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It's Official: Bodnar Stepping Down.

BadlandsGrizFan said:
The reality is that Bodnar left the university in a better position then when he took over. By many metrics the university is again in an upward trajectory. It’s a great university in an even better community. I’m sure the position is very attractive to may people.
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Does that make it "the greatest job in the world"? As attractive as the Head Soccer Coach position?
 
BadlandsGrizFan said:
The reality is that Bodnar left the university in a better position then when he took over. By many metrics the university is again in an upward trajectory. It’s a great university in an even better community. I’m sure the position is very attractive to may people.
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Low bar. Royce was awful. A crisis happened and his leadership inability lead to disaster. Maybe the worst president in UM history.

So we then had declining enrollment. Cuts are hard at UM due to tenure, the faculty union and senate, and Montana not being an at-will state. This means terminating faculty is almost impossible.

But you can make cuts due to fiscal decisions. We had programs with one or two students.

Enter Stearns for a year. She does the heavy lifting, organizes the departments by need, and sets it up for the next president to make program cuts as needed to grow a healthy University with the potential to thrive. She was a leader!

Enter Bodnar. His leadership is putting out fires, not moving us forward. He flushes Stearns University-wide report because he can't do the hard but right thing, and instead cuts nearly all support staff and office supplies. This watered down the good programs (future) to save the dying ones (past). If you've dealt with the U during his tenure, you may have had bad service (delays in acceptance, etc etc). Not the staff's fault - they are overwhelmed.

We eventually had to stabilize and show some signs of not declining. We have. The reality is we are drifting.

Bodnar is meant for politics. He is good at glad-handing and speeches. He also makes sure to take public credit for ANYTHING positive - if you've ever had the pleasure of working with him on something.

Thank you, but I look forward to finding a new president.
 
astutegriz said:
Low bar. Royce was awful. A crisis happened and his leadership inability lead to disaster. Maybe the worst president in UM history.

So we then had declining enrollment. Cuts are hard at UM due to tenure, the faculty union and senate, and Montana not being an at-will state. This means terminating faculty is almost impossible.

But you can make cuts due to fiscal decisions. We had programs with one or two students.

Enter Stearns for a year. She does the heavy lifting, organizes the departments by need, and sets it up for the next president to make program cuts as needed to grow a healthy University with the potential to thrive. She was a leader!

Enter Bodnar. His leadership is putting out fires, not moving us forward. He flushes Stearns University-wide report because he can't do the hard but right thing, and instead cuts nearly all support staff and office supplies. This watered down the good programs (future) to save the dying ones (past). If you've dealt with the U during his tenure, you may have had bad service (delays in acceptance, etc etc). Not the staff's fault - they are overwhelmed.

We eventually had to stabilize and show some signs of not declining. We have. The reality is we are drifting.

Bodnar is meant for politics. He is good at glad-handing and speeches. He also makes sure to take public credit for ANYTHING positive - if you've ever had the pleasure of working with him on something.

Thank you, but I look forward to finding a new president.
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Well it sounds like you have a good understanding of the inner workings. And yes Engstrom was low bar for sure. From the outside it at least appeared that Bodnar was a decent president.

What quality do you think is most important for the next prez? Strong financial background? More of a developer…builder of worlds?
 
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BadlandsGrizFan said:
Well it sounds like you have a good understanding of the inner workings. And yes Engstrom was low bar for sure. From the outside it at least appeared that Bodnar was a decent president.

What quality do you think is most important for the next prez? Strong financial background? More of a developer…builder of worlds?
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All of the above!
 
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