tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-497816610957206057.post2564162257930365952..comments2023-10-31T07:26:58.257-05:00Comments on Run Hard, Tri Harder: Believing...AJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15754056422448263900noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-497816610957206057.post-25214760286652267512008-03-06T12:11:00.000-06:002008-03-06T12:11:00.000-06:00Minor Myers, IWU President who died in 2003, often...Minor Myers, IWU President who died in 2003, often would ask people "What's your passion?" as he would meet them, rather than the typical small talk conversation. <BR/><BR/>The following was taken from a newspaper article: <BR/><BR/>"Myers constantly reminded Illinois Wesleyan’s students that the goal of their education was not simply to find a job but to find what fascinated them and to pursue that. Each year at Commencement, he exhorted the seniors to "go forth and do well. But, more importantly, go forth and do good."<BR/><BR/>For Myers, a complete liberal arts experience combined learning and discovery. He emphasized the importance of a faculty of excellent teachers with enthusiasm for research. In an interview in the Illinois Wesleyan University Magazine last December, Myers said: "The greatest teachers are the ones who are inspired from the inside because they are asking interesting questions to which they are finding answers, and in doing so they pass along a real and authentic enthusiasm for discovery, in their own field and any other field. And that enthusiasm energizes their students and enlivens the entire institution."<BR/><BR/>I think he would love the nature of your questions AJ!See You at the Finish Linehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02677569022945991417noreply@blogger.com