{"id":1143,"date":"2016-08-10T15:48:05","date_gmt":"2016-08-10T20:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/?p=1143"},"modified":"2018-08-14T11:57:19","modified_gmt":"2018-08-14T16:57:19","slug":"get-to-know-our-president-jeff-morin-with-a-few-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/2016\/08\/10\/get-to-know-our-president-jeff-morin-with-a-few-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Get to know our President Jeff Morin with a few questions&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><strong>What brought you to MIAD?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/files\/2016\/08\/jeff-pic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1147 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/files\/2016\/08\/jeff-pic-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"jeff pic\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/files\/2016\/08\/jeff-pic-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/files\/2016\/08\/jeff-pic-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/files\/2016\/08\/jeff-pic-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/files\/2016\/08\/jeff-pic-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/files\/2016\/08\/jeff-pic.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Possibilities. MIAD is located in an exciting city\u00a0and in a thriving, vibrant neighborhood. The\u00a0college is of such a size that deep and meaningful\u00a0relationships develop, and a true sense of community\u00a0is\u00a0established. I want to be central to the\u00a0conversation that builds on MIAD\u2019s community\u00a0involvement and role as a national leader in\u00a0educational <span class=\"s1\">innovation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>What drives you? What are you passionate about?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">I am driven to create, to problem solve. Consequently,\u00a0I am not wedded to any particular material or\u00a0medium as an artist<span class=\"s2\">\/designer <\/span>&#8211; taking equal satisfaction from designing, painting, drawing,\u00a0printing, papermaking or bookbinding. The content of my work generally has an\u00a0element of social justice and a connection to art history. My work as an educator and as\u00a0an administrator is equally rewarding and seems to feed that same problem solving\u00a0aspect of my soul.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Name one thing you want students to know about you.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">I find that drawing from the figure is as satisfying as a thick, rich slab of chocolate\u00a0cake with cream cheese icing, and that is a bold statement considering how much I love\u00a0food.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>If you could share one piece of advice with incoming students, what would it be?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Be fearless while remaining a decent person <span class=\"s2\">&#8211; true <\/span>to yourself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Where do you see MIAD in 5 years?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">First, the faculty and staff feel supported to the point that very ambitious ideas are coming\u00a0forward and coming to fruition. Second, the students are creating something exciting that\u00a0can\u2019t be envisioned today. Third, people from a great distance are taking notice of what\u00a0we are building together here at MIAD in Milwaukee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What brought you to MIAD? Possibilities. MIAD is located in an exciting city\u00a0and in a thriving, vibrant neighborhood. The\u00a0college is of such a size that deep and meaningful\u00a0relationships develop, and a true sense of community\u00a0is\u00a0established. I want to be central to the\u00a0conversation that builds on MIAD\u2019s community\u00a0involvement and role as a national leader in\u00a0educational innovation. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/2016\/08\/10\/get-to-know-our-president-jeff-morin-with-a-few-questions\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Get to know our President Jeff Morin with a few questions&#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1143\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}