http://connect.educause.edu/display/40689 http://connect.educause.edu/display/40689 http://connect.educause.edu/educause/images/e_rss.png Comments for "There Is a Time . . ." en http://connect.educause.edu/display/40689#comment-980 Mr. Hawkins,<br /> <br /> I would first like to commend you on an outstanding article (farewell letter.) "There Is a Time" touches upon the critical idea of growing "stale" in a position and the dangers that go along with it. New challenges, opportunities, and demands are necessary to ensure that creativity and motivation do not fade away.<br /> <br /> I would also like to thank you for all you have done at Educause. Over your ten years with Educause you have done tremendous things for the organization, making it an invaluable tool for the institution that is higher ed. From your early efforts to establish Educause in the higher education arena to your recent work with Blackboard and their "patent rights", you have been a champion for the causes of higher ed and for that I thank you.<br /> <br /> At the end of your artcle, you state: "I hope I haven't stayed too long." I definitley do not feel you have stayed too long and selfishly wish you would stay longer (although I do understand why you need to move on.) I wish you the best of luck, wherever life takes you.<br /> <br /> Mike Cavanagh<br /> Davenport University<br /> Grand Rapids, MI<br /> Thu, 01 Feb 2007 10:48:08 -0600 Michael Cavanagh (Davenport University) comment 980 at http://connect.educause.edu http://connect.educause.edu/display/40689 <p>Brian L. Hawkins, the President of EDUCAUSE, discusses his decision to retire after nearly 10 years of service.</p> http://connect.educause.edu/display/40689#comments ER Leadership Productivity EDUCAUSE Review Articles Articles, Papers, and Reports Wed, 03 Jan 2007 16:31:54 -0600 drupal 40689 at http://connect.educause.edu