{"id":7634,"date":"2025-01-14T10:39:47","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T18:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sou.edu\/president\/?p=7634"},"modified":"2025-01-14T11:28:35","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T19:28:35","slug":"watch-sou-president-rick-baileys-january-2025-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sou.edu\/president\/watch-sou-president-rick-baileys-january-2025-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Â鶹´«Ã½ President Rick Bailey\u2019s January 2025 Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-19f5wk2-9d8287c91aa14322c7342053e912505f\">\n.avia-section.av-19f5wk2-9d8287c91aa14322c7342053e912505f{\nbackground-color:#f3f3f3;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='podcast-dome'  class='avia-section av-19f5wk2-9d8287c91aa14322c7342053e912505f main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_submenu  avia-builder-el-first  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap 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type='text\/html' class='av-video-tmpl'><div class='avia-iframe-wrap'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Watch: Â鶹´«Ã½ President Rick Bailey\u2019s January 2025 Update\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1046854106?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963&autoplay=0&loop=0&controls=1&muted=0\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/script><div class='av-click-to-play-overlay'><div class=\"avia_playpause_icon\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-wccyiq-dfe71294e9c7e53969dbe30fb30d5564\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-wccyiq-dfe71294e9c7e53969dbe30fb30d5564{\npadding-bottom:10px;\nfont-size:26px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-wccyiq-dfe71294e9c7e53969dbe30fb30d5564 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-wccyiq-dfe71294e9c7e53969dbe30fb30d5564 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class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-txt6b6-36f7bfe632c5f075404b66b0a70af105\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-txt6b6-36f7bfe632c5f075404b66b0a70af105 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:16px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-txt6b6-36f7bfe632c5f075404b66b0a70af105 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Why is President Rick Bailey sitting in an electric Volkswagen van on a video set at Â鶹´«Ã½&#8217;s Digital Media Center? It&#8217;s what his January video message is all about: partnerships. In this case, Â鶹´«Ã½&#8217;s partnership with Lithia Motors and its GreenCars division &#8211; the VW ID. Buzz electric bus is on loan to the university, part of an historic gift that created the Lithia &amp; Driveway Scholarship program, the Â鶹´«Ã½ Institute for Applied Sustainability and much more. President Bailey says that partnership has had &#8220;direct impact in the community and university and statewide.&#8221; He also shares during this month&#8217;s video that he was a first-generation college student, and receiving college informational packets while he was in high school helped reinforce the idea that he was college material. Fast-forward to present day and Â鶹´«Ã½ has forged data-sharing partnerships with 10 school districts around the state and region, giving Â鶹´«Ã½ the opportunity to share information and encourage students to pursue their college aspirations. &#8220;That&#8217;s an example of a partnership where the more we get students into colleges in the state, the more everyone wins,&#8221; he says.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  class='av-social-sharing-box av-smixg2-94289e992bcfd0fb69085cfc37d8e49d av-social-sharing-box-default  avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last  av-social-sharing-box-fullwidth'><div class=\"av-share-box\"><h5 class='av-share-link-description av-no-toc '>Share this Message<\/h5><ul class=\"av-share-box-list noLightbox\"><li class='av-share-link av-social-link-facebook' ><a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Share on Facebook\" 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It&#8217;s what his January video message is all about: partnerships. In this case, Â鶹´«Ã½&#8217;s partnership with Lithia Motors and its GreenCars division &#8211; the VW ID. Buzz electric bus is on loan to the university, part of an historic gift that created the Lithia &amp; Driveway Scholarship program, the Â鶹´«Ã½ Institute for Applied Sustainability and much more. President Bailey says that partnership has had &#8220;direct impact in the community and university and statewide. He also shares during this month&#8217;s video that he was a first-generation college student, and receiving college informational packets while he was in high schoo helped reinforced the idea that he was college material. 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