Announcment Soon - New UNT President

Christopher Walker · October 20, 2013

Need a proven fundraiser; not one who could be one or might be one, but a proven fundraiser who knows how to raise monies especially with Texas-based corporations and why? Like in sales, you always have real numbers to prove your point and to go by. Check out these 2 selected Texas university's 2012 endowment totals:
TSU-SM...............Approx. $119 (+/-)
UNT System.........Approx. $112 (+/-)
Maybe Dr. Monticino is the one but if hired...he really needs to be the one. UNT cannot afford to screw up on this hire at this time in our school's history. We don't need a store-keeper...we need someone who will leave the store, be well grounded with Texas politics, Austin, etc, etc, etc, but moreso....on who will go out and raise monies. For whatever reason, we seem to have lost ground in this area among other Texas colleges and universities. I defer to the above 2 totals.

GMG!

Exactly!

And to those ends, Michael has been tasked with and has achieved the following:

He was called to take up the VP position over Advancement, to prove he could adequately lead fundraising activities. By all accounts of folks from Advancement, he has succeeded there.

In regards to Tier 1, one of the major tenants of that designation is a healthy showing of active research clusters. Within the last year, Michael led from inception to completion UNT's Innovation Greenhouse which partners with industry leaders from Denton, the metroplex and beyond to advance those business and industry sectors.

EagleGreen · November 19, 2013

Exactly!
And to those ends, Michael has been tasked with and has achieved the following:
He was called to take up the VP position over Advancement, to prove he could adequately lead fundraising activities. By all accounts of folks from Advancement, he has succeeded there.
In regards to Tier 1, one of the major tenants of that designation is a healthy showing of active research clusters. Within the last year, Michael led from inception to completion UNT's Innovation Greenhouse which partners with industry leaders from Denton, the metroplex and beyond to advance those business and industry sectors.

So, do you think it will be Michael's name announced tomorrow?

Harry · November 19, 2013

Is the announcement tomorrow??

EagleGreen · November 19, 2013

Yes, tomorrow at 2:00 PM. Who will it be? Could it be....SATAN!!!

MeanGreenTexan · November 19, 2013

Is the announcement for a "finalist", or "finalists"?

Cerebus · November 19, 2013

Yes, tomorrow at 2:00 PM. Who will it be? Could it be....SATAN!!!

Harry · November 19, 2013

Man this is a big deal. Hope we land a pro-athletics one!

EagleGreen · November 19, 2013

Man this is a big deal. Hope we land a pro-athletics one!

Indeed. We need a person on the inside to fill us in. I think it is a sitting president from afar. Not sure. It COULD be.....SATAN! Not sure.

Christopher Walker · November 19, 2013

So, do you think it will be Michael's name announced tomorrow?

I actually am set to roll back my Monticino proselytizing, if only because I learned he's on the search committee. That's not to say he won't necessarily get it though; Rawlins was technically on the search committee when he was an interim... and then he got the nod.

Edited November 19, 2013 by Christopher Walker

ChristopherRyanWilkes · November 19, 2013

In your opinion.
She saw an immediate spike in endowment followed by no growth...with no growth in research either.
She let Cougar High pass us by, flat out, and spread no goodwill by her being okay with UNT staying as just a backup option with a commuter reputation, despite statistics pointing otherwise. She'll be remembered for starting Emerald Eagle and being pushed out by the board.
Once again, we need a president like UH's, one that pulls no punches.
I didn't realize Bataille had a fan club.
None of you fanboys have any solid numbers to back you up, either. It's a fact that the endowment grew then stopped quickly. Research didn't ever grow. She liked Dodge for budget reasons. She didn't support Apogee. She did not improve any metric needed for tier one after the campaign started. She defended our position as second/third choice college and falsely portrayed the commuter school issue.
These are numbers easily found and quotes easily found.
Either way, this thread is derailed, I think we all want a president to push successfully to tier 1 and continue athletics support.
I need to stop posting here. Tired of it. Think I'm gonna start a weekly allotment of 5.

Might be for the best bud. You and I both were in high school and younger when she was around. I'm going to skip the hearsay and let the guys who actually witnessed her presidency tell us how she did. There are a lot of factors in endowment,budget,etc.

meangreener · November 19, 2013

Might be for the best bud. You and I both were in high school and younger when she was around. I'm going to skip the hearsay and let the guys who actually witnessed her presidency tell us how she did. There are a lot of factors in endowment,budget,etc.

She was around when I was doing research into universities. That's good enough for me, "bud."

All About UNT · November 20, 2013

bleedgreen4ever · November 20, 2013

She was around when I was doing research into universities. That's good enough for me, "bud."

Wow, it's interesting when people write so fervently about something they clearly know close to nothing about. That's all I'm going to say and can say about this one.

NT03 · November 20, 2013

UNLV President Neal Smatresk -- reportedly finalist for prez of North Texas Univ. -- got his PhD in zoology at Univ/Texas at Austin.
— Steve Sebelius (@SteveSebelius)
November 20, 2013

ChristopherRyanWilkes · November 20, 2013

She was around when I was doing research into universities. That's good enough for me, "bud."

If you can't see why that's different than being an out of high school adult with connections to the university for years(like many on the board), then I can't help ya.

NT03 · November 20, 2013

Smatresk has been president of UNLV since 2009, wrapped up previous $500 million fundraising drive and is about to launch a new one.
— Steve Sebelius (@SteveSebelius)
November 19, 2013

meangreener · November 20, 2013

If you can't see why that's different than being an out of high school adult with connections to the university for years(like many on the board), then I can't help ya.

I'm good without your help, "Bud", thanks.