Returns home, current Chancellor up in Madison..
Slightly OT - NU Names New President
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Wow! I’m very impressed after reading that article.
I can’t sum up my impression of the hire any better than Virginia Rometty:
“Chancellor Blank is the leader for our time,” said Virginia M. Rometty, vice chair of the Search Committee and a vice chair of Northwestern’s Board of Trustees.
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Was she one of the administrators responsible for removing the rock from their campus?
If so, not a fan.
To her credit, she resisted students’ demands to remove the famous statue of Lincoln from the UW-Madison campus because it’s a symbol of white supremacy. Seriously.
My daughter is a 2019 UW graduate so I’m pretty familiar with Blank’s accomplishments there. By most accounts, it was quite successful, as recapped in the NU press release. She was generally popular among the student body, who affectionately called her Becky. Relevant to this board, she was a strong supporter of UW athletics, so I expect her to be more of an Arnie or Morty than a Bob Strotz.
My daughter is a 2019 UW graduate so I’m pretty familiar with Blank’s accomplishments there. By most accounts, it was quite successful, as recapped in the NU press release. She was generally popular among the student body, who affectionately called her Becky. Relevant to this board, she was a strong supporter of UW athletics, so I expect her to be more of an Arnie or Morty than a Bob Strotz.
She thinks the AD role is critical so that’s a start….
How is that off topic?
Hopefully her time in Madison sets the bar for what is expected in terms of performance for football and basketball.
And that it portends a latest date from which we can expect this JON fiasco to end, if we assume that she ain't going to put up with one second of this ********, because I know the UofW wouldn't.
Here is a link from a Madison paper that says what the impact of her leaving will be. Gives an idea of what she brings to NU.
http://www.maryvilleforum.com/sport...cle_a3b09f7d-cfca-560e-b906-aac45b464310.html
A few highlights:
* Blank joined the NCAA Board of Governors in 2020, giving UW a line right into the level where big decisions are made. She has been a vocal opponent of pay for play in college sports, an opinion that probably helped her get into the executive level at the national organization.
* Blank earlier this year predicted that college sports will have "several years ... of change and controversy" around amateurism questions and state and federal governments legislating marketing opportunities for athletes.
* Blank is in the first of two years as chair of the Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors, the body that sets policy for the conference. It's unclear whether that position, which was with Northwestern's Morton Schapiro before Blank, will travel with her to the Evanston school or stay with UW for the second year of the term.
Here is another link about her tenure in Wisconsin:
https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/...bb2b5680c.html#tracking-source=home-top-story
Highlights:
* Under former Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s leadership, lawmakers cut hundreds of millions in state money from the University of Wisconsin System, stripped tenure protections from state law and approved legislation shifting power away from faculty and toward the Regents, which was controlled by Walker appointees for most of Blank’s tenure. In Blank’s chapter of a 2018 book titled "Leading Colleges and Universities: Lessons From Higher Education Leaders,” she described leading under a near "constant state of crisis.” The biggest challenge for her and senior staff, she wrote, was simultaneously crafting long-term strategic plans while also putting out weekly fires that generated substantial press and social media attention.
* “She’s done so well under unbelievable constraints,” UW-Madison professor Tim Smeeding said. “She leaves us in really solid footing.”
* Blank's time as chancellor is the longest since Irving Shain, who served for nearly a decade until his retirement in 1986, according to the university. She has the second longest tenure of any current Big Ten public institution president or chancellor. While Smeeding is sad to see her go, he said the timing seems opportune. The Legislature passed the state’s two-year budget this summer, the university’s finances are in good shape even after the pandemic caused hundreds of millions in losses...
http://www.maryvilleforum.com/sport...cle_a3b09f7d-cfca-560e-b906-aac45b464310.html
A few highlights:
* Blank joined the NCAA Board of Governors in 2020, giving UW a line right into the level where big decisions are made. She has been a vocal opponent of pay for play in college sports, an opinion that probably helped her get into the executive level at the national organization.
* Blank earlier this year predicted that college sports will have "several years ... of change and controversy" around amateurism questions and state and federal governments legislating marketing opportunities for athletes.
* Blank is in the first of two years as chair of the Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors, the body that sets policy for the conference. It's unclear whether that position, which was with Northwestern's Morton Schapiro before Blank, will travel with her to the Evanston school or stay with UW for the second year of the term.
Here is another link about her tenure in Wisconsin:
https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/...bb2b5680c.html#tracking-source=home-top-story
Highlights:
* Under former Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s leadership, lawmakers cut hundreds of millions in state money from the University of Wisconsin System, stripped tenure protections from state law and approved legislation shifting power away from faculty and toward the Regents, which was controlled by Walker appointees for most of Blank’s tenure. In Blank’s chapter of a 2018 book titled "Leading Colleges and Universities: Lessons From Higher Education Leaders,” she described leading under a near "constant state of crisis.” The biggest challenge for her and senior staff, she wrote, was simultaneously crafting long-term strategic plans while also putting out weekly fires that generated substantial press and social media attention.
* “She’s done so well under unbelievable constraints,” UW-Madison professor Tim Smeeding said. “She leaves us in really solid footing.”
* Blank's time as chancellor is the longest since Irving Shain, who served for nearly a decade until his retirement in 1986, according to the university. She has the second longest tenure of any current Big Ten public institution president or chancellor. While Smeeding is sad to see her go, he said the timing seems opportune. The Legislature passed the state’s two-year budget this summer, the university’s finances are in good shape even after the pandemic caused hundreds of millions in losses...