Show The Man Behind The President Leadership communication and management are three skills that President Carnahan uses every day in his position as President of Utah Technical al College Learning how to manage time is the secret to holding such a position explained President Carnahan It is not uncommon for President Carnahan to spend 12 hours a day on campus There are many changes to tobe tobe tobe H be made and many jobs to be done Even after a long day sometimes he must go home and entertain important import import- ant guests His work seems endless After a long day of meetings President Carnahan enjoys enjoys enjoys en en- joys relaxing with a good book and later in the evening he enjoys writing into the wee hours of the At the present he is in the process of getting his book on ancient history published A lot of work has gone into his book one year of research and four years r of writing and rewriting r. r t Some of President other hobbies are sculpturing treasure hunting with a metal detector wood carving and oil painting In addition he is also a history buff and belongs to a couple of historical socie socie- ties Running used to be a favored of his but since having a heart attack he now walks for and gets more out of it Heroes are very important in We and President Carnahan Carnahan Carnahan Carna Carna- han has had many who inspire him Harry S. S Truman isone is isone one of those heroes because he has always said what he really wanted to say The most influential person in his life has been Mrs Colleen Carnahan For years she has stood by giving him encouragement An inde- inde pendant person is how he describes Col Col- leen teen He also feels that there are no traditional non-traditional fields fields' for women The only that should be considered considered considered con con- is a persons person's size President Carnahan's father was a rancher who later became a school custodian for health reasons His father was another great inspiration to his his' life fife President Carnahan was raised in a rural area in Idaho and later i moved to Malta a town of people He has three three 1 I brothers and 2 sisters Basketball is is' his favorite sport one in which he has participated for 10 years President Carnahan feels that since has no extracurricular sports that we should emphasize our intramural sports more Also he that Points West needs to cover more controversial topics He would like to see the student student student stu- stu dent newspaper become the type of paper that is picked up as soon as it is put on the stand r He also observed that students and teachers are here X because they want to be here not because they have to L-j L f be President Carnahan feels that this quality separates us from other colleges Living in a solar house built by the students of Utah Technical College is a new experience for President Carnahan and his wife Its It's a little small for the entert entertaining entertaining enter enter- t ining required but it will wili be fun All the bugs arent aren't out of it yet he said but when they are the cost of heating heating heating hea hea- ting cooling and even eyen heating water will be minimal at certain times of the year He said that working on public relations is one one of his bi biggest gest goals for t the e college because t the e public perceives perI perceives per- per I s us as a technical school o oP oni a college Another goal is to improve our testing and counseling departments because there are too many adults that do donot donot donot not have to set a goal As m much ch as he would like to be President Carnahan c can n only be available to students and faculty when his schedule allows allow it He does enjoy being here and tries to open his schedule as often as possible by Lynn Russell Points West would like to take this time to welcome President Carnahan to Utah Technical College and to thank him for granting us some of his valuable time for this interview |