2008 Woodie Awards
Robert Glenn appointed president of Athens State University
Tiffany Gibson
Issue date: 6/18/08 Section: News
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Bradley Byrne, chancellor of Alabama's two-year college system, recommended Glenn to the state board, which approved his appointment as president on May 22.
"In essence it's like going back home, in that I can trace my family background back four generations to 1830 in Alabama," Glenn said.
Glenn's great-grandfather, Edgar Massilon Glenn, served as president of Athens Female College for two years, before leaving due to his lack of pay.
"It remained a female college until 1935 and then changed to a coed educational institution, which was called Athens College," Glenn said. "Around 1975 it became part of the state system and became Athens State College."
Glenn said being a college president during his great-grandfather's time period wasn't considered a good position because it was up to the president to pay the bills, and whatever was left over was their salary.
"My great-grandfather was a circuit riding Methodist minister," Glenn said. "While he was president at Athens College he was also in the pulpit of a local Methodist church because the college couldn't provide enough funds for him to provide for his family."
Glenn's great-grandfather was also president of North Alabama Conference College, which ultimately became Birmingham Southern College after merging with Old Southern University.
During Glenn's first two years at MTSU he served as vice president for student affairs, but then took on the additional role of vice provost for enrollment management. Altogether, Glenn has served MTSU for nearly a decade.
When he first became vice president for Student Affairs, he, along with other faculty members, established five primary goals for the division.
"We wanted to build a student union, increase the sense of connection and school spirit, have renovations made to our resident halls and develop career placement programs and expand health services," Glenn said.
Glenn said that even though he is leaving, he plans to come back and visit, considering his family will be staying in Tennessee until his son's high school graduation.
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MTSU Parent
posted 6/19/08 @ 8:59 AM CST
MTSU's loss is definitely Athens State University's gain. While we will miss Robert Glenn, we are happy to see him get the advancement he richly deserves. (Continued…)
Pissed about comment being deleted!
posted 6/20/08 @ 12:11 PM CST
Wow... So much for free speech. I guess since I'm happy he is leaving I'm not allowed to state my opinion.
Hey "journalists" - remember this the next time you get angry that someone tries to censor you. (Continued…)
Phase 2 - Greek Row
posted 6/20/08 @ 12:13 PM CST
Glad you got that Phase 2 of Greek Row finished in 2003! Oh wait... Hey, thanks for the empty promises!
Jen
posted 6/25/08 @ 1:05 PM CST
Do your research before you decide to pick a fight, it is fact that every one of those houses on Greek Row was built by the lowest bidding contractor, and it did not matter to the campus how that lowest bidding contractor kept his costs down (i. (Continued…)
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