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Frohnmayer in touch with student perspective ■ University President Dave Frohnmayer knows just what it is that attracts students here By Tim Pyle Oregon Daily Emerald University President Dave Frohnmayer knows why you’re here. He knows that the University’s prime location within traveling distance of spectacular ocean beaches, towering mountain ranges and pristine rivers proba bly has something to do with your enrollment. “We have a location others would kill for,” Frohnmayer said. “But they can’t. We got here first.” And he knows Eugene’s blend of city life amid a small-town sense of community is also an at tractive feature. “We’re not so tiny that the Uni versity overwhelms the commu nity,” Frohnmayer said, “but it’s a safe community compared to many other urban universities.” Then there is the unique educa tional opportunity that the Uni versity presents. “There is a special kind of acad emic community here that really still is the envy of many institu tions that are larger or have better funding,” Frohnmayer said. “Our University’s large enough to be comprehensive and small enough to get your arms around.” And, of course, there is the ami able attitude that is so pervasive on campus and around Eugene. “We’re interested in the whole person, not just in academic ex cellence, as important as that is,” Frohnmayer said. “And I hope it shows in terms of the place being outgoing, friendly, embracing.” Not satisfied? Perhaps it was the fact that the University is ranked first nationally in the number of international students per capita and offers an array of study-abroad options that secured your enrollment. “That has a lot to do with ... the cosmopolitan flavor of this insti tution,” Frohnmayer said. “You University President Dave Frohnmayer speaks about his goals for the school year during an interview in his office Sept. 13th. Catharine Kendall/Emerald can quite literally sample dozens of different cultures — their foods, their lifestyles, their peo ple.” Frohnmayer saw firsthand just how internationally recognizable the University has become on a recent trip to Taiwan. First, he met the “Taiwan Ducks,” a group of University alumni. Then, he turned on the television in his hotel room to find ESPN broadcasting none oth er than the Oregon-Michigan State football game. Whatever the specifics, Frohn mayer knows you’re here because the University has what you want from your college education. But that doesn’t mean that Frohnmayer and the University aren’t continually striving to im prove and serve you better. “We can never rest on any lau rels,” said Frohnmayer, who has served in the Oregon House of Representatives, as state attorney general and as the School of Law dean during an illustrious career. “I do think that we have very high aspirations for ourselves, and that’s a very positive motivator.” As the University completes its first full century of operation and Frohnmayer begins his fifth school year as president, Frohn mayer said there have been no ticeable changes in the University both since he was a child growing up in Medford and during his tenure. Among the gradual changes he noted are the beautification and overall expansion of the campus — a still ongoing process — and the quality of the faculty. “It’s clear that students want to come to a place that’s growing, that’s building,” Frohnmayer said. More recently, Frohnmayer said a boost in in-state enrollment is an encouraging sign after Mea sure 5 led many state residents to go elsewhere for their college edu cations in the early 1990s. “You have to battle a lot of per ceptions in the admissions com petition, and I think that we’re winning back people on the basis of academic reputation and over all desirability,” Frohnmayer said. Now that you’re here, Frohn mayer does have some advice. First and foremost, keep your priorities straight, especially dur ing the first few months of your University experience, Frohn mayer said. 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