Spring Break
Chancellor Eric Fingerhut to spend the night at KSU
Official to mingle with students
Ben Wolford
Issue date: 11/13/08 Section: News
The Chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents, Eric Fingerhut, will visit campus today and spend the night in Centennial C.
"It's a learning opportunity for him to kind of dive deeper into Kent State and meet and talk with people and learn more about what we're up to," said Charlene Reed, secretary to the Board of Trustees and senior assistant to the president.
Fingerhut plans to arrive at 4 p.m. and meet with the Board of Trustees for an hour-and-a-half.
He'll spend most of his visit learning about Kent State's prominent programs - Liquid Crystal Research, the College of Communication and Information, the Research Center for Education Technology and the not-yet-completed public health college.
"We can't show him everything," President Lester Lefton said. "He's only here for 24 hours. But we've chosen four things that we think have a big statewide impact."
Before retiring to a guest apartment in Centennial C - he won't have a roommate - Fingerhut will be the featured guest at a student pizza party in an Eastway private dining room at 8:30 p.m.
Friday morning, he'll meet 25 faculty members from a range of departments for breakfast in the Schwebel Room.
"(Fingerhut) has been to Kent State many times, but I think he wanted more of an opportunity to see it from a different perspective," Reed said. "He'll be spending a good chunk of time here and engage in a lot of conversation with students, faculty and staff."
Since the early fall, Fingerhut has been working toward intimately visiting all the schools in the University System of Ohio, a network of the state's universities and colleges aimed at bettering higher education.
Gov. Ted Strickland appointed Fingerhut to the cabinet-level chancellor position in 2007. He oversees the Board of Regents, which governs Ohio's public higher education institutions.
Contact administration reporter Ben Wolford at bwolfor2@kent.edu.
"It's a learning opportunity for him to kind of dive deeper into Kent State and meet and talk with people and learn more about what we're up to," said Charlene Reed, secretary to the Board of Trustees and senior assistant to the president.
Fingerhut plans to arrive at 4 p.m. and meet with the Board of Trustees for an hour-and-a-half.
He'll spend most of his visit learning about Kent State's prominent programs - Liquid Crystal Research, the College of Communication and Information, the Research Center for Education Technology and the not-yet-completed public health college.
"We can't show him everything," President Lester Lefton said. "He's only here for 24 hours. But we've chosen four things that we think have a big statewide impact."
Before retiring to a guest apartment in Centennial C - he won't have a roommate - Fingerhut will be the featured guest at a student pizza party in an Eastway private dining room at 8:30 p.m.
Friday morning, he'll meet 25 faculty members from a range of departments for breakfast in the Schwebel Room.
"(Fingerhut) has been to Kent State many times, but I think he wanted more of an opportunity to see it from a different perspective," Reed said. "He'll be spending a good chunk of time here and engage in a lot of conversation with students, faculty and staff."
Since the early fall, Fingerhut has been working toward intimately visiting all the schools in the University System of Ohio, a network of the state's universities and colleges aimed at bettering higher education.
Gov. Ted Strickland appointed Fingerhut to the cabinet-level chancellor position in 2007. He oversees the Board of Regents, which governs Ohio's public higher education institutions.
Contact administration reporter Ben Wolford at bwolfor2@kent.edu.
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Dave Schuckert
posted 11/13/08 @ 9:06 PM EST
I bet you that the Friday morning breakfast will not include one single bargaining unit member from AFSCME local 153 to tell the chancellor how badly we are treated here. (Continued…)
A Worker
posted 11/14/08 @ 10:19 AM EST
Remember when Governor Strickland came to Campus? KSU Admin didn't assign any special maintenance to be on-hand for the event (they do for sporting events), and those few of us who attended his speech at the Student Center had to use vacation hours; Admin and Faculty "got in for free". (Continued…)
Robin Anderson
posted 11/15/08 @ 10:41 PM EST
The last administrative-policy-wonk who "deigned" spend a day amongst the common folk at KSU was himselfness, Mike McDonald. Sigh, at least the Chancellor made it through a whole day. (Continued…)
Dave Katragadda
posted 11/18/08 @ 7:50 PM EST
Aahh, mingling with the common folk. It's what the romans did.
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