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I heard a wise man say that if you're in a technical company, you need a technical leader.I feel truer words have never rang so loudly! I believe this should hold true for strong college presidents. College Presidents with a technical education, with an MBA and private experience should be the next generation for leading universities. EMU must take advantage of the autonomous vehicle technologies emanating thru the industry. We must have a stake in the high growth educational fields: 1) Technology and 2) Medicine

The damage that people like Bunsis creates by leading a negative and disjointed perception between EMU faculty and BOR certainly influences private business from partnering with EMU.

http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/inde...bile_index
I agree. Although, I'm afraid we've missed this opportunity.

Unfortunately, EMU continues to be slow to innovate and improve. We moved from a normal college to a university. Big leaps and bounds, yet, we didn't see the future because of what we produce in terms of alumni. Eventually, UM will have to buy EMU (15-20 years or so from now).

We are a normal college, founded on principles of educating the community on pedagogy and education -- we accept those who may not get into elite institutions. We are not a research university. Our programs reflect jobs and careers that may not be CEO or founder of a multi-million/billion dollar company. That's who we are. We've never fully embraced this in school administration and BOR.

We should have invested technology, money, and time into sustainability -- 20 years ago. The green/sustainability movement could have done a ton for this university. We didn't change, we didn't dream, and were so focused on the task at hand we are now seeing the negative effects.

We have alumni, so focused on a name of a mascot, we fail to see how much we have in COMMON with each other. We unconsciously select to highlight the differences -- using a logo to separate us only hurts all of us. Yet our pride is too strong to embrace all.

Now, we are staring at the autonomous vehicle industry. We can't be UM or a $75M dollar facility. What will be our niche within the robotics and AI world? What can we realistically and futuristically provide to this industry?

Anyways, happy Friday!
(04-13-2018 02:43 PM)JonesGoddard Wrote: [ -> ]I agree. Although, I'm afraid we've missed this opportunity.

Unfortunately, EMU continues to be slow to innovate and improve. We moved from a normal college to a university. Big leaps and bounds, yet, we didn't see the future because of what we produce in terms of alumni. Eventually, UM will have to buy EMU (15-20 years or so from now).

We are a normal college, founded on principles of educating the community on pedagogy and education -- we accept those who may not get into elite institutions. We are not a research university. Our programs reflect jobs and careers that may not be CEO or founder of a multi-million/billion dollar company. That's who we are. We've never fully embraced this in school administration and BOR.

We should have invested technology, money, and time into sustainability -- 20 years ago. The green/sustainability movement could have done a ton for this university. We didn't change, we didn't dream, and were so focused on the task at hand we are now seeing the negative effects.

We have alumni, so focused on a name of a mascot, we fail to see how much we have in COMMON with each other. We unconsciously select to highlight the differences -- using a logo to separate us only hurts all of us. Yet our pride is too strong to embrace all.

Now, we are staring at the autonomous vehicle industry. We can't be UM or a $75M dollar facility. What will be our niche within the robotics and AI world? What can we realistically and futuristically provide to this industry?

Anyways, happy Friday!

I'm not sure I totally agree, but the post is thought provoking indeed.
Dear JonesGoddard,
We were elevated to a research university in the last couple of years. I would agree with Jerry too. I don't think you are giving Eastern enough credit for what has happened here in the last twenty or thirty years.
Hey Ken,

Sure, we might be a research university, but we are not an R1 -- probably never will be given our roots and the other universities in the state.

But, a few big donations here or there 20 or 30 years ago with Styrker, St. Joe's, Whirlpool, Meijer, etc., on the building with/without Mark Jefferson would have changed a lot of things. For example, the Stryker Science Complex. The challenge now is, what is something we should be doing now that we aren't for the future? Can we go back and implement some of these things or are we too late?
(04-13-2018 02:43 PM)JonesGoddard Wrote: [ -> ]I agree. Although, I'm afraid we've missed this opportunity.

Unfortunately, EMU continues to be slow to innovate and improve. We moved from a normal college to a university. Big leaps and bounds, yet, we didn't see the future because of what we produce in terms of alumni. Eventually, UM will have to buy EMU (15-20 years or so from now).

We are a normal college, founded on principles of educating the community on pedagogy and education -- we accept those who may not get into elite institutions. We are not a research university. Our programs reflect jobs and careers that may not be CEO or founder of a multi-million/billion dollar company. That's who we are. We've never fully embraced this in school administration and BOR.

We should have invested technology, money, and time into sustainability -- 20 years ago. The green/sustainability movement could have done a ton for this university. We didn't change, we didn't dream, and were so focused on the task at hand we are now seeing the negative effects.

We have alumni, so focused on a name of a mascot, we fail to see how much we have in COMMON with each other. We unconsciously select to highlight the differences -- using a logo to separate us only hurts all of us. Yet our pride is too strong to embrace all.

Now, we are staring at the autonomous vehicle industry. We can't be UM or a $75M dollar facility. What will be our niche within the robotics and AI world? What can we realistically and futuristically provide to this industry?

Anyways, happy Friday!

This is about right.
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