President's Corner
Question and Answer: a Potpourri
Posted on March 31, 2010
I haven’t done a Q&A posting in a while and a few questions have trickled in, so here goes: 1. Someone has taken me to task for not being more careful about spelling in these postings. Mea culpa. I often find time to post between doing a hundred other things and part of what I […]
Read More »SPaCE questions on reorganization
Posted on April 2, 2009
Two weeks ago I unveiled to the campus a new model for serving our non-traditional students. I presented this first substantial pass on the idea to the Faculty Senate, at one of my Q&A sessions, and to the staff of our School of Professional and Continuing Studies (SPACE). As I said at those presentations, the […]
Read More »Q&A: Website Update
Posted on March 16, 2009
This question was recently posed ot me: When is the SNHU website going to be updated for look and feel? The pictures on the site today seem to be the same pictures of the same people as when the site was first launched…most of those people graduated years ago! There is a Task Force working […]
Read More »Q&A: Systems, Growth, and Anxiety
Posted on February 25, 2009
We had on campus for the last two days a company called Top School. They were here to present their new student information and relationship management system, an alternative product to Datatel. Top School comes at the challenge of managing systems in a very different way than Datatel and is an interesting alternative should we […]
Read More »Q&A–Protecting Employees
Posted on January 24, 2009
In response to my last post about how we are faring amidst the financial crisis, I received a question that focused on one of the goals I set out for next year’s budget. I had written that one goal is “To protect employees wherever we can;” and the question posed to me by e-mail was: […]
Read More »Q&A-PILOTS
Posted on December 9, 2008
Today’s question was about PILOTS — Payments In Lieu Of Taxes, the payments that non-profits like universities and hospitals often make to towns for services, though they are not legally required to pay taxes. Many towns see the large non-profits as sources of new revenues and push for new and/or increased PILOTS. An article in […]
Read More »Q&A-Paystubs
Posted on December 4, 2008
The question from a staff member was “Wouldn’t we save money by not mailing payroll ‘paystubs’ to employees who have direct deposit?” We don’t spend a lot of money on this item, but it does seem like a waste of good paper and every little savings helps. Turns out that state law requires us to […]
Read More »Q&A-China
Posted on December 4, 2008
This question came from a faculty member: When will we enroll the first online students in China? Is there are a target date? If not, what hurdles or challenges do we face? This fall two partners really rose to the surface among all our partnerships in China: The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and The […]
Read More »Financial crisis and SNHU
Posted on November 22, 2008
The question posed to me this week was: Are you worried about the financial crisis? Yes, of course I am, as is everyone I know. I suspect the real question here is “Are you worried about the university ‘s prospects given the financial crisis?” and the answer is again “Yes.” In an earlier memo to […]
Read More »Lunch?
Posted on November 18, 2008
From the web site: I would like to see members of the EC make an effort to eat lunch with faculty/students. The only member that currently does is Bill M. and on occasion Brad P. All the other members come in, order lunch, and return to their offices. We are all very busy — taking […]
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