Serving as president of a college is more like being mayor of a small town than a corporate CEO, says newly minted Ferrum College President David Johns.
“Think about what a mayor needs to be concerned about: infrastructure, transportation, food, security issues, entertainment,” Johns said. “Anything that you can think about that is true in terms of running a community, a town, is true about being in charge of a college.”
With appearances at local community events like the Ferrum Area Plan meeting, an active Twitter presence where he documents his journey #DiscoveringFerrum and town hall meetings to dig deeper into the responses from a recent survey about the student experience, it seems an ample comparison.
