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♪ [music playing--Dr. Pearson performs "Never Give Up"
by Yolanda Adams] ♪♪.
♪ "Visions that can change the world" ♪
♪ "Trapped inside an ordinary girl" ♪
♪ "She looks just like me Too afraid to dream out loud" ♪
♪ "And though it's simply your idea" ♪
♪ "It won't make sense to everybody" ♪
♪ "You need courage now If you're going to persevere" ♪
♪ "To fulfill divine purpose" ♪
♪ "You gotta answer when you're called" ♪
♪ "So don't be afraid to face the world, against all odds" ♪
♪" Keep the dream alive, don't let it die" ♪
♪" If there's something deep inside" ♪
♪" Keeps inspiring you to try, don't stop and never give up" ♪
♪" Don't ever give up on you Don't give up." ♪
♪" Every victory comes in time Work today to change tomorrow" ♪
♪" It gets easier, who's to say that you can't fly" ♪
♪ "Every step that you take" ♪
♪ "You get closer to your destination" ♪
♪ "You can feel it now, don't you know you're almost there" ♪
♪ "To fulfill your divine purpose" ♪
♪ "You gotta answer when you're called" ♪
♪ "So don't be afraid to face the world, against all odds" ♪
♪ "Keep the dream alive, don't let it die" ♪
♪ "If there's something deep inside" ♪
♪ " Keeps inspiring you to try, don't stop and never give up" ♪
♪ "Don't ever give up on you" ♪
♪ "Sometimes life can place A stumbling block in your way" ♪
♪ "But you've gotta keep the faith" ♪
♪ "Reap what's deep inside your heart to fly" ♪
♪ "And never give up, Don't ever give up on you" ♪
♪ "Who holds the pieces to the puzzle?" ♪
♪ "The answer that can solve the mystery, yeah" ♪
♪ "The keys that can unlock your understanding" ♪
♪ "It's all inside of you You have everything you need" ♪
♪ "So keep the dream alive, don't let it die" ♪
♪ "If there's something deep inside" ♪
♪ "Keeps inspiring you to try, don't stop and never give up" ♪
♪ "Don't ever give up on you" ♪
♪ "Sometimes life can place A stumbling block in your way" ♪
♪ "But you've gotta keep the faith" ♪
♪ "Reap what's deep inside your heart to fly" ♪
♪ "And never give up, don't ever give up on you, don't give up" ♪
♪" No, no, no, no, no Don't give up"♪
♪ "Don't you give up Don't you give up" ♪
♪ "Don't give up." ♪♪
[audience applause].
(Dr. Weber). Thank you Dr. Pearson,
I can't wait for the next karaoke night.
[laughter].
As Dr. Pearson mentioned, we have a very strong
administrative team to help the faculty in their work here,
and let me get out my cheat sheet and see if I can find
everyone who's here.
First of all from the President's Council,
as was mentioned earlier by Dr. Lord and Dr. Pearson,
Dr. Perry could not be with us but his wife Linda is here.
[audience applause].
Mrs. Perry is also teaching for us this term
in the School of Business.
Also from President's Council, I believe I saw Jill Nilson,
Vice President for External Relations.
[audience applause].
Then am I missing anyone from President's Council
besides the Provost?
Okay, moving on to the staff in the Provost's office.
We have Dr. Jeff Cross who is Associate Vice President
of Academic Affairs
[audience applause].
And let's see, is Dr. Harrington-Perry here today?
There she is.
[audience applause].
Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs.
Is Dr. Hoadley, Michael Hoadley here today?
For those of you who like to play with the tech toys,
he's in charge of our Center for Academic Technology Support,
so get to know him when you have a chance.
I think that's everyone from the Provost's Office, let me move on
to the Dean's Council.
Let's see if I can do this in alphabetical order, let me start
with the College of Arts and Humanities, Dean Jim Johnson.
[audience applause].
And also note that Associate Dean Jeff Lynch is here.
[audience applause].
And they have spectacular new office space if you haven't
seen it, or will have before another month or so before
the Provost and I move in.
[laughter].
Moving on to the College of Education and Professional
Studies, we have Dean Diane Jackman who I saw there.
[audience applause].
