and hard-nosed enough to make tough decisions in a tough environment.

Thanks for the info. I am happy to have him leading our university.

(04-08-2015 11:12 AM)roundhouse74 Wrote:  

(04-08-2015 11:01 AM)k2tigers Wrote:  

(04-08-2015 10:57 AM)poppaslaw Wrote:  Emory?

an academic fortress

a safety school for Northern kids who wanted to go to Ivies

What is "duke university" Alex?

School of flop.

(04-08-2015 07:52 PM)k2tigers Wrote:  I received two degrees from Vanderbilt... BA and MBA. I hope I qualify as one who could have attended Emory.

Accepted into Brown, Virginia and Duke too - just didn't apply to Emory.

whast a smart feller like you slumming round here for.... in the plastic spork section

(04-08-2015 05:07 PM)danny1 Wrote:  

(04-08-2015 04:11 PM)tigergreen Wrote:  

(04-08-2015 01:47 PM)danny1 Wrote:  Don't know why anyone would not care for Rudd. He was hand picked by our interim president and was far and away the favorite of our faculty from the list of finalists.

Your last comment is incorrect. He actually came in third, if not fourth, out of the 4 finalists, if memory serves.

Unless my memory has failed in this instance, I am correct. If I am wrong, show me where you got your info and,if it is from a legitimate source, I will stand corrected.

Here you go...and I was incorrect about the number of candidates; it was 3, not 4.

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/loc...-president

"Rudd was TBR chancellor John Morgan's top recommendation for the job over three other finalists. But he ranked last when U of M faculty, students, staff and the community were asked about his overall qualifications for the job, according to the results of the online evaluation process obtained by The Commercial Appeal Wednesday."

*****

All of that is said & done now, and personally, I think he's had to make some tough decisions quickly, and I applaud his efforts for working with first generation students in particular, but I don't agree with how he's going about doing some other things (the college of education possibly having to compete with a "fast track" education program for students & $$ is one example. I think it undermines the purpose of a department in a 4 year university.)

The rumors about how he & the AD are butting heads aren't reassuring on the athletics side, either. I've heard both sides of the coin...that Rudd wants to keep Pastner & Bowen doesn't; and that Rudd wants to fire Pastner and Bowen doesn't.

I have NO clue as to what, if any of it, is true or how it will shake out, but it seems there's some disconnect between the two, and we certainly don't need that at this point.

(04-08-2015 08:58 PM)tigergreen Wrote:  

(04-08-2015 05:07 PM)danny1 Wrote:  

(04-08-2015 04:11 PM)tigergreen Wrote:  

(04-08-2015 01:47 PM)danny1 Wrote:  Don't know why anyone would not care for Rudd. He was hand picked by our interim president and was far and away the favorite of our faculty from the list of finalists.

Your last comment is incorrect. He actually came in third, if not fourth, out of the 4 finalists, if memory serves.

Unless my memory has failed in this instance, I am correct. If I am wrong, show me where you got your info and,if it is from a legitimate source, I will stand corrected.

Here you go...and I was incorrect about the number of candidates; it was 3, not 4.

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/loc...-president

"Rudd was TBR chancellor John Morgan's top recommendation for the job over three other finalists. But he ranked last when U of M faculty, students, staff and the community were asked about his overall qualifications for the job, according to the results of the online evaluation process obtained by The Commercial Appeal Wednesday."

*****

All of that is said & done now, and personally, I think he's had to make some tough decisions quickly, and I applaud his efforts for working with first generation students in particular, but I definitely don't agree with how he's going about doing some things (the college of education possibly having to compete with a "fast track" program for grant $$ is one example. I think it undermines the purpose of a 4 year university.)

The rumors about how he & the AD are butting heads aren't reassuring on the athletics side, either. I've heard both sides of the coin...that Rudd wants to keep Pastner & Bowen doesn't; and that Rudd wants to fire Pastner and Bowen doesn't.

I have NO clue as to what, if any of it, is true or how it will shake out, but it seems there's some disconnect between the two, and we certainly don't need that at this point.

Yep, a few more years of the kind of disconnect we're seeing at the Forum and the East High gym will hold everyone just fine.

But he ranked last when U of M faculty, students, staff and the community were asked about his overall qualifications for the job, according to the results of the online evaluation process obtained by The Commercial Appeal Wednesday."


notably absent in that list are big donors and actual alums. sounds like a recipe for success.

