2008 Woodie Awards
What we're looking for in a Provost...It's right here
Issue date: 5/3/02 Section: Editorial
- Page 1 of 1
The careful selection process of choosing the right Provost candidate seems about as easy as finding one's soul mate. Hendrix students, faculty and administration have been working together over the past few months, viewing and reviewing each candidate with a fine-tooth comb in an application process that would rival that of NASA's astronauts. As selectors bring forth a wide array of desired traits and attributes, the idea of what Hendrix wants out of their new Provost becomes vague.
In light of this momentous decision, we at The Profile ask ourselves, what would we like to see in the new Provost?
We want a provost with the global sensitivity of Karen Gaul and the institutional awareness of Mark Schantz.
We want the professional integrety of Peg Falls-Corbitt with the humor of Warfield Teague.
We want the political astuteness of Jay Barth coupled with the political fervor of Gene Lyons.
Our new Provost needs to be someone with the pseudo-nonsensical intellectual eccentricityof John Churchill and the down-to-earth demeanor of Ralph McKenna.
They need to be someone who always has a smile on their face, like Meme Courtway, someone who is just as approachable as our good friend Tom Stanley.
Hendrix should be looking for someone with the levelheadedness of Jeff Hudnall and the passionate excitability of David Larson. Not to mention someone who, like Postmaster Fred Baker, has a cute petname for everyone. Don't you agree, Slugger?
We need someone who treats student involvement not like an exclusive club but like a necessary prerequisite to many of live's experiences--someone like Eric Binnie.
We need someone who can tell a good story, like Charles Chappell, while at the same time making things seem applicable to real life, like Kelly Agnew.
We at the Profile would be tickled pink if our next Provost had a heart just a fraction of the size of John Farthing's. Te amamus, Frater Johannes. And it wouldn't hurt if they showed the care of Shorty and Cordia in the Burrow.
If our next Provost is not from the South, perhaps they should look to Alice Hines for the personification of Southern hospitality interwoven with an outspoken desire to see the best brought out in all those around her.
Or someone with the courtesy to bum us a smoke, like Richard Rolleigh or Lawrence Schmidt.
Maybe our next Provost will have a family. Leslie Templeton, Frances Flannery-Dailey and Eva Windsor would all provide a good example of how to maintain a successful professional career while having enough energy left to pour so much love into nurturing a home.
We at The Profile have high hopes for the next Provost and rightly so. The position comes with much importance. So what do we want to see in the new Provost? We want more of what we already have.
In light of this momentous decision, we at The Profile ask ourselves, what would we like to see in the new Provost?
We want a provost with the global sensitivity of Karen Gaul and the institutional awareness of Mark Schantz.
We want the professional integrety of Peg Falls-Corbitt with the humor of Warfield Teague.
We want the political astuteness of Jay Barth coupled with the political fervor of Gene Lyons.
Our new Provost needs to be someone with the pseudo-nonsensical intellectual eccentricityof John Churchill and the down-to-earth demeanor of Ralph McKenna.
They need to be someone who always has a smile on their face, like Meme Courtway, someone who is just as approachable as our good friend Tom Stanley.
Hendrix should be looking for someone with the levelheadedness of Jeff Hudnall and the passionate excitability of David Larson. Not to mention someone who, like Postmaster Fred Baker, has a cute petname for everyone. Don't you agree, Slugger?
We need someone who treats student involvement not like an exclusive club but like a necessary prerequisite to many of live's experiences--someone like Eric Binnie.
We need someone who can tell a good story, like Charles Chappell, while at the same time making things seem applicable to real life, like Kelly Agnew.
We at the Profile would be tickled pink if our next Provost had a heart just a fraction of the size of John Farthing's. Te amamus, Frater Johannes. And it wouldn't hurt if they showed the care of Shorty and Cordia in the Burrow.
If our next Provost is not from the South, perhaps they should look to Alice Hines for the personification of Southern hospitality interwoven with an outspoken desire to see the best brought out in all those around her.
Or someone with the courtesy to bum us a smoke, like Richard Rolleigh or Lawrence Schmidt.
Maybe our next Provost will have a family. Leslie Templeton, Frances Flannery-Dailey and Eva Windsor would all provide a good example of how to maintain a successful professional career while having enough energy left to pour so much love into nurturing a home.
We at The Profile have high hopes for the next Provost and rightly so. The position comes with much importance. So what do we want to see in the new Provost? We want more of what we already have.
Be the first to comment on this story