Whether or not there is really an issue with her that's a really bad comparison.
Next ISU President: Wendy Wintersteen
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Whether or not there is really an issue with her that's a really bad comparison.
Pretty cool that she's been an Iowa Stater for almost 40 years- starting out in extension and rising all the way to president of the university.
Didn't know she was considered an enemy of sustainable ag. That is interesting.
Didn't know she was considered an enemy of sustainable ag. That is interesting.
yeah I know there were some big donations in there but that's sort of par for the course now. The state government seems to be the ones that are doing what they can to wack sustainable ag programs. I'm not sure how Wintersteen was supposed to save the Leopold Center. I did hope that the BoR would pick someone who could play nice with the current political leaders in IA to avoid ISU becoming a target for cuts and attacks the way the UW is here now.
I find it hard to believe that someone who started in Extension is truly in the back pocket of corporate ag. Obviously as the Dean of the Ag College, she had to have those relationships and it is something to watch and she has to be held accountable.
I think my first choice was Sonny, but I'm happy with this hire.
I think my first choice was Sonny, but I'm happy with this hire.
That's completely missing the argument. Corporate donations are not the problem, using corporate donations to suppress differing voices, opinions and most importantly research is the problem.
In your analogy it'd be if ESPN and Fox got to choose the coaching staff and the style of play for their donations.
It's virtually unheard of for a dean of a college to be named president of a university. She's unqualified IMO. Her academic credentials (Kansas State, then ISU) pale in comparison to Wickert (3 degrees at Berkeley, then Cambridge, then Carnegie Mellon). Still shaking my head.
But then the "Iowa Regents/corporate ag" angle makes so much sense now.
Ok. This is where you lost me.
Let's say Wendy had supported whatever programs or learning centers you consider to be more "sustainable." Is that suppressing those voices who believe what you think is sustainable is actually not? Because I'm fairly certain what you and I consider to be "sustainable" are two different things.
If I support Monsanto but am a part of a family farm, am I a corporate shill?
Being sustainable is SIZE NEUTRAL.
Many big farms do things right and many small things do things wrong. Of course the opposite is true too.
Once you go down the road of big is bad, you're revealing where your true motivations are and I don't think it's "sustainability. "
In my opinion.
Let's say Wendy had supported whatever programs or learning centers you consider to be more "sustainable." Is that suppressing those voices who believe what you think is sustainable is actually not? Because I'm fairly certain what you and I consider to be "sustainable" are two different things.
If I support Monsanto but am a part of a family farm, am I a corporate shill?
Being sustainable is SIZE NEUTRAL.
Many big farms do things right and many small things do things wrong. Of course the opposite is true too.
Once you go down the road of big is bad, you're revealing where your true motivations are and I don't think it's "sustainability. "
In my opinion.
This may be the world’s worst humble brag.
This is a great choice. Anybody who has worked with Wendy(like I have) knows that she is passionate about ISU yet engaged with the world outside of ISU. She works hard, is very smart, and understands politics. She will be a great leader and champion for Iowa State University!
Not true. I know a department chair who has worked with her for the past 10 years who does not think this was a "great choice."
ISU is so much more than an ag school. This has "safe" and "Brandstat croney" hire written all over it.
Will she challenge the status quo of how the BOR treats ISU compared to Iowa?
Will she challenge the status quo of how the BOR treats ISU compared to Iowa?
I don’t get why people don’t like this hire. She seems like a good hire to me. I don’t know the ins and outs but she seems like she has done a good job of securing investment in the CALS. I’m not a fan of a lot of the things the Monsanto’s of the world are doing but I also think they are made out to be a boogeyman that they aren’t a lot of the times.
Overall solid hire that I think will be successful.
Overall solid hire that I think will be successful.
AND let's show Case that our new scoring average makes the "CASE IH Redzone" SUPER valuable!!!!!!!
I think she will be a good President. Anybody would look bad after Geoffrey, and anybody will look good after Leath. So she's got that going for her.
But I'm moderately well connected in the world of Big Ag. In fact, this post is brought to you by Dow/Dupont/Pioneer
But I'm moderately well connected in the world of Big Ag. In fact, this post is brought to you by Dow/Dupont/Pioneer
I sort of wonder if she was second choice to the UCF guy, cause President Hitt of UCF has announced his retirement some time next year today? (Maybe someone already addressed this, CF is being funky for me and everything just jumping around in every thread.)
