{"id":1167,"date":"2010-06-11T11:26:44","date_gmt":"2010-06-11T17:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=1167"},"modified":"2010-06-11T11:26:44","modified_gmt":"2010-06-11T17:26:44","slug":"new-vice-chancellor-brings-southern-style-to-student-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=1167","title":{"rendered":"New vice chancellor brings Southern style to student success"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Homer Wesley was disappointed the near-to-campus choice for lunch didn\u2019t have sweet tea on the menu.<\/p>\n

That sadness quickly turned to a smile when he learned his second choice, and another Southern favorite, Mountain Dew, was available.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy ideal lunch is a vegetable sandwich with chips and sweet tea if I can find it,\u201d UCCS newest vice chancellor said. \u201cI like to balance the good and the bad.\u201d<\/p>\n

Balance describes the veteran student affairs administrator hired in February and who began at UCCS June 1, a month earlier than expected. After 30 years at institutions ranging from the co-ed Mississippi University for Women, the University of Southern Mississippi and Auburn University, he\u2019s seen\u00a0 a variety of student issues and developed both a quiet confidence and a hands-on, cooperative working style.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is certainly a lot for me to learn about UCCS and I\u2019m appreciative of the opportunity to do so,\u201d Wesley says over the lunch time din. \u201cI am blessed to work with an extremely talented staff \u2013 that much I can already tell. But I\u2019m anxious to get to it and to be a part of engaging with the university\u2019s staff and students. I want to be part of the solution.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wesley answered several questions about himself.<\/p>\n

Q — We met you as Bucky but your given name is Homer. Do you have a preference?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A — <\/strong>My full given name is Homer Ashcraft Wesley III and, to be honest, there\u2019s not a good name in all of that. Bucky, as a nickname, simply requires too much explanation. It was given to me by my cousins, Bimbo and Butch, a long, long time ago. This just seemed like a good time to make a change. I\u2019ll introduce myself as Homer but it\u2019s certainly OK if people want to call me Bucky.<\/p>\n

Q — You started work a month early. Why?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A — <\/strong>Really, things just worked out that way. We\u2019d planned on July 1 to allow for transition but I was able to wrap things up at MUW and the first person to look at my house wanted to buy it. We had my daughter\u2019s wedding at our home May 15, the movers arrived May 17, we closed on the sale of that house May 18, closed on the purchase of a house in Colorado Springs May 20 and I finished my last day of work on May 21. Everything worked out so that I could start June 1. I am appreciative of Provost Bacon\u2019s support and allowing me to get a head start on the fall semester.<\/p>\n

Q — What are you reading?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A — <\/strong>I am a huge fan of biographies. I find them a great way to study leadership. I\u2019m currently reading \u201cFDR\u201d by Jean Edward Smith. Next will be \u201cRocket Men\u201d by Craig Nelson.<\/p>\n

Q — Do you have a first impression of Colorado Springs?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A — <\/strong>It is a welcoming community and a welcoming campus. I\u2019ve found people to be very open here. It is exciting to be on campus where there are lots of construction crews and forward movement.<\/p>\n

Q — Do you have a philosophy on life that guides you?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A — <\/strong>My father \u2013 who was a high school football coach and principal \u2013 taught me \u201cDon\u2019t not do something because you\u2019re scared.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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