All of these are student directed. Students have taken the lead, |
I was really moved when we received a standing ovation at the football game. It showed me how much people understand and care about what we are doing over there, |
It's American pride. It's for every American who puts their life at stake for our country overseas here in America, the men, the firemen, the policemen, anybody you know that anyone who puts their life on the line for America. |
It's an opportunity for us, as educators, to make the connections that the world's a bigger place than Olney, Illinois, and on the flip side, even though they are in Olney, Illinois, they can have an impact on other parts of the country or on other parts of the world, |
Mainly they'll talk about with them the importance of education Š the importance of the choices they make, |
Males are the target of this, |
Now that I've come to UC, I realize how supportive this university is of the military, ... ROTC classrooms are new and the programs are well funded. People really seem to care. |
Now that these students have returned, some credits do not balance, ... Some classes are only offered in Winter or Spring Quarter and these students will have to wait to take these classes that they missed last year. |
Our view on it is simply with what we know of Mattoon. We compete against them in a few sports already. Our boys' soccer teams play. Our baseball teams play. Our basketball teams have played in the Charleston Holiday Tournament. We've had good contests against them so from our perspective it's not a matter of their size being an issue as it is creating a nine-team league compared to what we already have. |
Personally, I'm thrilled we have this opportunity, |
So far, we've had a pretty positive reception. |
They hear that message all the time from people in the educational world, |
We made everything needed to. We placed where we were expecting to place. They came over here and took care of business, and that's what we needed to do. |
We're in on the ground floor, |
We've been really fortunate in that area, ... The focus has to be on instruction. That has not and will not change. |