Ken chats with Cornell LeSane, Vice President for Enrollment & Dean of Admissions at Allegheny College (Meadville, PA), and newly elected NACAC board director. We learn what a higher ed, a croquet match, and Downton Abbey have to do with each other, and also why you never turn around in racquetball.

Shout-outs & Links

• Nancy Beane and Ellen Deitrich, who "voluntold" Cornell to run for NACAC board.  
• Mike Steidel, Dean of Admission at Carnegie Mellon
• Bill Elliot, VP emeritus at Carnegie Mellon
• Sue Stuebner, former EVP at Allegheny now President at Colby-Sawyer, who asked Cornell to join her in a HUGE presentation early in Cornell's tenure at Allegheny.
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Rapid Descent

• Cornell's walkout song: Happy by Pharrell
• Best thing he's read lately: Blue Ocean Strategy by W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne
• What he's eager to read next: The Years That Matter Most by Paul Tough
• Favorite thing to make in the kitchen: Pancakes.
• What he uses to take and keep notes: Paper and pen agnostic: whatever notepad or journal book is available.
• Memorable bit of advice: "It's easier to catch bees with honey." (Bonus: "In God we trust. All others bring data.")
• Bucket list: Continue traveling and remain open to the possibility of where he might go. Russia was a wonderful surprise that happened that way.

The ALP is supported by RHB, a division of SIG. Music arranged by Ryan Anselment