And Associate Dean Doug Bower is here as well.
[audience applause].
From the College of Sciences Dean Mary Anne Hanner.
[audience applause].
And Associate Dean Gadzino Diaz, is Gadzino here?
(female speaker). Not yet.
(Dr. Weber). Not yet, look for him.
[laughter].
From the Lumpkin College of Business and Applied Sciences,
Dean Diane Hoadley.
[audience applause].
And we have a new Associate Dean in that College,
Jeannie Schnieder.
[audience applause].
Also, in the Dean's Council, Dean Bob Augustine
from the Graduate School.
[audience applause].
Dean Allen Lanham from Booth Library.
[audience applause].
Dean Bonnie Irwin from the Honors College,
is she here today?
Don't see her yet.
And Dean Will Hine from the School of Continuing Education.
[audience applause].
Okay, I think I got everyone from Dean's council.
I'm not going to go through the full list of chairs
and introduce them individually, because I know you'd rather get
to the wine than listen to me.
[laughter].
But we do have some new additions to the Council of
Chairs that I would like to recognize.
Dr. John Mase from Psychology is here.
[audience applause].
Dr. Linda Gent is a [unclear audio].
[audience applause].
Dr. James Ochwa-Echel is our new chair of
African American studies.
[audience applause].
He is there, in front.
And, let's see, and we have Dr. Cheryl Noll has assumed
the chair in the School of Business.
[audience applause].
Our chairs have a wealth of experience and so, new faculty
one of the best pieces of advice I can give you is do seek out
their advice whenever you have a question in your department.
We have several other directors in attendance
and I will be lucky if I get them all.
Let's see, I saw Kay Woodward here, who is [unclear audio].
[audience applause].
Who else have I seen here, Michael Watts who runs the
Tarble Arts Center, and the new Assistant Dean at the College of
Arts and Humanities.
[audience applause].
Let's see, who else am I seeing, Karla Sanders is here from
[unclear audio].
[audience applause].
And have I missed any other Deans or Directors?
Okay, wonderful.
Also, whoops did I miss someone?
(female speaker). Women's Studies.
(Dr. Weber). Women's Studies,
and I can't remember, Jeannie Ludlow, I'm sorry we haven't had
the chance to meet.
[audience applause].
Okay, as Dr. Pearson mentioned we have an advisory committee
for Faculty Development.
They put in a lot of work behind the scenes and so let me just
briefly recognize them.
Please acknowledge if you're here, Dr. Tishoma Niveta
from Economics.
[audience applause].
Dean Hanner from the College of Sciences.
[audience applause].
Dr. Karla Kennedy-Hagan from Family Consumer Sciences.
[audience applause].
Dr. John Oliver from Kinesiology and Sports Studies.
Is John here today?
Dr. Susie Park from English.
[audience applause].
Dr. Joy Russell who is the chair of [unclear audio].
[audience applause].
Joceyln Tipton from Booth Library.
[audience applause].
And Bill Bouton from the School of Business, is he here today?
Okay, and finally, I should turn this back over to Dr. Pommier
to introduce anyone here from Faculty Senate who is here.
John, do you want to do this or do you want me to keep going?
(Dr. Pommier). Just have them raise their hand.
[laughter].
John Best from Psychology.
[audience applause].
And [unclear audio] from Booth Library.
[audience applause].
Johnny [unclear audio] from history.
[audience applause].
Marie Farrel from Early Childhood Development.
[audience applause].
Ruth Hogerman from English.
[audience applause].
May Yen-Lee from special ed.
[audience applause].
Robin Murray from English.
[audience applause].
Karen Padmaraju from Early Childhood, Elementary,
Middle Level Education, she was here earlier I know.
Joy Russell who does anything.
[audience applause].
John Stimac, the chair of Geology-Geography, is he here?
Don Von Drutten from Secondary Education and Foundations.
Andrew White from Mathematics and Computer Science.
And Marjorie Worthington from English.
So anyways, those are you representatives in the
Faculty Senate, and again feel free to consult and work
with them if you have any issues.
Dr. Pearson, have I forgotten anything at this point?
Okay, thank you so much, I am going to let you go back
to your socializing.
♪ [music playing-- no dialogue] ♪♪.