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The more I see of our new chancellor, the more I love the way he is embracing SU and SU sports.
At halftime of the game today, TrickySU, one of the Otto's Army stalwarts who made the bus trip to Charlottesville, found me to say hello. During our chat, I asked him whether he would like to meet the chancellor (who was standing nearby). After TrickySU said "of course," I introduced him to Kent... who was genuinely delighted to meet one of the 44 students who made the trip... and he asked TrickySU whether he could meet the rest of the students. TrickySU then took Kent up into the rafters where the students were seated.
When Kent returned from his visit, he thanked me for introducing him to TrickySU, and he asked me for his contact info so he could get in touch with him to thank him. Not wanting to give Kent an internet forum screen name, I said "His name is Mike with a long last name I can't spell. Let me get the correct spelling and I will send it to you." I hope TrickySU responds to the PM i sent him with the info.
I thought this was amazingly cool. I can't think of another chancellor: 1) who would want to climb to the rafters to meet a bunch of sleep-deprived students who had just made a lengthy bus trip; and 2) who would want to reach out to thank his student host.
BTW, Kent was at the game with (in addition to his amazing wife Ruth) his twin brother Scott who is a professor at the UVA Medical School. The Charlottesville paper ran a cute article about them this morning. http://www.dailyprogress.com/news/l...cle_e527a1fe-a0e5-11e3-a528-001a4bcf6878.html
At halftime of the game today, TrickySU, one of the Otto's Army stalwarts who made the bus trip to Charlottesville, found me to say hello. During our chat, I asked him whether he would like to meet the chancellor (who was standing nearby). After TrickySU said "of course," I introduced him to Kent... who was genuinely delighted to meet one of the 44 students who made the trip... and he asked TrickySU whether he could meet the rest of the students. TrickySU then took Kent up into the rafters where the students were seated.
When Kent returned from his visit, he thanked me for introducing him to TrickySU, and he asked me for his contact info so he could get in touch with him to thank him. Not wanting to give Kent an internet forum screen name, I said "His name is Mike with a long last name I can't spell. Let me get the correct spelling and I will send it to you." I hope TrickySU responds to the PM i sent him with the info.
I thought this was amazingly cool. I can't think of another chancellor: 1) who would want to climb to the rafters to meet a bunch of sleep-deprived students who had just made a lengthy bus trip; and 2) who would want to reach out to thank his student host.
BTW, Kent was at the game with (in addition to his amazing wife Ruth) his twin brother Scott who is a professor at the UVA Medical School. The Charlottesville paper ran a cute article about them this morning. http://www.dailyprogress.com/news/l...cle_e527a1fe-a0e5-11e3-a528-001a4bcf6878.html
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. Nice story Joyce and what a great thing for both those kids and the chancellor to meet through you. I also think having tickets and a bus for those kids to attend was great and hoping something like that could be available for SU students to every away game.
