Prose and Purpose

It is the time of year when the new automobile models are being introduced and as usual I find myself looking to read everything I can about the new models.

There are many situations where as an administrator or as a not-for-profit board member it is necessary to engage strangers or almost strangers in conversations for the good of the organization.

New York State decided this year that they would substantially raise the standards for passing the elementary and middle school state mandated examinations.

Our Business School is named for Frank Zarb who has had a remarkable career in government and business including service as President Ford's energy czar.

Our common reading for all new first year students was The Good Food Revolution and our featured speaker during Welcome Week was Will Allen one of the book’s co-authors.

Since in my last blog I talked about what I was going to say to our new first year undergraduates, my blog for this week will be my actual Welcome Week 2013 speech.

I’m busy working on my speech to our new first year undergraduate students.

Listening to the news while driving home today there was a commercial for a cell phone service provider that was aimed directly at students about to return to school.