The Board of Visitors and Governors of St. John’s College has appointed Nora Demleitner, Roy L. Steinheimer Jr. Professor of Law at Washington and Lee University School of Law, as president of the college’s Annapolis campus. Demleitner’s appointment begins in January 2022.
“The Board of Visitors and Governors is proud to appoint a great legal mind, prolific writer, strategic leader, and dedicated teacher as the first woman to be president of the third oldest college in America,” said Ron Fielding (A70), chair of the board. “As a college that values, first and foremost, the quality and singularity of our educational Program, we were also impressed by the deep respect felt for her by our faculty.”
Demleitner, who served as dean of the law schools at Hofstra University and Washington and Lee, came to the United States from Germany in search of a small college that offered a broad liberal arts education, which stood in contrast to the large research university programs common in her home country. After receiving a BA in American studies from Bates College, she received her JD from Yale and her LLM from Georgetown in international and comparative law.
An expert on criminal justice issues, including sentencing guidelines, she has published extensively in publications that include the Stanford Law Review, National Law Journal, and the Washington Post. After receiving her JD, she clerked for Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. when he served on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. She was drawn to the college’s rigorous practice of reasoned inquiry and dialogue as a means of getting at truth and understanding.
“There are few places left in America where people focus on actively listening to one another; where they learn how to continually question; where the institutional culture reinforces openness to new ideas and perspectives; and where one is academically respected for changing one’s thinking in light of better arguments and reasoning,” said Demleitner. “St. John’s College gives me hope for a future in which real, deep, respectful dialogue can again play a central role in our pluralist democracy. America, and the world, needs St. John’s to amplify its powerful and distinctive voice in higher education—and I am committed to helping the college do that.”
St. John’s College prides itself on being a place where young people develop as independent thinkers through careful reading and persistent questioning, a practice that is modeled by the faculty. Joe Macfarland (A87), Annapolis dean, saw in Demleitner the right combination of attributes needed to succeed in leading a college community that is comprised of independent minds.
“In meetings with staff and faculty, Nora listened with care, learned about us quickly, and asked challenging questions in a friendly way, engaging the community in well-reasoned, productive conversations about important matters,” said Macfarland. “She demonstrated resilience and goodwill in the process. Her open, attentive engagement gave promise that she could build trust in all quarters and effectively lead a vibrant community devoted to freedom of thought.”
These characteristics were echoed by tutor and search committee member Margaret Kirby, who also noted Demleitner’s care for students. “Nora appreciates the ways a St. John’s education develops habits of inquiry and dialogue while also fostering the courage to tackle challenging material and explore difficult questions. Her concern for the learning and well-being of students is widely noted. She recognizes that students are at the core of higher education and that enabling them to participate actively in their own learning must be among its fundamental aims.”
As dean of Washington and Lee, Demleitner raised more than $17 million for the university-wide capital campaign, helping the law school surpass its goal by more than 7 percent; significantly increased the diversity of the law school’s faculty, staff, and student body; dramatically improved employment statistics; and worked closely with the board. At Hofstra, Demleitner increased enrollment of the JD-MBA program by more than 300 percent, co-led the university’s five-year strategic planning process, and reinvigorated international recruitment.
Leslie Jump (A84), vice chair of the Board of Visitors and Governors and co-chair of the search committee, found Demleitner’s strengths to be well-matched to the challenges currently facing the college, including the “demographic cliff” confronting colleges across America—the result of a significant drop in birth rates after the 2008 financial crisis. “There will be 15 percent fewer freshmen applying to college in 2025,” said Jump. “And these students will, overall, have fewer resources, be more diverse, and need more support. Nora knows these issues well and cares greatly about addressing them.”
Throughout her career, Demleitner has exhibited the balance required to increase college access while upholding rigorous academic standards. At prior institutions, she was successful at strengthening the academic credentials of the incoming student body while also increasing access to the law school for underserved students. Her devotion to both goals was appealing to Collegewide President Mark Roosevelt.
