[COSEAfaculty] MISSION STATEMENT OFFERING

[Grady Blount]

Good morning colleagues:

As you know, Greg, Pelin, Jeff, Derald, and Eileen have sent out a draft
college mission statement for your feedback, editing, and general
commentary. I want to thank them for their work and hope you can too.

As an update, the deans have been instructed to bring their draft
college mission statements to the next Dean's Council meeting. That will
be next Tuesday morning. The provost said last week that, based on those
college drafts, we will be looking at a possible revision of the
institutional mission statement and that it WILL include some reference
to globalization and the QEP (and thank you to Chip for that one).

So please, please, please, set aside a few synapses today or tomorrow to
look at the draft mission statement and get your feedback to one of the
committee members listed in the "cc" line of this note.

I appreciate your attention to defining our future and discovering just
exactly what we can do in this new college we call CoSEA.

-Grady

 

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Grady Price Blount, Ph.D., Professor of Physics and Dean,

College of Science, Engineering & Agriculture (CoSEA)

Texas A&M University-Commerce

Commerce, Texas 75429-3011

Telephones:  903-886-5781 (office)      325-716-0450 (cell)     

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Talent hits a target no one else can hit.

Genius hits a target no one else can see.

                                    -Schopenhauer

 

From: Gregory Wilson 
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 8:42 PM
To: Grady Blount
Cc: Pelin Altintas-Deleon; Jeff Kopachena; Derald Harp; Eileen
Faulkenberry; Gregory Wilson
Subject: RE: MISSION STATEMENT OFFERING

 

The MISSIONARIES plan to discuss via email this week and move forward as
quickly as possible asking for comments from the College Faculty.  I
will collect and send along to the Committee for consideration. 

 

GW

 

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From: Grady Blount
Sent: Mon 9/26/2011 5:12 PM
To: Gregory Wilson
Cc: Pelin Altintas-Deleon; Jeff Kopachena; Derald Harp; Eileen
Faulkenberry
Subject: RE: MISSION STATEMENT OFFERING

Certainly and at some point the trigger must be pulled. If you all are
comfortable, then by all means, go for it.

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Grady Price Blount, Ph.D., Professor of Physics and Dean,

College of Science, Engineering & Agriculture (CoSEA)

Texas A&M University-Commerce

Commerce, Texas 75429-3011

Telephones:  903-886-5781 (office)      325-716-0450 (cell)     

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Talent hits a target no one else can hit.

Genius hits a target no one else can see.

                                    -Schopenhauer

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From: Gregory Wilson
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 3:02 PM
To: Gregory Wilson; Grady Blount
Cc: Pelin Altintas-Deleon; Jeff Kopachena; Derald Harp; Eileen
Faulkenberry
Subject: RE: MISSION STATEMENT OFFERING

The MISSIONAIRES discussed the concept of sending the latest statement
along to the Faculty List serve as well for their input, etc.

GW

Dr. Gregory P. Wilson, P.E.
Assistant Professor
Construction Engineering

College of Science, Engineering and Agriculture
Texas A&M University-Commerce
2600 S. Neal St.
P.O. Box 3011
Commerce, TX  75429-3011
903.468.8115 Direct     903.886.5960 Fax 

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From: Gregory Wilson
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 2:58 PM
To: Grady Blount
Cc: Pelin Altintas-Deleon; Jeff Kopachena; Derald Harp; Eileen
Faulkenberry
Subject: RE: MISSION STATEMENT OFFERING

The MISSIONARIES planned to meet thru the week "electronically" to beat
the deadline.  We will of course discuss and offer up any additional
ideas that might arise.

GW

 

Dr. Gregory P. Wilson, P.E.
Assistant Professor
Construction Engineering

College of Science, Engineering and Agriculture
Texas A&M University-Commerce
2600 S. Neal St.
P.O. Box 3011
Commerce, TX  75429-3011
903.468.8115 Direct     903.886.5960 Fax 

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From: Grady Blount
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 2:54 PM
To: Gregory Wilson
Cc: Pelin Altintas-Deleon; Jeff Kopachena; Derald Harp; Eileen
Faulkenberry
Subject: RE: MISSION STATEMENT OFFERING

Greg:

I like that a lot.

If it would not be construed as being intrusive, here is what I
thought...

I looked up each of the words in the dictionary and looked for the
roots.

I then rearranged and paraphrased the line into:

Learning, Connection, Discovery

Or even more simply: Discovering the Future.

-Grady

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Grady Price Blount, Ph.D., Professor of Physics and Dean,

College of Science, Engineering & Agriculture (CoSEA)

Texas A&M University-Commerce

Commerce, Texas 75429-3011

Telephones:  903-886-5781 (office)      325-716-0450 (cell)     

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Talent hits a target no one else can hit.

Genius hits a target no one else can see.

                                    -Schopenhauer

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From: Gregory Wilson
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 12:46 PM
To: Grady Blount
Cc: Pelin Altintas-Deleon; Jeff Kopachena; Derald Harp; Eileen
Faulkenberry; Gregory Wilson
Subject: MISSION STATEMENT OFFERING

Grady,  

After much deliberation,

"....excellence in education, strength in research, boundless
opportunities."

gw

 

Dr. Gregory P. Wilson, P.E.
Assistant Professor
Construction Engineering

College of Science, Engineering and Agriculture
Texas A&M University-Commerce
2600 S. Neal St.
P.O. Box 3011
Commerce, TX  75429-3011
903.468.8115 Direct     903.886.5960 Fax 

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