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Wednesday, November 25, 2015
EOU president touts available opportunities
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
JOHN DAY – Tom Ins-
ko, new president of Eastern
Oregon University, shared
his vision for the institution
at the Nov. 19 Grant County
Chamber of Commerce open
meeting.
A group of about 25 met
over lunch at the Outpost
Restaurant, with Chamber
president Jerry Franklin con-
ducting the meeting.
EOU in La Grande has
had a good deal of turnover in
presidents and interim presi-
dents in recent years, and Ins-
ko said he plans to be “the last
one you will see for a long,
long time – I’m here.”
Insko has a background in
the timber industry, and man-
aged Boise Cascade in Idaho
for the past 20 years, includ-
ing several manufacturing
facilities and up to 1,300 em-
ployees.
When the latest opening
for president became avail-
able, he said he and his wife
chose to make the switch.
“I decided to take a risk as
a non-traditional candidate,”
he said. “It’s truly an honor
for me.”
Insko started the job July 1
and said his decision centered
on his love of EOU and East-
ern Oregon, and the opportu-
nity to help students pursue
the pathway to their dreams.
A graduate of EOU, Insko
grew up on a farm near El-
gin and graduated from Elgin
High School in 1989.
He earned bachelor’s de-
grees in mathematics and
business-economics at EOU
and later received his master’s
degree in business administra-
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
Eastern Oregon University president Tom Insko speaks at the Grant County
Chamber of Commerce meeting Nov. 19 at the Outpost Restaurant. Insko took
the helm as EOU president on July 1 and said he plans to stay in the position
for a “long, long time.”
tion from the College of Wil-
liam and Mary in Williams-
burg, Va.
Insko shared a few facts
about EOU.
Eastern has 3,500 students
with 37 percent on campus,
49 percent online and 14 per-
cent at regional centers.
The campus population
includes 74 percent Oregon
residents, and half of those are
from Eastern Oregon.
Insko said the universi-
ty has a long-term vision to
break down the urban-rural
divide, adding he would like
the school to help students
¿nd opportunities with e[-
isting industry and jobs, in-
cluding state agencies and the
departments of forestry and
transportation.
Regarding other career
opportunities, Insko said, the
need for educators, including
bilingual teachers, is already
high and will grow in the
coming years.
This year the university
brought back the career cen-
ter.
He opened up the conver-
sation to the audience, asking
for their views on the univer-
sity.
The input ranged from
“It’s a perfect setting and a
good ¿t for kids who grow
up here” to another who said
his son “wants to e[perience
something away – e[ploring
the world.”
Replying to the latter com-
ment, Insko said, “I don’t
think people understand what
Eastern offers. EOU did me
well, and it’s such a good
value at the end of the day. I
don’t want Eastern to be the
best-kept secret.”
He said if he had gone to
a bigger university, he might
not have become the leader he
is today.
“What I e[perienced as
a student there were faculty
members and administrators
who took a personal interest
in my success and develop-
ment,” he said. “They sup-
ported me and challenged me
to step out of my comfort zone
and develop skills that I never
thought I had. They believed
in me and what I could be and,
with their support, I felt safe
in doing that, so when I gradu-
ated I was a con¿dent leader.”
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By Hillary Borrud
Capital Bureau
SALEM — The Oregon
Senate have voted to confirm
two members of the Oregon
Fish and Wildlife Commis-
sion whom Gov. Kate Brown
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reappointed in April.
The move was a reversal
from earlier this year, when
the Senate Committee on
Rules delayed action on the
two reappointments over
concerns that commission-
ers had failed to adequately
oversee the Oregon Depart-
ment of Fish and Wildlife
budget. The sport fishing
industry and cattle ranchers
had also called for the gover-
nor to appoint commission-
ers who represented their
perspectives. Commission-
ers are appointed to repre-
sent Oregon’s congressional
districts.
The Senate voted 22-8
on Nov. 18 to confirm the
two re-appointees, Holly
Akenson of Enterprise, and
Michael Finley of Med-
ford. Akenson is a wildlife
biologist, manages a tree
farm with her husband and
is an archery and rifle big
game hunter, according to
the Department of Fish and
Wildlife’s website. Finley is
president of a grant-making
foundation, and previously
served as superintendent of
Yellowstone, Yosemite and
Everglades national parks.
He is also a hunter and an-
gler.
Ahead of the vote, Senate
Republicans said they had
been under the impression
Brown would reconsider the
reappointments.
The Senate voted in May
to confirm two other con-
troversial appointees to the
commission, Astoria resi-
dent Bruce Buckmaster, who
has ties to the commercial
gillnet fishing industry and
former state lawmaker Jason
Atkinson of Jacksonville.
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You cannot
continue
to load the
board with
philosophical
people that
represent the
big cities. It
does not work.
State Sen. Fred Girod,
R-Stayton
“You cannot continue to
load the board with philo-
sophical people that repre-
sent the big cities,” said state
Sen. Fred Girod, R-Stayton.
“It does not work. ... The
legislature deserves a lot of
the credibility for this agen-
cy going down the toilet, and
the governor deserves a lot
of credibility for this agency
going down the toilet. I urge
a ‘no’ vote.”
Girod’s language dis-
pleased Senate President Pe-
ter Courtney, D-Salem.
“Sen. Ted Ferrioli, try
not using the word toilet,
please,” Courtney said, as
the Senate minority leader
from John Day prepared to
speak.
Ferrioli said the Oregon
Department of Fish and
Wildlife’s budget trouble is
an indication the commis-
sion has not fulfilled its fi-
duciary responsibility.
“But there’s another issue
here, and that is the credibil-
ity of the governor and the
credibility of the appoint-
ments secretary,” Ferrioli
said. “Members who voted
unanimously (in committee)
for the last round of appoint-
ments to ODFW did so on
the assurance there would be
consideration of a sport ¿sh-
ing member and a landowner.
That did not happen. That to
me is a breach of con¿dence
and a sort of a disconnect be-
tween credibility of the gov-
ernor and the e[pectation that
her asks will be respected.”
Sen. Lee Beyer, D-Spring-
¿eld, said Akenson and Fin-
ley do represent hunters and
anglers.
“I think the two people
you have in front of you to-
day to vote on are incredibly
qualified,” Beyer said. “One
of them indeed is a proper-
ty owner and an agricultural
person. Perhaps small scale,
perhaps not the one people
wanted, but she does meet
that quali¿cation.”
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