{"id":80054,"date":"2019-12-23T09:17:09","date_gmt":"2019-12-23T14:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=80054"},"modified":"2019-12-23T09:17:09","modified_gmt":"2019-12-23T14:17:09","slug":"the-guardian-whats-next-for-wright-state-president-cheryl-schrader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2019\/12\/23\/the-guardian-whats-next-for-wright-state-president-cheryl-schrader\/","title":{"rendered":"The Guardian: What\u2019s next for Wright State President Cheryl Schrader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Excerpt<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_55399\" style=\"width: 270px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55399\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-55399\" src=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2018\/12\/2018-commencement-20406_334-260x195.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"195\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-55399\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wright State University President Cheryl B. Schrader has told graduating students at commencement that acts of kindness can be a powerful world-changing force.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI came in as president during a very challenging time and much actually changed from the time that I accepted the presidency,\u201d said Wright State University President Cheryl Schrader.<\/p>\n<p>Schrader is the seventh president of Wright State. She officially became president in July of 2017 and has stepped down effective Dec. 31 to return to the classroom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI came in really for that first year looking to make sure that we were financially sustainable, that we were transparent, administratively transparent, and also that we had the opportunity to really have conversations and dialogue about where we were going as an institution and how we were going to get there,\u201d said Schrader. \u201cAnd that\u2019s what brings me to feeling very good about this, this decision to now go back to the faculty, because I accomplished what I set out to do. And we are a very different university.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Avoiding fiscal watch<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThe spring before I arrived it had been a certainty that the university would go into state fiscal watch,\u201d said Schrader.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, fiscal watch was avoided and a $10 million surplus was posted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This was accomplished through a number of changes, including:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Budgeting switched from top-down to bottom-up<\/li>\n<li>Managers started reporting more centrally in order to work closer with budgets<\/li>\n<li>The number of direct reports to the president and provost were decreased<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cEverybody took a look at their budgets and said \u2018what is a way that I can reduce my expenses or increase my revenues,\u2019\u201d said Schrader. \u201cThose reductions were strategically placed outside of Academic Affairs.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Managing a faculty union strike<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>\u201cI had the great privilege of being in the classroom every day,\u201d said Schrader. \u201cIt just reminded me of why I got into this business in the first place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the faculty union strike, she taught two engineering classes, which is part of what inspired her move back to the classroom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat experience actually contributes to me feeling pretty excited about what the future holds for me,\u201d said Schrader, who was \u2018exhilarated\u2019 by the classroom environment.<\/p>\n<p>When she wasn\u2019t teaching, she worked with the Board of Trustees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs can be common with boards that are appointed by governors, you can end up with a board that perhaps doesn\u2019t have an in-depth understanding of academia. And so, you know, I felt that it was my role to help bring that perspective to the Board of Trustees,\u201d said Schrader. \u201cAnd so I think what we were able to do is kind of move off of some of the earlier ideas that were amongst those that brought some anxiety to the faculty and explain it in a way that was understood and accepted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The faculty strike ended with not one but two successor contracts.<\/p>\n<p>Moody\u2019s Investor Services called Wright State credit positive because of the way the situation was handled.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>The right time<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThere was a fundamental shift happening this summer just in the way the university was moving and operating,\u201d said Schrader. \u201cI felt good about what I had accomplished. I also, you know, realized that I had the opportunity to contribute again in a different way as faculty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her family is also going through exciting changes: her first grandchild was recently born and her son will be moving to Dayton in the near future. Which he will be bringing her grandson within 10 minutes of her.<\/p>\n<p>Schrader\u2019s teenage daughter has been telling people that she\u2019s excited to get to spend more time with her mom.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Moving forward<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Schrader will take some time off to recharge and prepare before returning to the classroom. It has been about 15 years since she was regularly teaching, and she is eager to return.<\/p>\n<p>She has great hopes for the university moving forward, as she has from the beginning. \u201cI\u2019m going to have a front row seat,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>View the original post at w<a href=\"https:\/\/wsuguardian.com\/an-interview-with-president-cheryl-schrader\/\">suguardian.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Excerpt \u201cI came in as president during a very challenging time and much actually changed from the time that I accepted the presidency,\u201d said Wright State University President Cheryl Schrader. Schrader is the seventh president of Wright State. 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