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agreeing to um be a part of this
so we’ll start off with the questions
and then you can be on your merry way
um so first question can you introduce
yourself my name is kathy english i am
the program specialist for the black
student success group which is part of
i i love the job i really have been
having a good time with the people that
i’ve been meeting the students the staff
building on the achievements of your
predecessor what do you see going
that i’ve been looking at that question
since you sent it to me that is a loaded
one of the things i’ve learned since
you’re there there are there are
protocols you know there’s
procedures there’s standards and then
and there are things that
there are different thoughts that come
and so there has to it can’t just be
well this is the way we’ve always done
it or we should do it like this
it it there has to be flexibility
keeping your ear to the ground on what’s
happening and how is whatever is
happening how is it affecting the
what is the vibe what’s the undercurrent
wow five years honey i’m trying to
figure out what i’m gonna be doing five
you know recovering from being turned
and so a lot has changed in the year and
i know that this summer we’re going to
how we do things and how do we want to
do things moving forward and
what needs our attention and all of that
i said all that to say i don’t have an
something that you came up with a
of what might happen in the next five
yeah yeah i don’t know that it’s really
because you have to have a starting
point right so i can say at least
will be based on i don’t know what those
steps will be but the steps will be
whatever it is will this fulfill or help
the student will this fulfill the
student’s needs will this benefit the
will this give them some guidance or
so whatever the problem is and whatever
managed to come up with to whatever
problem it will always start
what is in the best interest of the
and then for your last question what is
the quote that you want to go under your
i have a lot of quotes but i you know i
thought in in terms of this conversation
mary mcloy bethune has always been one
like since high school or junior high
something she says to the effect of
and she was talking about you know she
was an educator so she was talking about
when you’re going to school enter to
so that you can leave and go
help someone and go serve and i like
whether i’m in school whether i’m on the
job whatever i’m doing i want to learn
so that i can then be better for others
and serve other people so
that it’s short you know enter to learn
okay thank you so much thank you