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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Jul 15, 2021 9:18:30 GMT -5
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Post by Crucis#1 on Jul 15, 2021 20:34:07 GMT -5
I just had the opportunity to review the video 😊
Absolutely a fantastic job by our new VP for Communications, Marisa Gregg, to have our New College President, Vincent Rougeau, in his first two weeks in the office, to be placed on a morning prime time national broadcast.
Very nice to see scenes of the campus, Hanover Park at Fitton, Hart Arena, St. Joseph’s Chapel, Hogan, Fenwick, during the interview. The linkage with other institutions and activities in the Bay State, illustrates the vibrancy of the State from border to border. The showcasing of both Holy Cross and Harvard as the only two of 107 colleges, should without a doubt be used by the new Enrollment Management Vice Provost, Cornell LeSane, in this coming fall’s campaign to high schools throughout the US.
Very surprised that I have not seen a flood of positive comments regarding this feature on Good Morning America.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Jul 16, 2021 0:30:15 GMT -5
Nice exposure for HC. All should note that Dr Rougeau was introduced as the "President of Holy Cross" with no "college", "college of the", or "university" apparently needed.
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Post by HC92 on Jul 16, 2021 5:48:38 GMT -5
1. Nice to see President Rougeau’s appearance on GMA. He definitely came across well and good exposure for HC.
2. Anytime someone is asked to opine on whether CRT is good or bad or should be taught at certain levels or not, I think the person being asked should first be asked to define what they mean when they talk about CRT. As hcpride noted, it’s a term that means a lot of different things to different people. As with most issues, there are probably plenty of things with which most sane people would agree. Unfortunately, it’s the crazies on either far end of the political spectrum who get most of the air time.
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Post by newfieguy74 on Jul 16, 2021 7:04:17 GMT -5
1. Nice to see President Rougeau’s appearance on GMA. He definitely came across well and good exposure for HC. 2. Anytime someone is asked to opine on whether CRT is good or bad or should be taught at certain levels or not, I think the person being asked should first be asked to define what they mean when they talk about CRT. As hcpride noted, it’s a term that means a lot of different things to different people. As with most issues, there are probably plenty of things with which most sane people would agree. Unfortunately, it’s the crazies on either far end of the political spectrum who get most of the air time. Yes, I hate it when people lazily dismiss others using labels. Instead of calling someone a "radical socialist liberal" or on the other end a "right wing nut" why not look at what that person espouses and decide whether or not you actually like their ideas. As a country we're getting away from a discussion of ideas and resorting to name calling--on both ends of the political spectrum.
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Post by Chu Chu on Jul 19, 2021 11:08:52 GMT -5
newfieguy74 - to answer your question, it is because the labelling is a tactic to distort and marginalize the other person.
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Post by princetoncrusader on Jul 21, 2021 20:51:18 GMT -5
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Jul 30, 2021 9:39:13 GMT -5
There can’t be a video released from PVR without mentioning “structural racism” —
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Post by newfieguy74 on Jul 30, 2021 10:04:24 GMT -5
PVR's message on the Feast of St. Ignatius was beautifully done. Not sure what the problem with mentioning "structural racism" is. Fr. B used to mention it, Fr. M. used to mention it, Fr. Brooks used to mention it.
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Post by Crucis#1 on Jul 30, 2021 10:26:11 GMT -5
SOV:
Are you a denier?
Or just wanted to focus in on this topic that we know has existed throughout mankind's history of tribalism.
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Post by timholycross on Jul 30, 2021 11:23:09 GMT -5
Fr. Brooks used to mention it. What did he refer to it as? Most of these bs expressions didn't exist back then not that Father didn't call out people for perceived injustices (and there were plenty of them).
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Post by alum on Jul 30, 2021 11:39:10 GMT -5
Fr. Brooks used to mention it. What did he refer to it as? Most of these bs expressions didn't exist back then not that Father didn't call out people for perceived injustices (and there were plenty of them). Critical race theory emeged in the 70's. Critical legal studies was a thing in the 80's. I don't know if Father Brooks ever used these words but I heard him speak about racial injustice when I was a student in the 80s. We know from the Diane Brady book that his trip to recruit black students was based upon a realization that he needed to break down barriers to minority student attendance. He was hardly a liberal, but he understood injustice.
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Post by newfieguy74 on Jul 30, 2021 12:33:59 GMT -5
Clearly, Fr. Brooks believed that to walk in the footsteps of Jesus he had to fight racial injustice. And it is clear from the Brady book that he believed there were "structures" in place--college admissions offices, etc.--that were denying black people equal educational opportunity.
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Post by td128 on Jul 30, 2021 12:49:49 GMT -5
No doubt, Fr. Brooks was a priest among priests, a man among men, and a giant among giants. While one decision he made has generated endless debate, the simple fact is he and Fr. Miller more than any other two individuals built the college.
There is no doubt that in regard to race in our country, there are serious questions worthy of both serious discussion and exposure regarding the injustice therein. Regrettably, though, all too often these topics seem to get excessively politicized to the point where the exposure is muted and the results are unproductive. This is the greatest of all disservices and in my opinion actually further adds to the injustices therein. Who is our modern day MLK to emphasize the focus not on the color of our skin but rather the content of our character?
I would hope that the politics of this topic might be lessened so that truly meaningful dialogue can occur for the benefit of society as a whole. I actually look at the the questions regarding race as part of an even larger question regarding ethics. I would hope that we might frame the one within the other so that the politics can be dispensed with and so that our nation and society as a whole can advance.
If it were only so easy . . .
