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This month marks one full year since Dr. Timothy Sams assumed the presidency of the State University of New York College at Old Westbury. And what a year it’s been.
Succeeding longtime president Dr. Calvin Butts III, Tim took over smack dab in the middle of the ever-changing COVID pandemic – a unique challenge for any new administrator, though it turns out his particular set of experiences with inclusive innovation and strategic change, and his decades of professional success at well-regarded universities, prepared Tim well.
In today’s conversation, the SUNY Old Westbury president joins Spark host Gregory Zeller to discuss the importance of liberal-arts education and social justice – and the need for creative management of society’s most crucial resource: young, impressionable minds.
This month marks one full year since Dr. Timothy Sams assumed the presidency of the State University of New York College at Old Westbury. And what a year it’s been.
Succeeding longtime president Dr. Calvin Butts III, Tim took over smack dab in the middle of the ever-changing COVID pandemic – a unique challenge for any new administrator, though it turns out his particular set of experiences with inclusive innovation and strategic change, and his decades of professional success at well-regarded universities, prepared Tim well.
In today’s conversation, the SUNY Old Westbury president joins Spark host Gregory Zeller to discuss the importance of liberal-arts education and social justice – and the need for creative management of society’s most crucial resource: young, impressionable minds.