We’re here tonight at the beautiful 
center club literally at the heart of 
downtown Baltimore with a beautiful 
view behind us of the city so its been 
a great backdrop for wonderful 
conversation with our JMU family 
right up here in Baltimore 
This theme of Life long learning
 was interesting note tonight that 
came up in a couple of different ways 
this idea that we want to prepare 
students not just for that first job 
after they graduate not just to give 
them the skills to succeed at the 
very beginning but to have those 
skills for the rest of their lives
 this idea that you’re going to keep 
learning I love this comment that 
I loved JMU because  it loved me 
and what we heard tonight was 
very personal experiences and stories 
about faculty student interaction 
very specific faculty members some 
of them are still teaching at JMU 
today who changed the course of 
somebody’s life because they took 
the time to get to know them to 
listen to their hopes and dreams 
and to spend time with them and 
it made a real difference in these 
individuals’ lives and to this day 
people remember that and they’re
 grateful for it again reminded us 
that the importance of our people
 is our greatest resource and the 
importance of those personal interactions
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