Several years ago, our colleague Renata Opoczynski compared MSU’s Student Success agenda to “moving a mountain.” Given the size and complexity of the university and the loftiness of our goals, it seemed like an apt metaphor. But Renata did not draw this comparison to make the task seem more difficult than we already knew it was. Instead, she focused our attention on precisely how we could accomplish something so difficult.

From the desk of the vice provost