<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Nick -</div><div><br></div><div>What pressure can be applied to Pres. Vailas and by whom?</div><div><br></div><div>If not Vailas, who should be the target of such pressure?</div><div><br></div><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Moscow, Idaho<br><br><div><br></div><div>"The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">and the Realist adjusts his sails."</span></div><div><br></div><div>- Unknown</div><div><br></div></div><div><br>On Mar 20, 2011, at 12:14 PM, "Gier, Nicholas" <<a href="mailto:NGIER@uidaho.edu">NGIER@uidaho.edu</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<p><font size="2">Dear Tom and Ken,<br>
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The person who needs to resign is President Vailas. The Provost's resignation will not resolve the crisis as long as Vailas stays on as a totally incompetent leader.<br>
<br>
Nick<br>
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From: <a href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</a> on behalf of Tom Hansen<br>
Sent: Sun 3/20/2011 8:34 AM<br>
To: Kenneth Marcy<br>
Cc: Moscow Vision 2020<br>
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] ISU Provost Gary Olson to step down June 25<br>
<br>
I'm guessin' that by the end of summer there will be so many resignations<br>
that ISU's administration will amount to two or three IH's and a handful<br>
of work-studies.<br>
<br>
Tom Hansen<br>
Moscow, Idaho<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
On Sun, March 20, 2011 8:24 am, Kenneth Marcy wrote:<br>
> Idaho State Journal, Pocatello, Idaho<br>
><br>
> Posted: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 8:20 am | Updated: 8:22 am, Wed Mar 16,<br>
> 2011.<br>
><br>
> POCATELLO â?" Idaho State University Provost, Gary Olson, announced today<br>
> that<br>
> he would step down as provost at the end of his current contract on June<br>
> 25.<br>
><br>
> â?oWe made a great deal of progress over the last two years,â? Olson<br>
> said. â?oAnd<br>
> now I believe it is time to consider other opportunities.â?<br>
><br>
> During his tenure, Olson oversaw the successful reaffirmation of<br>
> institutional<br>
> accreditation with the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities,<br>
> and<br>
> he led ISU to Research University-High status in the Carnegie Foundation<br>
> classifications. He directed an institution-wide reorganization of<br>
> academic<br>
> units and created a professional Office of Institutional Research, hiring<br>
> its<br>
> director after an extensive national search.<br>
><br>
> Olson also oversaw the reorganization and subsequent reaccreditation of<br>
> the<br>
> Idaho Museum of Natural History, and he rescued the Idaho State University<br>
> Press from closure, bringing it under Academic Affairs direction. In order<br>
> to<br>
> foster a culture of cooperation among regional institutions, both public<br>
> and<br>
> private, he created a Council of Academic Affairs in Eastern Idaho.<br>
><br>
> â?oUnder Provost Olsonâ?Ts leadership, Academic Affairs has helped move<br>
> the<br>
> institution forward in substantial and demonstrable ways,â? said ISU<br>
> President<br>
> Arthur Vailas. â?oWe are all grateful for his tireless dedication to<br>
> ISU.â?<br>
><br>
> Olson plans to take a professional leave during the fall semester before<br>
> returning to the faculty in the spring 2012 to resume his work as a<br>
> nationally<br>
> prominent scholar of rhetoric, politics, and culture, and an analyst of<br>
> higher<br>
> education.<br>
><br>
><br>
> More on the story at the following link(s):<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://www.journalnet.com/news/local/article_b9267ae8-4f45-11e0-85b0-001cc4c03286.html"><a href="http://www.journalnet.com/news/local/article_b9267ae8-4f45-11e0-85b0-001cc4c03286.html">http://www.journalnet.com/news/local/article_b9267ae8-4f45-11e0-85b0-001cc4c03286.html</a></a><br>
><br>
> OR<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/4aaxhle"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/4aaxhle">http://tinyurl.com/4aaxhle</a></a><br>
><br>
><br>
> Ken<br>
><br>
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