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A Thousand Flowers Blooming

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Adding the Human Element. Just about everyone can point to surprises along their career path, and President Blake shared his. "I And then I’ll talk about Peter Freeman , one of the first Deans of Computing at Georgia Tech. Peter Freeman (Founding Dean and Dean Emeritus at Georgia Tech's College of Computing).

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Honoring the Promise of Higher Ed

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“When I came to Empire State University last summer, I said to our chief, ‘Do not worry, you will never hear me say the word crisis or emergency unless people or property are genuinely threatened.’ And he said, ‘Thank goodness, you may be the first university president to speak like that.’”

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New Leadership Carries the University Forward

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Inclusive Excellence in Our Universities As the leader of a highly regarded public research university, President Sheares Ashby recognizes her role as a pathfinder for higher education: "Trying to help define and move forward inclusive excellence is everything for me. That's the core value, I think."