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From the President 鈥� February 19, 2025

From the President 鈥� February 19, 2025

Dear 91传媒 Community,

I had the opportunity to attend the 91传媒 Chamber Choir and Music Department鈥檚 You, Me & We show, and I found myself getting emotional – even misty-eyed – as it represented so much of what we do. I thought about the students who performed last year and hoped they were successful and happy in their post-graduation lives. I watched others who are continuing in their growth as performers, as well as some who participated for the first time. I鈥檓 really proud of the way that our faculty and staff make events like this possible (thank you Red Cross Drug for your financial support!). I am also extremely proud of our students who rise to the challenge. 

It鈥檚 a truly beautiful thing that we do – we see potential in each other and we are willing to foster its development. 

I saw this same spirit at our basketball game last weekend and in the student experiential learning session at the recent Board of Trustees meeting. I also witnessed it in some performance appraisal listening sessions we鈥檝e been having. 

People want to mentor, coach, and support each other. They want to find ways to help.

And of course, I鈥檝e heard about some amazing things that are happening across the university. I recently delivered a 13-page president鈥檚 report (!) to the board (thanks to the deans and athletics) highlighting some of the great work we鈥檝e been doing.

Some more highlights I鈥檝e heard about directly include:

Despite adverse weather conditions which impacted the numbers originally shared in my president鈥檚 report, 91传媒 welcomed 254 students, 14 advisors, and 17 FBLA chapters on February 6. Participants competed for the opportunity to advance to the state FBLA competition in Portland. Thank you, Dean McConnell, the College of Business and all who supported making this a great experience!

Congratulations to the Eastern Oregon Science Journal staff: The Eastern Oregon Science Journal, Volume V (2022-2024), received two awards from the American Scholastic Press Association: First Place with Special Merit and Most Outstanding Department Journal (Social Science). The journal was praised as 鈥渁n amazing publication鈥� a model for those up-and-coming magazines.鈥� Great job!

We鈥檝e had a LOT of snow.  Big shout out to our grounds crew for coming in early, clearing our sidewalks, and keeping us all safe!

Thank you for sharing your highlights鈥攌eep them coming! I appreciate all that you do every day contributing to the beautiful work we do.

Sincerely,

Kelly A. Ryan, Ph.D.