So, I am here today to invite you to join me on what promises to be an exciting journey. Even before I formally undertook my duties, many of you within our community and many people without, asked me to describe my vision for Hiram. Today, I will speak a bit about how I understand vision and its role in the life of the college. I will speak informally, and my statements will not be comprehensive. I welcome your feedback and my e-mail address is easy to find.
Vision is indispensable to successful organizations.
I already spend a good deal of my time considering the potential, goals and long-term fate of this college. Now, I believe it was Emerson who said that an institution is the extended shadow of an individual. In other words, the formulators of vision are visionaries who see above and beyond. In brief, we are all in this together. And that is only common sense since the essence of liberal arts education is to assist our students in envisioning and crafting their futures as citizens, professionals, parents and lifelong learners.