“Nora has the intellectual discipline to command the respect of the college’s faculty and the commitment to developing that discipline in our students,” said Roosevelt. “She also sees the future clearly and understands that St. John’s College must expand our commitment to serving families who reflect the changing demographics and financial realities of America. For her, these two things are not, and must never be, in conflict with one another. St. John’s is the most rigorous college in America and will remain so for all who enter, regardless of the circumstances they may come from. Nora will be a great partner in realizing these ideals.”
Demleitner will arrive at St. John’s at a time of great momentum for the college. The college has eliminated a $12 million budget deficit, and its $300 million Freeing Minds capital campaign is close to completion. In 2018, the college reduced tuition from $52,000 per year to $35,000 per year. Today, enrollment on both campuses is at historic highs, and the college’s applicant pool has grown by 10 percent. St. John’s has also garnered significant media attention, reinforcing the college’s growing niche as America’s most rigorous and contrarian college.
The Annapolis campus, which recently welcomed its largest class in a decade, is eager for Demleitner’s arrival. “Nora Demleitner impressed me as having the acuteness of intellect and the educational preparation to catch on quickly to the unique qualities of our college and to become our knowledgeable defender,” said tutor Eva Brann.
Demleitner will become the 25th Annapolis president in the college’s 325-year history, the ninth since the inception of the current program of study in 1937, and its first female president. Her appointment will begin after she completes her final fall semester at Washington and Lee. In the interim, Macfarland will continue to serve in the campus’s leadership role, working in concert with the senior cabinet in Annapolis and with Collegewide President Mark Roosevelt.
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His method was too abrasive for Merkel's stomach and sensibilities. Three additional changes in attitude seemed to motivate her actions: 1) She decided the European relationship America had was no longer meaningful based on O'Bummer's shift to the Pacific and his belief China, in contrast to Merkel's more positive view, was a growing threat. 2) Merkel, and Europe in general, have always been commercially driven and are willing to pay lip service while downplaying China's human right's position because she believes China is on the ascendancy and America on the decline. Hypocrisy has always been a significant part of what drives diplomacy. 3) Her petulance toward America, Trump and Biden led her to reject America's offer to supply Germany with energy so now her nation is beholden to, dependent upon Putin. This decision makes Germany and all of Europe , in other words NATO, weaker by virtue of Putin dependency. Merkel's decision borders on Chamberlain's and time will tell how vulnerable she has made Germany and Europe. Why would she choose to be dependent upon Russia simply because of her distaste for O'Bummer, Trump. "Men are from Mars, Women from Venus." Women can be more emotional than men and yes, you can call me sexist. Strong leaders, with supersized egos often create consequences that can become destructive. O'Bummer and Trump were arrogant, Merkel also rode a high horse and Biden is just a weak bumbling push over. Where all of this personality mixture leads, considering Xi and Putin are strong and have shown they know how to play their cards, remains to be seen. I am not hopeful, however but then, I am the forever pessimist because far too many of my fears/concerns become realities. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Who seduced who? I believe Clinton took advantage of a star struck young lady because he already had a history of being a Lothario. Secondly, he thought more of his need for self-gratification than he did of the nation and the office he occupied. As for Monica she was a vulnerable young lady and deserves what she will never get - an apology. The Clinton's are low life people who never are wrong. Bill is a lout, Hillary a bitch, Monica showed "bad taste." +++ It seems like it was a lifetime ago that Monica Lewinsky and her blue dress seduced former President Clinton. She’s spent most of her life hoping for an apology that she’s still never gotten. Although Lewinsky says that she has moved forward, she’s creating yet another show about what happened. It focuses on the emotional aspects of it all as though we’re still supposed to care. Keep reading to see why this show might actually be worth watching. Fighting for Freedom, By Riley Daniels ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Who needs police, law and order and sanity? One City Soon to Be Without a Single Police Officer… In small towns such as Kimberling City, Missouri, crime isn’t all that affluent, at least not on a large scale. And, as such, police departments are not needed to be large. Kimberling City, for example, only employs six police officers at any