The new Bradley President is Gary Roberts

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We are only 10 days away from Dr. Gary Roberts taking over as new President of Bradley University.
I am expecting the same kind of great things campus-wide as we have been seeing from Dr. Chris Reynolds and Coach Wardle in Athletics

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Don't think this has ever been posted...
New President Dr. Gary Roberts thanks & honors all the people at Bradley that helped him and created great memories for him while at Bradley...
Joe Stowell, other faculty, Frank Bussone, his College Bowl Teammates, & others...
scroll to 10-12 minutes if you want to get there fast...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNz7IjCg9Dw

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New interview on Gary Roberts

http://www.bradley.edu/inthespotlight/story/?id=c15e0bde-d645-4458-86c4-fca527117576

I understand he's really looking forward to his first BU-ISU game since being back

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Here's another new interview with Bradley President Gary Roberts

http://www.pjstar.com/news/20160211/bradleys-new-president-takes-sports-law-background-into-increasingly-competitive-field

"...a hands-off leadership style.

“I don’t micro-manage,” Roberts said.
“I’m not a person who rides herd on anybody. I like to have good people and let them do their job.”


Also - when Dr. Roberts spoke on Bradley's campus back in 2012 - there was some talk from our administration about
Bradley developing a LAW SCHOOL. (LINK - LINK - LINK) Dr. Roberts thought it was a bad idea then

and he thinks it is an even worse idea now....
CURRENT QUOTE: "Having served on a committee that explored the possibility of creating a law school at Bradley,
Roberts understands the intersection of academics and market demand. Once the demand for law school graduates dropped,
the committee’s work on developing a law school dropped."

...thus there will be no further efforts to develop a law school at Bradley

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BU President Dr. Gary Roberts interviewed on WTVP from a couple weeks ago...not a whole lot on Athletics...
...just after the 5 minute mark he talks about his sports law background and the experience he had on the GE College Bowl
...by the 10-12 minute mark he diplomatically discusses the problems left behind by the prior admin...
...by the 20-25 minute mark he mentions sports and other departments...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5XDl-MPXMQ

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In the new spring 2016 Hilltopics, there's a great article about Dr. Gary Roberts

http://www.bradley.edu/about/publications/hilltopics/2016spring/gary/