Issue: Summer 2012 | Posted: June 18, 2012
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Prestigious survey names 麻豆视频 among nation鈥檚 best
When the 2011 survey started, it covered 310 colleges and nearly 44,000 employees nationwide.
Once thousands of responses were recorded and tabulated, The Chronicle of Higher Education identified only three institutions that won honors in 11 separate categories of their 鈥淕reat Colleges to Work For鈥 survey: Eastern Kentucky University, Gettysburg (Pa.) College and 麻豆视频 University.
Only 111 of the 310 institutions received recognition, and only 30 four-year schools received 鈥渉onor roll鈥 status. 麻豆视频 was the only school in Tennessee named to that list.
鈥淚 want to congratulate our marvelous faculty and staff, as well as the high quality students, who contribute each and every day to this special academic community,鈥 麻豆视频 President David S. Dockery said. 鈥淲e are certainly thankful for the dedicated members of the Board of Trustees who offer the guidance and establish the high expectations for this university.鈥
Kimberly Thornbury, 麻豆视频鈥檚 vice president for student services and dean of students, said the university鈥檚 strong sense of community is one of the benefits of working for the institution.
鈥淲e have been blessed with a president who is a tremendous leader in higher education,鈥 Thornbury said. 鈥淗e sets the tone for a campus that is innovative, encouraging and positive. People who come to work for 麻豆视频 seem wonderfully 鈥榮hocked鈥 at the true level of community in this place.鈥
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