CultureGrrl reader Marilyn Hollman responds to Fisk’s President, Hazel O’Leary, to Retire: New Hope for the Stieglitz Collection?:
I am so happy to hear about a possible new view of the wonderful Fisk collection. Even when I visited 10 or so years ago, I could see that the campus was a trifle shabby. Funding may have become more scarce since. However, I loved the campus and I loved that it had this terrific collection. What a legacy that college has,
and I hope it continues!
Bob Smietana‘s report in the Tennessean about O’Leary’s impending departure is here. One alarming fact from that piece:
When she became president in 2004, enrollment was at 842 and rose to 947 in 2006. Last fall, it had dropped to 550.