{"id":8432,"date":"2017-09-21T22:31:56","date_gmt":"2017-09-22T04:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/?p=8432"},"modified":"2017-09-21T22:32:12","modified_gmt":"2017-09-22T04:32:12","slug":"assembling-the-most-incredible-group-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/assembling-the-most-incredible-group-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Assembling The Most Incredible Group Ever!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have been working like crazy for several months to pull together the most incredible group of business of business leaders who are both wildly successful and genuinely humble, great people in order to form a National Advisory Board <\/a>for the Woodbury School of Business <\/a>at Utah Valley University, the largest University in the State of Utah.\u00a0 When President Holland first approached me to be Chairman of this Board and asked me to assemble a group of the finest individuals, with exceptional business experience I knew exactly the people to start calling.\u00a0 At first several people questioned why I would commit so much time to a University I have never attended and have no obvious emotional tie to.\u00a0 The answer to that is easy – it\u2019s because of the incredible number of students whose lives can be impacted at UVU. You see, over the last several years Utah Valley University (UVU) experienced explosive growth which has led to UVU becoming the largest University in the State of Utah, with over 35,000 students. And over the next 25 years UVU is projected to grow to 65,000 students, which would make UVU the largest public university in the United States. Not only that but UVU\u2019s Woodbury School of Business <\/a>(WSB) has also become largest Business School in the State of Utah, with just over 5,000 students.\u00a0 And 38% of the Students are first-generation college students in their family \u2013 WOW – what a fantastic opportunity serving on this Board at UVU presents for someone to build a legacy that can go on for generations to come!<\/p>\n

Tonight was the official kick-off of our National Advisory Board<\/a> Conference and while there are still several others I am excited to invite to join this Board, I am truly humbled at what a phenomenal group we have started with!\u00a0 It is a true blessing to serve with so many people I love and respect so dearly and who all have a sincere desire to serve and to build a legacy for generations to come!<\/p>\n

The Bridge Builder\u00a0 (by Will Allen Dromgoole)<\/p>\n

An old man going a lone highway,
\nCame, at the evening cold and gray,
\nTo a chasm vast and deep and wide.
\nThrough which was flowing a sullen tide
\nThe old man crossed in the twilight dim,
\nThe sullen stream had no fear for him;
\nBut he turned when safe on the other side
\nAnd built a bridge to span the tide.<\/p>\n

\u201cOld man,\u201d said a fellow pilgrim near,
\n\u201cYou are wasting your strength with building here;
\nYour journey will end with the ending day,
\nYou never again will pass this way;
\nYou\u2019ve crossed the chasm, deep and wide,
\nWhy build this bridge at evening tide?\u201d<\/p>\n

The builder lifted his old gray head;
\n\u201cGood friend, in the path I have come,\u201d he said,
\n\u201cThere followed after me to-day
\nA youth whose feet must pass this way.
\nThis chasm that has been as naught to me
\nTo that fair-haired youth may a pitfall be;
\nHe, too, must cross in the twilight dim;
\nGood friend, I am building this bridge for him!\u201d<\/p>\n

I look forward to adding many more great leaders to this board who also have the desire to build a bridge for these marvelous young people at UVU.<\/p>\n

~Amy Rees Anderson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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