11 Somebody has to keep a vigilant eye on a reality that huge，especially when it is a reality that decides this UniversityS present and future.
12 Never miss an opportunity to project the Universitys image，so laden with academic virtue，in ways that confirm that image essential accuracy. Somebody has to coordinate the look and feel of an academic institution that mails out literally millions of pieces of paper each year And somebody has to serve as the ultimate spokesperson for GW when the media Call-which they increasingly do.
13 Feel comfortable in conversation with everyone from the President of the United States to foreign heads of state.When a school is engaged in a“boom”as vigorous as the one that now typifies GW national and international involvements swiftly multiply In recent years，I have found myself in intense personal conversation with the chief officials of New Zealand， Morocco，Israel，Costa Rica，Egypt and other nations All were people who thought of GW as an intellectual and pedagogical Power|loU se .So I had to look and sound like a university president whose daily climb into the cabin of his powerhouse was something he took for granted！
14 Keep in touch，at a plausible，personal level with all of the constituencies represented by the University .The young woman of my first paragraph，who needed temporary housing， was someone I ran into on a food linc at our J Street cafeteria Across the desk from me I see faculty members on countless occasion .Informal personal conversations number hundreds in an average year Staff I“bump into”wherever I go on this campus either personally or telehonically.
15 So I’m actually a“sad musician”of sorts racing around one of the biggest concerts on our planet，urging the trumpets to play a little louder or the second violinist to stop sneering at the first the result is a symphony notable for its harmonics rather than for grunts，groans，screams of pain，and missed opportunities GW is the kind of a place that feels proudest when it delivers exactly the services it markets to the public——above all，the capacity to earn one’S living，after graduation，in ways that fill the soul while they also fill the wallet and the stomach.