(04-08-2015 08:50 PM)shere khan Wrote:  

(04-08-2015 07:52 PM)k2tigers Wrote:  I received two degrees from Vanderbilt... BA and MBA. I hope I qualify as one who could have attended Emory.

Accepted into Brown, Virginia and Duke too - just didn't apply to Emory.

whast a smart feller like you slumming round here for.... in the plastic spork section

just trying to keep the trailer park folk honest

(04-08-2015 11:22 AM)Willie Becton Wrote:  

(04-08-2015 10:57 AM)poppaslaw Wrote:  Emory?

maybe one out of every fifty posters on this board would come close too being able to get into emory.

I was one that got in...back in the day. It has a world-class medical school and about a billion dollar endowment. It was built on the Coke endowment. One of the five or six hospitals in the nation equipped to treat Ebola patients. When I was there, it was a default school for Northerners who didn't make the Ivy's, but that meant it got some awfully good students nonetheless. Yes, it's one of the best universities in the nation, easily on par with Vanderbilt, Duke, and Virginia.

(04-08-2015 10:02 PM)k2tigers Wrote:  

(04-08-2015 08:50 PM)shere khan Wrote:  

(04-08-2015 07:52 PM)k2tigers Wrote:  I received two degrees from Vanderbilt... BA and MBA. I hope I qualify as one who could have attended Emory.

Accepted into Brown, Virginia and Duke too - just didn't apply to Emory.

whast a smart feller like you slumming round here for.... in the plastic spork section

just trying to keep the trailer park folk honest

We need guidance

(04-08-2015 10:39 PM)shere khan Wrote:  

(04-08-2015 10:02 PM)k2tigers Wrote:  

(04-08-2015 08:50 PM)shere khan Wrote:  

(04-08-2015 07:52 PM)k2tigers Wrote:  I received two degrees from Vanderbilt... BA and MBA. I hope I qualify as one who could have attended Emory.

Accepted into Brown, Virginia and Duke too - just didn't apply to Emory.

whast a smart feller like you slumming round here for.... in the plastic spork section

just trying to keep the trailer park folk honest

We need guidance

I done been guided enuf, Dr. Khan. Give me thurapy or give me depth.

(04-08-2015 03:12 PM)BinghamptonNed Wrote:  

(04-08-2015 11:22 AM)Willie Becton Wrote:  

(04-08-2015 10:57 AM)poppaslaw Wrote:  Emory?

maybe one out of every fifty posters on this board would come close too being able to get into emory.

I was accepted at Emory, but chose Memphis, It was the right choice for me. FACT.

I went to both. Good choices for me, too. Being in Atlanta was an awesome education in itself.

(04-08-2015 03:32 PM)midtowncowboy Wrote:  

(04-08-2015 03:11 PM)Tiger Greg Wrote:  

(04-08-2015 03:08 PM)midtowncowboy Wrote:  

(04-08-2015 03:06 PM)Willie Becton Wrote:  man y'all couldn't have qualified for emory if youd tried

Yeah right. I hold my Memphis State Diploma up when I hold a staff meeting with several Emory grad underlings.

Why'd you hire them?

Because we hire people based on who they are, what they have accomplished and how they will fill a role on our team. The institution name on the sheepskin means little after a few years into an industry.

I agree with that only to an extent. The name on a sheepskin at the best universities in America means that you have an education at the feet of some of the best professors in the world, you studied extremely hard and were able to meet rigorous demands for four years, and you strove for the best education you could get in your chosen field. I think that process stands you in good stead in life and on a job for the rest of your life.

(04-08-2015 07:52 PM)k2tigers Wrote:  I received two degrees from Vanderbilt... BA and MBA. I hope I qualify as one who could have attended Emory.

Accepted into Brown, Virginia and Duke too - just didn't apply to Emory.

You probably would have been. I transferred from Emory to Vandy with no problem. They are on par with each other, and extremely hard to get in today. Vandy accepts 14% of those who apply and Emory accepts 26%.

Emory has 14,000 students. I'm surprised at the snickering of some of the posters on here at Emory. Quite misinformed about it. It is a Southern Ivy in every good sense of the word, one of the world's best Liberal Arts schools, Business schools, and Medical schools in an incredible city.