given time to keep the peace for the roughly 2,400 that live there. However, that doesn’t make the force any less important to those who count on them to keep their small town safe. But as the mayor of Kimberling City, Bob Fritz, was just informed, the city is about to be without a single police officer on staff, with the last remaining officer just having resigned on Wednesday. According to Branson Tri Lake News, the department has been dwindling for months now, starting in July when a detective retired. The resignations began en masse in late August. On the 23rd of August, Chief of Police Craig Alexander visited the mayor’s home to resign, saying that he’d been offered another position and was taking it. Shortly afterward, on September 1, Officer Shaun McCafferty followed suit, also stating that he’d been given another employment opportunity, according to his resignation letter. The very next day, on the 2nd, Officer Rutger House resigned. And on Tuesday and Wednesday, the 7th and 8th, Sergeant Aaron Hoeft, followed by Officer Caleb McCarty, resigned. Hoeft’s letter of resignation stated that he could no longer do his job properly due to the lack of qualified officers to assist him and resources available. Like House, however, McCarty gave no reason at all and simply said he was leaving the department. As Mayor Fritz told Branson Tri Lake News, the departures are both “unfortunate” and “unexpected.” He explained that it was all “very disappointing. I was really surprised.” He said he had no warning that any officer would leave, much less all of them in such a short time. Fritz talked to each officer individually last week, encouraging them to stay on and offer any remedies for why they might be leaving. However, they were not to be moved from their decision, stating that “this was just something they had to do after the chief was leaving.” Now, if you are anything like me, you’re seeing all these resignations as anything but coincidental. I mean, an entire police force, albeit a small one, resigning in a matter of weeks? Something else has to be going on here. And I’m not the only one to think so. According to former mayor and current city alderman Jason Hulliung, it all has to do with the town’s current administration and management. Alderman Hulliung, who has served the city in various ways over the years, told the outlet, ‘I have a serious issue with my entire police department resigning because this indicates there is a bigger problem. An entire department doesn’t leave for individual, independent reasons.” And he’s not wrong. Nor are police force members the only ones to have recently resigned. According to Hulliung, the city’s court clerk, “a 17 year employee of Public Works,” has also left the position in recent weeks. In addition, he says the town “lost massive amounts of long term experience in the city government in a short amount of time.” The former mayor says this all points “to the same issue. It is an administration issue.” Now, unlike massive metropolises like Chicago, Portland, New York City, or Los Angeles, where city police forces are also seeing a large-scale reduction of employees due to resignation and early retirements, there isn’t exactly proof of any foul play on the part of the mayor of Kimberling City or his staff. He’s not openly disrespecting the force or considering rioter desires above that of his own law enforcement. However, that doesn’t mean there isn’t a problem. And as Alderman Hulliung says, the even larger issue is that Mayor Fritz and his staff aren’t seeing it – you know, just like the Democrat mayors in many large cities don’t see the problem. Only time will tell how long it takes Kimberling City to get its police force back up and running. 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Fox News reports: “With deep disappointment and apologies to those seeking crucial changes, I resign from my position as Special Envoy for Haiti, effective immediately,” Foote, a career member of the foreign service, wrote. “I will not be associated with the United States inhumane, counterproductive decision to deport thousands of Haitian refugees and illegal immigrants to Haiti, a country where American officials are confined to secure compounds because of the danger posed by armed gangs in control of daily life.” “Our policy approach to Haiti remains deeply flawed, and my recommendations have been ignored and dismissed, when not edited to project a narrative different than my own,” he added. Foote was appointed to his post in July, following the assassination of Haiti’s president. Foote, in his resignation letter, described the “suffering” of the people of Haiti, and said that the country “simply cannot support the forced infusion of thousands of returned migrants lacking food, shelter, and money without additional, avoidable human tragedy.” President Biden’s recent push to deport thousands of migrants that crowded beneath a Texas overpass has caught the attention of media institutions across the country when the shocking images came to light +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ | |
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