{"id":602,"date":"2019-02-21T22:40:14","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T22:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/2019\/02\/21\/2019221president-olian-discusses-her-strategic-plan-with-students\/"},"modified":"2020-09-05T19:36:11","modified_gmt":"2020-09-05T19:36:11","slug":"2019221president-olian-discusses-her-strategic-plan-with-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/2019\/02\/21\/2019221president-olian-discusses-her-strategic-plan-with-students\/","title":{"rendered":"President Olian discusses her strategic plan with students"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Marissa Davis<\/p>\n

President Judy Olian held an informal town hall discussion Thursday, Feb. 21,  to discuss her strategic plan as well as recent news that Quinnipiac is spending nearly $1 million dollars renovating her new estate. <\/p>\n

\u201c…We have to think of the acquisition of this land as something that is a critical investment priority for the future of the University,\u201d Olian said. \u201cThis is an investment in the future.\u201d <\/p>\n

News of the renovations broke Tuesday, Feb. 19, when the New Haven Register<\/span><\/a> published an article describing the renovation plans. By Wednesday, Quinnipiac student Nicole Giordano had started a petition to \u2018Get Quinnipiac President Judy Olian Fired<\/span><\/a>,\u2019 charging that the money for renovations was taken from the pockets of students and that the money could have been used for \u201cdorms, classrooms, dining programs and shuttles.\u201d <\/p>\n

Giordano subsequently closed the petition<\/span><\/a> Thursday. In a statement on the petition\u2019s webpage she said, \u201cI was brought into a meeting with President Judy Olian and the Student Government. My questions were taken openly and I was given answers. This investment to renovate the house is for good cause.\u201d<\/p>\n

Quinnipiac Student Government Association emailed the academic community inviting them to the informal town hall discussion \u201cin response to the confusion and frustration among some students regarding the recent news about Quinnipiac.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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Photo Courtesy of Jess Ruderman<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

At the discussion students expressed concerns about the lack of air conditioning in dorms while the school is seemingly spending money elsewhere. <\/p>\n

\u201cEvery year we invest $30-$40 million in facilities improvements on an ongoing basis,\u201d said Olian. <\/p>\n

As for the renovations on the estate Olian said, \u201cIt needs to be renovated if someone is going to live there and the board wants the president \u2013 whether its Judy Olian, or the next president, or the next president after her or him \u2013 that\u2019s where the president is going to live and be expected to conduct the work of the university.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the meeting, student Lauren Mcgrath said that the expected renovations, including smart lighting and a catering kitchen, seemed superfluous.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know what the lighting is,\u201d said Olian. \u201cThe catering kitchen is in there because we expect to have donor events in there, student events, parent events of 200 people, you cannot do that out of a regular kitchen.<\/p>\n

Olian told those in attendance that the president\u2019s house is not an unnecessary investment and will be beneficial to the university. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis is planned space for the uses of a president’s house, this is not my house, this is the president’s house today, in 10 years, in 20 years, in 30 years, in 80 years,\u201d Olian said. \u201cThis is an investment that represents the future expectations of how presidents will be occupying their role and serving the future of the institution.\u201d<\/p>\n

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