60+ year old thread.

Hi, everyone!!! It's been an interesting 5 days and still have a few to go. As Carl noted, I'll be meeting the President on Friday.

Our college was chosen to be the site of one of his policy speeches on making college affordable. Irrespective of political feelings, few colleges get to host a sitting president each year - and our college has never had a presidential visit. In an area with 16 colleges and universities to choose from, it is amazing for our little 2 year private open enrollment college to be selected.

It is a major boost for us and a recognition of our place in the community as the college that provides opportunities - affordable at that - for people who might not be able to have them otherwise.

We've been meeting with various people and entities since Saturday and jumping through a lot of hoops. My staff has really enjoyed the challenge and our students are excited. We'll probably be hosting almost 4000 people in our gymnasium - and both the President and VP will be there.

With everything it affords our college in publicity and recognition, it is an opportunity that no one in their right mind would pass up. I couldn't have asked for a better PR boost than we've had in the last week.

Watch for me on the evening news on Friday!

 

For your College & the students ..Ask him if I can have my E mail's back

 

^ this.

 

^^^^This x2^^^^ Congrats on being chosen.

 

Hope it makes the weekend news programs as well.

The visit has to be exciting for you, your staff and the students. To me it is more about the office than the person. That being said I would not mind having a beer with Joe Biden.

 

Afternoon all:
Mark, hope you have some good advice to give him!
Good luck, and like you stated, it's an opportunity that would have been foolish to pass up.

 

Watch the national news tomorrow night. His speech should wrap up in time for them to do a live report from our campus and mention our college.

 

Enjoy the moment Mark...it's a once in a lifetime experience meeting both the Pres. & VP together. Hope all goes well.

 

X2

 

X3

 

I'm just waiting for my time to head up to process through security before I get to meet the President and welcome him to the college. It's all in the hands of the White House team and the Secret Service.

Here's an article that is in my hometown newspaper today - they called me yesterday - that talks about our college and the issues. I think it's well written and unbiased.

http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/breaking-news/index.ssf/2013/08/lackawanna_college_president_a.html

 

Nice article Mark.

It is so easy to be like a lot of other Americans and get on the hate bandwagon and loose focus of the office of the President and what it means. The article was a good read and you are quite photogenic, for one of us senior guys.

Wishing you and your staff a successful day today.

 

Afternoon all:

Nice article!

Good picture! Darn, I just got my photo taken for a drivers lic. and it don't look that good.

 

Same for me Carl. LOL

 

X2 on the article Mark... I saw a little of the President s speech on the news. How did it go?


Hi Carl, my license pics always looks like I should have numbers under chin.

 

Just was watching gold rush. A commercial came on and I started flipping through channels and saw they were talking about the presidents tour. They were at Marks college, and there was Mark!
Hope someone in Hollywood notices him, maby a new career!

 

Morning all:
Just found a part for the furnace that I've been looking for since last yr.
L8024A 1131 triple aquastat control; OBSOLETE; not made anymore!
Two NOS were just listed on E-Bay and I jumped on one, and the price was right!
That's where this contraption comes in handy.

 

Same here Carl.
Found a timing fill valve for my dishwasher. Discontinued item. Saved myself a new washer for now...

 

Back again!
Just got back from the birthday party. HE MADE IT!!
He has slipped a little since I saw him last time, and he's now in a personal care home, but he still is talking about going hunting this yr. He does have a permit to shoot from the car.
Ran into a bunch of people I haven't seen in some time. One of the guys I went to school with had his mom there. She's 91, also in a home, and didn't look like she was doing that great.
OHHHHH! The golden years!!!!!!

 

Carl:
As my uncle got older he would hunt deer from a broken bus my cousins used as a camp cabin of sorts. This was in Elk County, PA.

My uncle was an avid hunter and his sons let him hunt as long as he could.

FWIW My uncle was also a navigator on B17's flying out of England during WW2. He was a favorite uncle of mine.