Excerpt from: 

Presentation to Montana State University Town Meeting

October 23, 2002

"As we near the end of this day and continue planning for this university’s contributions to the State of Montana, I am reminded of the Old Testament prophet who spoke that “where there is no vision, the people perish.”  We have worked today on a vision for MSU and have listened to constituents help us determine what we need to do for a better Montana.  As we build that vision - - and it needs to be a single and simple vision - - we must keep our eye on the big picture.  We offer quality programs to well-motivated students who, when they graduate get good jobs, succeed in graduate school, do extraordinarily well on professional licensure exams and, assume jobs in Montana.  We should not let ourselves be distracted from that vision by critics who focus only on the tiny pixels that comprise a picture - - we should never take our eyes from the success of our students."

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