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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 5 have to call the chancellor’s office, make an appointment, come to Phil lips and have to sit down and say what’s on your mind,” Urgo said. “No appointments have to be made. I’m at the same place, same time at Argo, every week I will be there.” Peterson noted Urgo’s ability and desire to connect with those around him by cultivating deep, interper sonal relationships. “I think the fact that he has this Cuppa Joe with Joe event is an ex ample of the way he would like to interact with people. There’s some accessibility there, there is some lightness to it and some humor,” Peterson said. Sofia Moreira, a sophomore psy chology student, attended Urgo’s open office hours to discuss the im portance of representation of mar ginalized groups on campus. “I would like to see an effort to reach out and promote more mi nority groups. We have a lot of student organizations and some are focused on celebrating cultural differences,” Moreira said. “I think that emphasis coming from some one like the chancellor would bring attention and make more students aware of the existing student orga nizations and possibly promote new ones.” Moreira noted Urgo’s interper sonal skills and felt his open office hours showed more of his character as an actively listening leader. “For me personally, it feels like we have someone who is the head of our school who actively makes time out of his probably very busy day to sit down and talk with stu dents,” Moreira said. “To me, that shows personal investment, which means a lot.” Urgo wears many hats outside of interim chancellor. After hours, he stays occupied with his Jack Rus sell Terrier nicknamed Lemon. “Her (full) name is Lemon Drop Martini, which is such a cool name. We met her and found out her name and said, ‘How do you say no to a Lemon Drop Martini?”’ Urgo said with a chuckle. Before settling into administra tive work, Urgo served as an En glish professor for 20 years. His academic background gives him an advantage in understanding the work of the university, Peterson said. “He has a deep understanding of what happens in the classroom. He comes from the perspective of a teacher first and foremost and he knows, therefore, what students need and what faculty need,” Pe terson said. “It is reflected in the notion that administration needs to be close enough to the classroom to understand what that world is, and close enough to the development of students and how students develop over a period of an undergraduate career to make decisions that foster that experience.” When he settles into his office for the day — with Lemon at home and his old hat of a English professor tucked away — Urgo embraces his new job and the work intertwined with the title. “I love this school so much and I think there’s so much potential to continue realizing and keep on pushing on toward things,” Urgo said. “All of us are always energized by the students that come through here every year and the projects that the students bring. Sometimes you feel spoiled to work in that environ ment.” Neuj 'location! Same ia%off purchases' id ' I. SB mm 9m. 'f. S-i,?'- ' ^ Sofia Moreira, sophmore psychology student, chats with Joe at his open hours.
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