Yesterday (November 17) marked the first day of our newest team member, Leann Lewis. She will serve as Project Coordinator of TQP. It was great to be able to meet her and to give her a little bit of background on the project. I also gave her an abbreviated tour of our building and then we headed across campus to get her UNI ID card. As we were leaving that office we were asked if we were planning to attend the ground breaking celebration for the new campus apartments. We were not aware of the event but we decided to take advantage of the opportunity. There I ran into my friend Brenda Buzynski and we caught up a bit. We also heard the remarks of several dignitaries and what this building could come to mean to student life on campus. President Ben Allen had most of us laughing with his remarks about the brisk weather and his reserve from taking off his jacket for what that might mean to the fellows that would speak after him.
Later in the afternoon President Allen and Provost Gibson visited the College of Education. During the first half hour two projects were chosen to highlight their programs. The first was about USA and Olympic training opportunities through five world-class coaches. It was totally new info to me and I found it pretty incredible. Then Mary and Nadene presented about the TQP opportunity. Following this both the President and Provost made their remarks.
Again, President Allen showed his sense of humor. I laughed again (and again as I recall the story). Apparently both he and Gloria Gibson have a degree from the University of Indiana. Not far from the podium there was a broken chair on the stage. He felt it was appropriately welcoming that the COE had saved Bobby Knight's chair for the event. LOL! Interestingly enough, during the time for questions, Mary turned this comment around to ask when we might see some funding to renovate and update the building to keep up with the innovative education appropriate for our next generation learners.
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