Thursday, October 21, 2010

The Student's President



"I talked to him all the time when I was a student" claimed Sarah Smith. Sarah adds, "I don't remember if I have talked to him while working here as a Grad Student though." Whether purely coincidental or evidence of a trend this answer seems to be common place.
Alex Ferintinos is a junior here at Frostburg State University. Her interactions with Dr. Jonathan Gibralter ( Frostburg State University's President) suggest a casual relationship, more that of new friends than a President and his student. "Oh hey I liked the show you were in" Alex recalls him saying. "Yeah I met you in the gym, Mark Bowling introduced us!" she responded. This common place meeting seems to be a regular happening between President Gibralter and his students.

Is Dr. Gibralter's close relationship with the student body mirrored by his relationship with Faculty and Staff? Barbara Stahl, Accounting 3 Clerk for Frostburg State University, " might have spoken to him once." Several employees like Autumn Brode, the Administrative Assistant fro Student and Community Involvement, claim that they spoke to him "when he first got here but not since."

One thing is for sure, Dr. Gibralter does make it a priority to communicate and involve himself with the student body.

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