一个喜欢的告别

星期二,3月23日将主办一个farewel数控状态l reception to honor and celebrate Chancellor Jim Woodward, whose higher-education experience and calm demeanor helped bring an air of stability and transparency to the university he first served as an engineering professor six decades ago. The free event is open to all NC State faculty, staff, students, fans and alumni, and will begin at 4 p.m. in Talley Student Center’s second-floor lobby.

In advance of Tuesday’s celebration, Dave Pond of University Communications asked Chancellor Woodward to reflect on his return to campus, and the future of NC State under the guidance of Chancellor-elect Randy Woodson, who will assume office on April 5.

你在危机时返回了NC国家 - 你在帮助海洋和船上的成功的关键是什么？

I’m always hesitant to talk about my success, because any accomplishments that have happened since I’ve been here have been achieved through the involvement and the support of many people. You pick any topic, and it’s not my success, but our success. I found an institution with very, very good people committed to it, committed to its future and a willingness to work – whatever the topic was – to deal with it. So, the key to the success is what you find in many organizations, and that’s good people. Clearly, that is the case here at NC State.

I had an advantage over others who might have been asked to come in. First, I knew the University of North Carolina system, and I knew the state. But more importantly, I knew a lot about this university. I had great respect for the people that were here, and great respect in aggregate for the university, so I came here understanding on day one that there were good people to work with. I made the comment many times – especially in the early months – that the good people who did the real work of the university here on May 1, 2009, were the same people who were here on June 1, on July 1, and so on. The only thing that changed is the person in the chancellor’s office.

Your tenure as UNC Charlotte’s chancellor spanned three decades. Notable differences in tenure aside, was there anything about the chancellorship at NC State that was surprising or different than you expected?

没有意义上的意义上，虽然Unc-Charlotte是一个较小的大学，它是一个大学，系统，结构和活动中的相似之处。我相信在NC州有很好的人。多年来我多年来看着雇员和该机构吸引和保持优秀教师的能力。我发现的是比我认可的更好的教师。

这项措施与今年的研究拨款和合同的非常戏剧性的增长有关。我们在一年内折扣政府刺激金额超过20％ - 折扣政府刺激措施然而，我们的教师在校园的所有其他人的支持下，大大增加了提交的提案以及收到的补助金和合同。我期望找到一个伟大的教师，但这肯定是一个比我在这里到达之前的更好的教师。

As you reflect on your time as NC State chancellor, how do you feel about what you’ve been able to accomplish?

我对发生的事情感觉良好。我与校园同事合作的主要责任是为大学带来一个稳定性的环境，以便人们会在早上醒来，觉得上班，整天工作，思考，“男孩，我有今天美好的一天。“

我们带回了一个支持我们的工作人员的内部环境，并在这里迅速返回。我有贡献吗？可能，但让我再说一遍 - 很多人都参与了这一点。That was the most important achievement, because this university is here for core purposes – that’s teaching, research and service – and if the people who do those tasks devote themselves totally to those tasks, then our university will have better served the state of North Carolina.

还有其他项目，如校长的房子，学生中心的非常重要的改造和扩张是至关重要的。我们必须继续建立我们的筹款活动。我对校园里的教师参议院和其他团体的关系特别满意。这是一个近10个月，但如果我回顾并思考最重要的事情是什么，这是早期重建稳定的积极环境，其中NC州的人们可以做到他们的工作。

那是你最自豪的是什么？

[Laughing] Well, I’m very proud of that, but I am also very proud of the fact that I’m the only chancellor that has never lost a football game to UNC-Chapel Hill, never lost a home basketball game to Duke, and the only chancellor that has a better-than-.500 batting average in both men’s and women’s ACC basketball tournaments. That’s my real legacy.

How would you like to see the university continue to grow under Chancellor-elect Randy Woodson?

这是一个有很多机会的大学，但很有机会带来了巨大的责任。NC州是北卡罗来纳州最重要的大学，并履行这些责任并利用机会，我们必须继续发展我们的研究和外展计划。我们必须规模成长，并继续加强我们所知道的那些对国家未来幸福感到重要的领域。

我相信Randy Woodson会让您了解需要在此处完成的事情。坦率地说，那些在这里吸引他的机会是那些吸引他的机会。我希望能够看到，并充分期待看到，在这家校园里持续开发 - 在他的领导下研究，规模，声誉等等 - 在他的领导下。

收入的总理选民，你会或给你什么建议？

Don’t lose any football games to UNC-Chapel Hill or basketball games to Duke. All kidding aside, I really think highly of him and his wife, Susan, and they are going to be a great addition to this community. What I’ve told him is that I would give him advice on any subject, but he would have to ask me. Furthermore, I would respond to a request only if he promised me that he would ignore the advice if he didn’t like it.

Clearly, I’ve talked with him, at his request, about many of the issues, topics and opportunities for NC State, and would fully expect to continue to do that after he assumes office here.

As your time on campus draws to a close, do you have any advice for NC State students?

为成为这所大学的一部分而感到自豪。对您委托您对大学的教育的事实感到兴奋，并确保大学将履行其向您提供优秀教育的义务，因此为丰富，充分的个人和职业生涯提供卓越的机会。

What would you say to NC State faculty and staff members?

I’ve always thought that there were two principal criteria in considering a job, no matter what level. Number one: Is the job worth doing, and can it be done? You look at any job at NC State – and that includes the chancellor to any other position on campus – these are jobs worth doing because of the importance of this institution to the state, to our country and to the world. For this university to do what it needs to do, everybody here has an opportunity and an obligation to contribute. So, it’s a job worth doing – no matter where you are at NC State.

这项工作可以是因为这个机构所享有的领导，而且因为我们处于一个理解高等教育到福祉的国家。

Regardless of where you are at this institution or if you are considering a job here, come to NC State – this is a place where you can succeed in a job that’s worth doing.

A year from now, five years from now, or twenty years from now, how would you like to be remembered by NC State faculty, staff, students and alumni as it pertains to your time as chancellor?

谈论遗产真是太难了。我真的希望兰迪伍德森作为真正加速国家统计统联国发展的校长。To the extent that I’m remembered, I hope it’s that I came in, helped stabilize the university and maybe nudged it a little bit along the direction that it needed to go, but then Randy Woodson took up the position and truly accelerated that development.

What’s next for you?

它回到了湖房。Right now, I’ve got a two-week hiking trip planned for Scotland – my son and I have hiked somewhere in the world every year for many years – and then for each of two granddaughters, I’ve got a trip lined up to take them someplace special. They are 14 and 16, and for several years, I’ve let them pick out several places they are interested in, but I won’t tell them where we are going until we get to the airport. It’s a lot of fun to talk to them about where they want to go and them try to guess, but they don’t find out until we get to the airport. So, I’ll take each of them on a trip this summer, and I look forward to being in Scotland for a couple weeks in the latter part of June and the beginning of July. I’m ready to go.

展望未来，NC国家仍然是你生活的重要组成部分吗？

好吧，我有一个红色的夹克，我需要机会穿它，所以我完全希望被邀请回到许多球比赛和社会功能。当然，当新的校长的居住在塔利扩张完成时，我希望当时的校长居住并充分期望被邀请回来邀请。

NC国家一直是我生命和妻子生命的重要组成部分。虽然我们在这里尚未在这里，但多年，当我们在这里时，我们是我们的第一份空军。我们来到这里有三个小孩，我们买了一所房子，以及我们拥有的一些最难忘的照片是我们的孩子在那个房子前面玩耍的孩子。对于这个机构为我的妻子和我来说，追溯到许多，多年，当然，那些情感联系在过去的10个月里，这些机构都有情感联系。