>> I'm Henry N. Tisdale, the president of Claflin University.
Well my job is one of leading one of the historically black colleges and universities,
Claflin University, and as president it's about of course articulating the mission, the values,
the aspirations of a great university.
It is also about storytelling, telling the wonderful story of an institution
that was founded 145 years ago for the primary purpose of educating African-Americans,
and of course all presidents today are involved in fundraising and that is much of what I do
in bringing resources to the university and but of course before you do fundraising you must do
"friendraising" so it's always out working with alumni, the board of trustees,
our external constituents, trying to bring them into a closer relationship with the university.
It is also about articulating a vision and direction for the university
so I'm also the leader of strategic planning for our institution and we believe--
, I believe that any institution if it's going to be successful there must be a vision,
a shared vision and so much work is done in bringing on board not only the students,
faculty, and staff, but also the alumni and the board of trustees onto a shared vision
and as president it is expected that I will put in place the management and leadership team
to carry out the work of the university so that is much that is done in terms
of leadership development and succession planning throughout the institution.
I represent the face and I, you know, represent the ideals and aspirations throughout
and I enjoy on a daily basis what I do as the leader of Claflin University.