1. State of the College Interim President Donald P. Christian 10/1/10

3. “ If you come to a fork in the road, take it.” Yogi Berra

8. The New Paltz Community

10. Commitment to high-quality teaching

11. Faculty scholarship and research

14. Student Union Building Atrium

15. Hopfer Center & Old Main

16. Future Campus

17. Wooster Science and Sojourner Truth Library

20. 10-year Reaccreditation Process

21. A curriculum that prepares students for successful lives and careers

29. “ Wonks” Group Advice and counsel to President and Cabinet Communication link across the College Cabinet – President, VPs, Chief of Staff 6 Cross-Institutional – CRREO, Development/Alumni, IR 3 Academic – Deans, Associate Provost 6 Administrative – Admin/Finance, Facilities, HR, Tech/IS 4

30. Administrative Council Other Assistant Vice Presidents Directors Associate Deans Department Chairs + Cabinet – President, VPs, Chief of Staff 6 Cross-Institutional – CRREO, Development/Alumni, IR 3 Academic – Deans, Associate Provost 6 Administrative – Admin/Finance, Facilities, HR, Tech/IS 4 Wonks

33. New York State Capitol Building

36. Biomimicry : the science of studying nature’s best ideas and imitating them in designs and processes to solve human problems.

37. FACILITATION – positive interactions among organisms or species (neighbor = good) COMPETITION – negative interactions (neighbor = bad) Interactions in Plant Communities

38. High elevation sites – resource poor, cold, short growing season --stressful Low elevation sites – resource richer, more nutrients, warmer, longer season -- less stressful

39. Facilitation prevails in harsh, stressful, resource- limited environment Competition prevails in “richer” environment

40. Facilitation Multicellular Single - Celled

41. Colleges and Universities Facilitation Pre-recession Post-recession Multicellular Single-Celled

42. Reanae McNeal

44. Thank you. Questions?