President Hodge is a man on a mission, a mission for change. In his annual address, he immediately started talking about his plans for improving Miami by making it into a more “entrepreneurial” school environment. He has started this process by making this year at Miami, “the year of the arts.” It is time for the school to promote and show the art talent that is prevalent on the campus, and this will greatly help to get the word out. President Hodge described the way that he wants Miami and its students to be perceived. He talked about the Miami student that is, “obsessed with opportunity and committed to excellence.” Many steps have already been taken in Hodge’s plan for Miami, for which we are in year five. Evidence of this progress is seen in the new freshman class which was stated as the biggest that Miami has seen yet. More and more people are wanting to attend this university because of the work that Hodge has been doing. When I spoke with Miami University sophomore Dan Steinkerchner, he said that the reason that he attended was because, “Miami is a school on the rise. Each year you see that they are moving up in the ranks for the top schools in America. Students here have a work hard, play hard mentality as well, which I love. We know how we want this school to be perceived and I think that Hodge is doing a great job of improving Miami.
