I’m currently attending “summer camp for new university/college presidents” which is a 5-day intense program to teach me everything I need to know to do this job. Much of the content is kind of like what would you see in an Exec Ed MBA seminar so it allows me to wax back to my days of joyously taking accounting and financial analysis as part of my MBA education. I’ve always enjoyed numbers, visuals, and people so I think I’m in my element here.

A common thread I see in presidents I have met here is an intense love for their new home institutions. I also found an interesting expression from the rector that “a president is the human logo for their university/college.” Which made me think maybe I need a RISD tattoo of some form … but figure the Board wouldn’t go for that (smile). And so my/our learning continues …