by snuadmin | Sep 13, 2019 | Blogs
I have named this blog, ‘Leading from the Side’ because it sums up my approach to leading a residential college full of young people, aged 17-22. I would argue that young people give very little credence to positional leadership, they aren’t going to follow just...
by snuadmin | Sep 6, 2019 | Blogs
As we enter the last few weeks of this semester at College, it is important for me to think about next year. Because I value and respect my students, I have held two significant surveys to work out what level of changes are needed in order to go into 2020...
by snuadmin | Aug 30, 2019 | Blogs
On Wednesday this week, I sat in a meeting that is now a quarterly ritual: the Investment Committee meeting. As a person who prides herself in her competence, the Investment Committee meeting makes me feel that I am in a room where others are speaking an entirely...
by snuadmin | Aug 26, 2019 | Blogs
Recently, our Commerce faculty dinner featured two speakers who were both outstanding. One of them described himself by his Myers-Briggs Type and wondered how many Commerce students were the same type (it was INTJ for those wondering). Some of my colleagues...
by snuadmin | Aug 16, 2019 | Blogs
I have been thinking of that quote, ‘If you love what you do you’ll never work a day in your life.’ Attributed on the internet to Mark Twain, Marc Anthony and even Confucius, the quote obviously still has a lot of currency with people, even though we don’t know who...
by snuadmin | Aug 9, 2019 | Blogs
A couple of weeks ago, I shared the story of my third-grade teacher and her influence on my aspirations. She predicted that I would be President of the United States. As I have written about previously, while her aspirations for me helped me leave home for...
