SALINA, Kan. (AP) — After 15 months as Fort Hays State University president, Mirta Martin says she’s pleased with efforts to re-emphasize retaining students and help them graduate with skills they will need to succeed.
Martin spent much of this week touring Kansas to tout the university.
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— FHSU Univ Relations (@fhsunews) October 19, 2015
During a stop Wednesday in Salina, Martin said recruiting students is still a top priority. But school has a new emphasis on training students for the future, even for jobs that might not yet exist. She says she gave the school’s “re-engineering” project to staff, rather than deans or supervisors.
The Salina Journal reports the university has, among other things, started an Honors College for students with high academic qualifications. And it is completing an “Entrepreneurship Hall,” which includes housing for 32 students.