How are we going to meet these challenges and succeed over this next decade. First, we must keep our passion for what we are doing. Second, we must set priorities. And third, we need to form partnerships. As many of you have heard me say in the past, I am deeply gratified when I hear our clientele and stakeholders say WOW you have good faculty.
People see our faculty and staff as community leaders.
They look to them for creativity, innovation, and vision. Creativity can be defined as seeing old things in new ways. With our ties to the National Land Grant System, we do bring that perspective to our clientele, to our communities. One of the reasons that we chose these careers is the value placed on ideas, on creativity. Lifelong learning helps to keep this creativity alive.