tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4304053573308580201.post5685986114960140906..comments2023-06-09T07:59:18.678-07:00Comments on Huron County Extract: The Soul of Fresno State (University)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4304053573308580201.post-76932043973517651722012-05-04T16:13:19.013-07:002012-05-04T16:13:19.013-07:00The adversarial relationship between the faculty a...The adversarial relationship between the faculty and the administration is still something that I find bizarre, as the stated mission of the University ("Make student success the first priority." - via <a href="http://www.csufresno.edu/President/mission.shtml" rel="nofollow">Dr. Welty's page</a>) would seem to offer a framework for resolving such conflicts.<br /><br /><a href="http://gwdempsey.wordpress.com/2012/05/04/the-soul-of-a-university/" rel="nofollow">Grant makes the point</a> that the University was directly formative in finding his voice as an academic. <a href="http://philosotroll.com/2012/05/03/the-oft-neglected-soul-of-fresno-state.aspx" rel="nofollow">I found, as you put it, my agora.</a> In either case, the function has led to the apparently unequivocal success Grant and I have found as young academics. This "student success" is the realization of the vision of the University; that it should be contentious at all is staggering. - Joshua SteinPhilosotrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08199011365859934423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4304053573308580201.post-65813892958653838692012-05-03T16:17:11.736-07:002012-05-03T16:17:11.736-07:00This single entry in your blog, Professor, is the ...This single entry in your blog, Professor, is the culmination of everything so many of us have been seeing and feeling over the last year. I agree: the soul of our university is flying away. However, I am reminded of a cute little folktale I read earlier in the year, where Hiiaka, the sister of the great Hawaiian goddess Pele, saves a dying fisherman by literally slapping his escaping soul back into his body.<br /><br />Thank you for being our Hiiaka.Jeremiah Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06904411056420667894noreply@blogger.com