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Post by sader1970 on Jul 30, 2021 13:09:33 GMT -5
Having just seen the video it struck me as very consistent with the messages we could have expected from any past Jesuit president in recent memory. So, even though he's a layman, Vince seems to fit well within the Holy Cross presidency.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Jul 30, 2021 19:00:11 GMT -5
Ponder this.
The executive team of the college presently consists of eight individuals, only one of whom is a Holy Cross graduate (and she is a woman). None of this eight-member executive team, and none of the seven members of the President’s Cabinet is a Jesuit. The Director of the Office of College Chaplains, a member of the Cabinet, is a woman.
For the first time in 178 years, a Jesuit is not a member of TPTB.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Jul 30, 2021 19:59:45 GMT -5
Wow-very interesting. We need to get more HC grads into the upper echelons of the College leadership
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Post by longsuffering on Jul 30, 2021 21:13:50 GMT -5
We never should have let FADDR get away.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Jul 31, 2021 4:45:36 GMT -5
Eleven of the 15 TPTB are women.
Of the seven members of the President's Cabinet, four are HC graduates: the head of finance, the head of the college chaplains, the chief information officer, and the acting chief investment officer (the only male HC graduate of the five HC graduates in TPTB).
The HC graduate who is a member of the eight person executive team is the chief of staff, and secretary to the Board of Trustees. She is an attorney.
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Post by matunuck on Jul 31, 2021 7:41:34 GMT -5
I wish our new president the best but here is what I’d like to know for starters —
What’s the plan to increase app numbers which have stagnated relative to peer institutions?
What’s the plan to increase the geographic diversity of the student body?
What’s the plan to increase HC’s academic rep. among high school guidance counselors surveyed in US News?
How will the principle of free speech be approached on campus?
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Post by CHC8485 on Jul 31, 2021 9:39:37 GMT -5
Ponder this. The executive team of the college presently consists of eight individuals, only one of whom is a Holy Cross graduate (and she is a woman). None of this eight-member executive team, and none of the seven members of the President’s Cabinet is a Jesuit. The Director of the Office of College Chaplains, a member of the Cabinet, is a woman. For the first time in 178 years, a Jesuit is not a member of TPTB. Of the 15 members of the cabinet, in addition to the 1 alumna member of the executive team, there are 4 more alumni members of the cabinet. In addition, a week or so ago Fr. Timothy O’Brien, S.J., ’06, was announced as the new Director of the Office of Mission. Prior directors of that office have been part of the cabinet. Suspect, since Office of Chaplain is part of the Office of Mission, that Marybeth Kearns-Barrett has been an interim member of the President's Cabinet and that Fr. O'Brien has (or will soon) replace her as a member of the cabinet. news.holycross.edu/blog/2021/07/19/fr-tim-obrien-06-named-incoming-director-of-mission-initiatives/So no additional alumni but if I am correct there will be 1 Jesuit. ---------------------------------------------------------- [EDIT] Correction. Found an archived version of the leadership page from 2019. It lists the VP of Mission as a member of the Executive Team and the Director of the Chaplains Office as a Cabinet member. So Fr. O'Brien may be a 2nd alum on the executive team and 6th overall on the Cabinet. web.archive.org/web/20190417004923/https://www.holycross.edu/about-us/leadership
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Jul 31, 2021 14:17:52 GMT -5
To borrow an old aphorism, I think Fr. O'Brien is 'too wet behind the ears' to be a member of the executive team at this point. Following his ordination, he spent the past two years as an assistant parish priest in DC, at Holy Trinity.
From the records, there was no Vice President for Mission in 2019-20, once Fr. Campbell left in the summer of 2018. Fr. O'Brien's position is described as Director of Mission Initiatives.
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Post by Chu Chu on Aug 1, 2021 14:25:46 GMT -5
No doubt, Fr. Brooks was a priest among priests, a man among men, and a giant among giants. While one decision he made has generated endless debate, the simple fact is he and Fr. Miller more than any other two individuals built the college.
There is no doubt that in regard to race in our country, there are serious questions worthy of both serious discussion and exposure regarding the injustice therein. Regrettably, though, all too often these topics seem to get excessively politicized to the point where the exposure is muted and the results are unproductive. This is the greatest of all disservices and in my opinion actually further adds to the injustices therein. Who is our modern day MLK to emphasize the focus not on the color of our skin but rather the content of our character?
I would hope that the politics of this topic might be lessened so that truly meaningful dialogue can occur for the benefit of society as a whole. I actually look at the the questions regarding race as part of an even larger question regarding ethics. I would hope that we might frame the one within the other so that the politics can be dispensed with and so that our nation and society as a whole can advance.
If it were only so easy . . . td, I appreciate your comments, and your hope "that the politics of this topic might be lessened". That sounded good to me on the surface, but then it got me to thinking about MLK, and what I lived through while I was a student in political science at Holy Cross. The reality, of course, is that Dr. Martin Luther King was very political! His speeches, marches and demonstrations were political acts. The other reality throughout our history has been that participation in politics is the major way we have to affect long-standing policy change. In our past, it has been messy, and sometimes a bit riotous. That persists today, but I think that we cannot realistically hope to resolve racial injustice without participating in our politics.
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Post by mm67 on Aug 1, 2021 15:23:12 GMT -5
Don't have the J-U-I-C-E to view Dr. Rougeau's message. Obviously, he is an experienced, first-class leader at the highest level. Would love to be able to view the vid. mm
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Post by efg72 on Sept 12, 2021 17:28:15 GMT -5
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