Dear Orange Friends:
Yesterday, The Princeton Review, a for-profit corporation with no connection to Princeton University, designated Syracuse University as the top “party school” in the nation for 2014, replacing the University of Iowa, which was selected last year. The methodology for earning this year’s label is unclear, but based in large part on a survey of a small sample of our students in 2012.
Dear Orange Friends:
Ruth and I stopped by Walnut Park on Saturday for the family picnic to welcome faculty and staff of color, sponsored by the University’s Faculty and Staff of Color Connection initiative. There was great music, races for the kids and delicious barbecue from BoDean’s Chicken & Ribs, prepared by the owner, Cedric Bolton. It was nice talking to so many faculty and staff and realizing how much they look forward to the beginning of the fall semester and the return of so many students and colleagues.
Dear Orange Friends:
I have been scrambling to walk through every floor of every building on our campus this summer. I just want to get a sense of the spaces and the people working in them. I know many of you have been here for decades and know every nook and cranny. But for a newcomer a good way to learn is to systematically explore and to talk with the people I meet.
Dear Orange Friends:
I am finishing up 10 days in the woods in a cabin near the Straits of Mackinac. It has been a time for kayaking and family and especially for reading.
Dear Orange Friends:
As we enter the heart of summer, which gives us all time to reflect, I have been thinking a lot about two tough issues.
The first is the integration and alignment of the services of the Advocacy Center with the Counseling Center and the offices of Student Assistance and Health Promotion. I know change is hard and this has been a tough change for some students and campus community members.
